<P> The next morning, the housekeeper Rosaleen Daise, surprises Lily with a cake for her 14th birthday . As T - Ray enters, Rosaleen states that she is going to take Lily into town . Lily asks him to tell her about her mother as her birthday gift but he doesn't . When Rosaleen and Lily leave, they are confronted by three racist men who insult Rosaleen . She spits on them, gets beaten up, and is taken off to a hospital . After T - Ray and Lily get home, T - Ray punishes Lily by sending her to her bedroom, and he and Lily argue . After he exits, Lily packs up, leaves a note, and leaves the house to save Rosaleen from the hospital she was put in . </P> <P> After saving her, they run away to a town, Tiburon, that was written on one of her mother's items Lily had . They find a honey jar with the same picture as that item . When they ask who made the honey, they are led to the house of August Boatwright, and her sisters, May and June . May has a condition that causes emotional breakdowns any time something bad happens to someone . Lily lies and says that she is an orphan, that Rosaleen is a nanny, and that they have no place to stay . August offers to let them help with the honey in exchange for shelter . </P> <P> Lily grows up in their household, and asks August why she uses "black" Mary pictures . She claims that she was sent by God to help African Americans have peace and equality . She discovers a wall outside of the house that has little pieces of paper stuffed between the holes . It was built for May, to help her deal with her emotions . She would write down all the things that troubled her and put them into the wall . </P> <P> Lily becomes friends with Zach Taylor, a teenage beekeeper at August's . Soon after, Lily rides to town with Zach to deliver honey, she confides in him the truth of their situation and the reason why she came to August . He gives her a notebook because she said she wanted to become a writer . They decide to watch a movie together but Lily sits in the "colored" section . A racist mob kidnaps Zach, and they call Lily names for choosing to associate with him . Zach's mother, and the Boatwright family, are very worried and concerned . June and August decide not to tell May of Zach's disappearance, for fear of what it would do to her fragile mental state . </P>

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