The Secret Life of Bees (chapters 13-14)

Summary
Lily sees jars of honey waiting to be delivered. To get her anger out about her mother, she breaks every jar. Then tells Rosaleen about it as the clean it up. She waits to be talked to about her actions, but it never happens. August brings a box of Lily's mother's belongings and they open it together. Lily is left to her thoughts and memories. She slowly starts to forgive herself and her mother is finally put to rest (mentally). T-Ray finds Lily and a terrible confrontation occurs. The Mary sisters gathered to protect Lily and offered to take care of Lily. T-Ray lets them keep Lily.

Quote
"It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean, but it was you" (Kidd 299)

Reaction
T-Ray said this to Lily when he found her. He was blamed for the hardships the family faced, but he brought up the one major problem in their family. Throwing it out again at Lily that she was the one who killed her mother. Even though T-Ray tried to bring her down, Lily fully excepted her mistake. With the battle of her and her father over she was able to finally live her life.