Lily and Rosaleen's Little Adventure

At this point in the story, Lily and Rosaleen leave the house to register Rosaleen to vote. On their way into town, Rosaleen gets into a bit of trouble with some Caucasian men. Insults are said, and Rosaleen ends up pouring her bottle of "snuff" juice on the mens shoes. The men beat her until police arrive, and both she and Lily are taken to the town jail. T. Ray brings Lily home from the jail and is furious with her. He makes her go to her room, where she argues with him about her mother. T. Ray reveals to Lily that her mother left them, and it was Lily who shot her accidentally. Lily is beyond upset and runs away while T. Ray is busy. This answers my prediction of pending issues between Lily and T. Ray, from all the problems and lack of normalcy between them. Lily goes to the jail to find Rosaleen is at the hospital, where she goes and breaks her out. They run away together to Tibouron, S.C. where Lily believes she will learn more about her mother Deborah's existence, hoping to prove T. Ray wrong. On their journey, Lily becomes more delinquent by stealing from a store and fighting with Rosaleen. I think she does these things because she is truly desperate to get away from everything that was her life with T. Ray and it seems fresh to her to be rebellious. I also believe she wants to get to Tibouron to find out more about her mother. I believe she thinks going there will give her answers about her and prove T. Ray was lying. Lily desperately wants to know that her mother was a good person, regardless of the pain and craziness it will cause in her life. If I were to predict what would happen, I would have to say that Lily really won't find out much of anything about her mother in Tibouron. I think this because she is basing this journey off of a picture of The Virgin Mary as a colored woman. It seems like Lily and Rosaleen will end up staying together for a long time, because they have a good relationship. They fight and forgive each other and show true care for each other, which is something Lily never experienced before with her parents. Rosaleen seems like a simple person on the outside, but she has complex qualities (ex. Strong but gentle, quiet but loud, and loving but stern).