Chapter 23

Summary: Holden gets up and leaves Phoebe's room in order to call a man named Mr. Antolini. Mr. Antolini was a teacher at a school Holden went to when he was younger. He asks the teacher if he can stay over at his house for the night. He kindly says that he can and Holden goes back to his sister's room. They are dancing to a couple songs when they hear the door open and slam. His parents are home! Holden goes to a closet and hides right before his mother comes in to tuck in Phoebe. She says she smells smoke and asks Phoebe if she was smoking and she says she took one puff just to try it. Her mother then leaves the room. Holden leaves the closet a while later and tells Phoebe he is leaving to go to a town in Colorado. She gives him what is left of her Christmas money and he gives her his hunting hat.

Response: I think that it is a bad idea for Holden to leave the house. He should stay with Phoebe and come clean to his parents. The longer he keeps on hiding from his parents, the bigger hole he is digging for himself.