Fire

"No one talke about fire right to my face. They can't forget how fire changed my life. But I hear them talking anyway." Spring 1935 Page 157

People still talk about the accident. They still blame Billie Jo for the fire even though it was an accident. The fact that people still talk about the accident and the fire bothers Billie Jo. The fact that they're still talking about it and still blaming her is what bothers her so much. She knows that her father hears people talking about it as well. As long as people still talk about the accident, the longer it will take for Billie Jo and her father to be able to move past the accident.