Chapter 7

Gatsby and Nick go over to Tom and Daisy's for lunch. While they are there Tom confronts Gatsby and Daisy about their affair. He gets mad at Gatsby and Daisy says that she wants to go to the city so that they can get away from the arguing. Tom ends up driving Gatsby's car with Nick and Jordan while Gatsby drives Tom's Coupe with Daisy. On the way into town they had to stop for gas at Wilson's shop. While they are there they see Myrtle upstairs looking out of a window. When they get to town the rent a hotel room to cool off and get cleaned up, but while they are there Tom and Gatsby get into another argument and eventually Gatsby leaves with Daisy in his car. So Tom, Nick, and Jordan followed them home in Tom's Coupe. On the way home Myrtle and her husband were fighting and when she say Gatsby's car she ran out on the road because she thought it was Tom. The car hit her and she was killed instantly. Tom came upon the accident and saw that it was Myrtle. He said something to her husband and they left. He was furious that she was dead, but even more mad that they didn't stop. When they got home Nick took a cap to his house, but before he left he saw Gatsby in the bushes hiding making sure that everything was ok with Daisy. While he was talking to Gatsby, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was driving the car when they hit Myrtle. Why didn't Daisy stop?