Gatsby sees Daisy's child for the first time and is in disbelief. This hits him with the reality that Daisy has built a life on her own the past 5 years and can’t go off and marry Gatsby. It is more complicated than he had hoped. “Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before” (Fitzgerald 117).
Bomb Drop
The group goes into town. Daisy suggests this to be alone with Gatsby and to avoid any confrontation of Tom because she’s aware he has grown suspicious.
Ride Gone Wrong
Tom sees Wilson in town and discovers he’s locked up Myrtle and knows about her affair. Wilson luckily hasn't discovered who. He also says he plans on moving West with Myrtle in hopes for a new start.
Long Night
After Tom Goes in on Gatsby for being suspicious and a fraud, Gatsby finally lets loose and drops the bomb. “Just tell him the truth-that you never loved him” (Fitzgerald 132). Tom gets very defensive and they then go at it right in front of Daisy arguing who Daisy truly loves.
As Tom, Nick, and Jordan are on their way home they discover a car accident, and come to the realization that Gatbsy and Daisy had hit Myrtle based on the bystanders description of the accident, Tom is in disbelief.
Everyone has just returned home after a hectic night out on the town, and after Tom suspects Daisy and Gatsby had something to do with the murder of his love affair, Gatsby stays awake outside the Buchanan house to make sure Tom does not terrorize Daisy. This parallels the first time Nick sees Gatsby, watching Daisy over the bay; “So I walked away and left him standing there in the moonlight- watching over nothing” (Fitzgerald 145).