Chapter 7

     Gatsby calls off all his parties because he is too preoccupied by his love for Daisy; the parties were just used to get Daisy's attention anyways. Also, to prevent gossip Gatsby fired his servants and hired sketchy people connected with Meyer Wolfshiem. One day in summer, Nick goes to East Egg for lunch at Tom and Daisy's home. When he arrives Jordan and Gatsby are both there. The nurse then brings in Daisy's baby girl, and Gatsby is stunned and can't believe the child is real because of the lack of interest Daisy has in her child. Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another, so Daisy asks Gatsby to go into the city together. As Gatsby passionately looks at her, he  is now positive of their feelings for one another. Tom suddenly suggests that they should all go together. They take two cars; Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car and Gatsby and Daisy go in Tom's car. When they stop for gas at Wilson's garage, Tom, Nick, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wife is cheating, but he is unaware of who it is with. Wilson plans to move her west and at this moment Nick realizes that Tom and Wilson are in the same situation.
     In the incredible New York City heat, the group decides to get a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom begins his plan to confront Gatsby by mocking his habit of calling everyone "old sport." He accuses Gatsby of laying about his attendance at Oxford. Gatsby tells them that he did in fact attend Oxford, for five months after the war in an army program. Tom then asks Gatsby what his intentions are for Daisy and Gatsby tells him that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Tom then says that him and Daisy have a history that Gatsby and her couldn't understand and then Tom accuses Gatsby of bootlegging. Daisy finds her self moving closer and closer to Tom as she watches the fight. Once Tom realizes he has beat Gatsby he sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove the Gatsby cannot hurt him. As the fight ends, Nick realizes that it is his thirtieth birthday.
     On the ride back to Long Island, Nick, Tom, and Jordan come across a terrifying scene on the border of the valley. Someone was fatally hit by a car. Michaelis, a Greek man who owns a restaurant next to Wilson's garage, says that Myrtle was the victim. There was a car coming from New York City that struck her, stopped, then sped away. Nick realized that Myrtle must have been hit by Gatsby and Daisy in Gatsby's big yellow car. Tome thinks that Wilson will remember the yellow car; he also assumes that Gatsby was the driver. Back at Tom's house, Nick waits for Gatsby outside and finds him in the bushes. Gatsby tells him that he was waiting to make sure Tom did not hurt Daisy. He also tells Nick that Daisy was the one driving when they hit Myrtle, but he will take the blame. Gatsby then sends Nick to check on Daisy; her and Tom are reconciling their differences and Nick leaves Gatsby outside.