Complex sentence: Later, he calls and gives a poor excuse not to come to Meadow's place and fails to call when promised, so Meadow becomes suspicious and gets a friend from her dorm to give her a ride to Jackie's place.
Split into simpler sentences: Later, he calls and gives a poor excuse not to come to Meadow's place and fails to call when promised. Suspicious, Meadow gets a friend from her dorm to give her a ride to Jackie's place.