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In these two chapters, Doctor Thorne learns that his niece's other uncle, Roger Scatcherd, has made him the executor of his estate. Inside of his will he has stipulated that if something should happen to his son, his only heir, then the bulk of his estate, which includes $200K, will go to his sister's first born child, which just so happens to be Doctor Thorne's niece Mary. Doctor Thorne spends the bulk of the remaining chapters going back and forth debating on whether he should tell Roger about this development.

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The way Trollope continues to add dimension to the story through multiple plot lines always impresses me, but this one in particular I was surprised by. I knew that Mary would need to inherit in some way so that she could be with her obvious future man, Frank Gresham the younger, but I truly did not know how it was going to happen. I am curious to know if Roger Scatcherd, her unknown uncle, will come to be known to her or if he will die before she or Doctor Thorne can make him aware of the situation.

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Doctor Thorne's internal struggle in regard to the future well-being of his niece and the seemingly underhanded way it might occur contributes to his upstanding character.

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Macy was named after the department store macy's by his mother who saw an add after his birth. His mother always told him she never wanted to have him an d he was picked on in school. He bought a gun and used it to steal a turkey on hiss birthday, which happens to be thanksgiving.

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While robbing the convenience store Macy was startled by the sudden movements os the store clerk, Mohammed, he shot Mohammed and was never caught, he ended up leaving with just a turkey and the only remorse he felt was not getting any money out of the robbery. He was never caught, he ended up getting a pizza delivery job and robbed another store, but a cop car pulled up as soon as he pulled his gun. He was arrested and a year later let out on parole for people that seemed much more dangerous, not knowing about the murder. Later that day he stole an old car with the key left in the transmission. It was so worthless the owner never bothered to file it stolen. He saw a girl named maria running on the side of the road, Maria was a track star and he liked what he saw. He put her in the trunk and pulled to a secluded area, she was found a couple days later hidden behind a bush. The next track meet was dedicated to Maria who was likely to win the meet. Her mother spread he ashes on the winners podium.

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In chapter 2 and 3 we meet some new characters, we meet Danny Driscoll, Chad Peterson, Eddie, and his wife Edie. all of them go to school together except Eddie and Edie. Eddie is a cop that is expecting a kid soon, one day while his wife was working, he built the whole nursery for his kid to surprise her, he left a note before he left saying not to go in the room. This was almost the last time he was home. Later that day, while watching his nephew play soccer, he saw a suspicous car parked in the parking lot with Macy sleeping inside. He walked up to the car startling Macy, trying to see if he needed help, Macy quickly and frantically grabbed his gun without Eddie seeing, he hid his gun on his right hip squeezing the trigger, and just when he was about to pull it out, Eddie hears cheering from the game and runs over, his nephew had blocked a shot. By the time Eddie was done celebrating Macy had left.

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This Chapter is all about Danny. Danny is a boy in the school who is crooked backed and ugly, he lives with his grandmother and he has a crush on a girl named Leah Hoffman. Leah has a boyfriend named Chad. Danny is a photographer and while walking through the mountains taking pictures he decides he should let her know how he feels and yells it off of a cliffs edge. Afterwards, he goes home and tells his grandma what he has decided and she gives him advice, she tells him even though Chad may be more handsome than him, Leah should be happy you find her attractive.

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I think this chapter is trying to get me connected to the character, Danny, and I don't know if i like it. Story-wise it helps, but i think they are going to kill Danny and make me sad so I am proceeding with caution.

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This chapter is full character development and is ONLY about Danny. It is pretty much his backstory and i think it will show us some type of motivation later on or just get us connected to him so we feel for him.

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This Chapter scared me sooooo much. It got me emotionally connected, telling me everything going on in their life and all the wonderful things they are doing. I was so scared when macy's name was brought up i was expecting the dad to die, but he somehow got lucky enough to live through the experience and didn't even realize how close he was to dying.

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I think this chapter was all about character development, I think in a way it developed the way i think of Macy, as soon as I heard his name brought up I already knew what was about to happen and I was instantly scared. I think what they like to do is nonchalantly bring his name up out of no where to scare us when something is about to happen, I also believe they are doing this character development only to get us attached for a tragedy.

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In this chapter macy is driving through the storm and runs low on gas after pulling to the side of the road to wait out the storm. He finds a homeless shelter and stays a couple of nights. After doing so he meets the lady that runs the shelter and her daughter named Betty and Jessie. He says his name is Joe, and gets close to them because he likes Jessie. He usually finished his food fast so he doesn't have to talk to anyone, but one day he made sure he was alone with Jessie who was cleaning the kitchen. He walked over and she didn't hear him due to the music playing. He sneaked a knife into his pocket and was very close to her when Betty saw him and kicked him out of the shelter.

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This was so scary and impacts the story in a similar way like previous chapters, more character development for Macy, nd the author made sure to keep you on edge with the Jessie incident. We don't know exactly what makes Macy do these things other than he had a troubled past, so I'm hoping to learn more about that soon.

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Me and Logan were very scared when we read this. Logan didn't read it but he was still scared. I hate how the author uses Macy's obsession with these women as the sole reasoning he intends to kill them. It does keep me indulged in the story though. This incident makes me feel similar to what i felt when he almost killed the officer. Scary stuff. It also seems like hes definitely going to Shiloh where the other characters live. He better not kill my pookie Danny.

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Scary times in Shiloh. Macy drives to shilo on account of the rainstorm and being kicked out of the shelter. Meanwhile, Leah is on her daily jog to the store and Macy droves by her slowly. He likes what he sees so he pulls over and makes her get in the trunk. She didn't hesitate and when she was in the trunk she started to find a way to either stop the vehicle or leave clues through the hole in the trunk. They pull down the only dirt road in shilo and it starts raining. Macy curls up and gets scared like he always does and Leah doesn't know why he is not getting out.

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This set the story up to change greatly with the death of Leah and it seems like that is what is going to happen. Unless by some miracle someone finds Leah this should be the end for her.

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The parents of leah call sheriff Johnson to find their daughter, he hears the story and thinks she snuck off with Chad who is out camping in the rain. They go to the camp site and she is not there. Chad suggest that Danny has something to do with it due to his obsession with Leah. They are in disbelief because he is a nice person but Chad still insists.

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This really gives a sense of fear and leaves us begging they find Leah. It really builds up the plot and makes the story much more interesting.

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I am scared for Leah and Danny because if Leah dies he will never be able to tell her how he feels. I hope that she ends up okay and Danny can tell her. But it is seeming unlikely.

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Sheriff Johnson is an idiot. I know that if it was me i wouldn't do any better but i'm taking my anger out on him anyways because he can't find her. I feel bad for Danny knowing he will never know if Leah liked him back.