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(Chapter 6)
Silas mother left her boyfriend, because he had to go to jail. While heading south, Silas mother had to sleep with a bus driver to have a place to sleep. Silas did not want to be part of this and flew. After being found by the bus driver, he gone to sleep in the truck they were driving and when they woke up, his mother told him about going to Mississippi.

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1979 - “A glimpse into Larry’s and Silas’s first meeting”

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1979 - “A glimpse into Larry’s and Silas’s first meeting”

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(chapter 3)
-March, Monday morning, in Amos, Mississippi-

Carl takes his son Larry to school by car and pick up a young boy named Silas and his mother because it is very cold outside and they do not have proper clothing. This is really bothering Larry’s mother and so this new routine finds abruptly an end. Larry thinks about his father who dislike him because of both, his appearance and interests.

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1979 - “A ray of hope in Larry’s sad past”

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1979 - “A ray of hope in Larry’s sad past”

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(chapter 3)
-late March, Sunday afternoon, in Amos, Mississippi-

While searching for the hunting cabin where Silas and his mother live, Larry is thinking about his last school year where he has been bullied by his mostly black classmates. Nevertheless, he is now trying to make friends with Silas by teaching him how to shoot with a gun.

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(Chapter 13)
In the Summer of 79 Larry and Silas played in the woods and drew some comic books together.

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1982 - "The end of the friendship between Silas and Larry" 

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1982 - "The end of the friendship between Silas and Larry" 

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(chapter 5)
After Silas and Larry became friends, Larry tells Silas that he is into a girl called Cindy. They both go to her house to watch her. Not only Cindy is at their house, but also her stepfather carl who tries to remove her towel from her, which is the only thing she is wearing at that moment. Silas saves her. Back home, Larry is in trouble with his dad, because he gave his guns to Silas. When Larry met Silas to get them, Larry`s drunk dad showed up and told them to fight which they did. In the heat of the moment, Larry called Silas the n-word and the friendship ended.

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(Chapter 10)
After a baseball game Silas and Cindy get to talk. They start a relationship and she tells him that her stepfather sexually assults her. Cindy wants to run away with Silas but he doesn't want to. They plan a meeting to discuss it.

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(Chapter 7)
Cindy and Larry go on a date but she doesn’t return home. She is still missing throughout the next days and Larry becomes the prime suspect in the case although her body hasn’t been found. The whole Ott family suffers under the accusations (Larry can’t go to school, mother can’t visit church anymore and father starts drinking heavily)

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(Chapter 7)
Larry joins the Army and trains as a mechanic. Carl Ott drives  drunkenly against a tree and dies of his injuries.

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(Chapter 7)
Larry leaves the Army because his mother is sick with Alzheimer‘s and he has to take care of her. He takes her to a nursing home and opens his mechanic shop. He spends most of his time waiting for customers and reading.

Silas has left town.

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1986 - „Larry and Wallace - a new friendship“

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1986 - „Larry and Wallace - a new friendship“

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(Chapter 9)
Larry notices that someone uses his barn while he is working. He identifies a small, dirty, blonde boy but the boy runs away.

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November 1996 - „Larry and Wallace - Ten years after the first meeting“

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November 1996 - „Larry and Wallace - Ten years after the first meeting“

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(Chapter 9)
The boy (now a man) returns to Larry and he introduces himself as Wallace Stringfellow.

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - two months after the last meeting“

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - two months after the last meeting“

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(Chapter 9)
They meet often and drink beer together. A friendship forms.

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - Christmas Eve“

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - Christmas Eve“

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(Chapter 9)
Larry finds a shoebox on his poarch with a pistol inside and a card saying „Merry X-mas Larry, from Santa“.

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - New Years Eve“

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1996 - „Larry and Wallace - New Years Eve“

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(Chapter 9)
They celebrate together and Wallace asks Larry why he didn’t sleep with Cindy on their date back then. Wallace also tells him that he is aroused by the thought of raping a woman and Larry is visibly uncomfortable and sends Wallace home.
Wallace gets aggressive and threatens to report a fake confession to the police. Larry tells him he would never hurt someone. Wallace smashes Larry‘s car and goes off.

The next weeks Larry waits for Wallace to return.

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Start of the investigation of Tina Rutherford, a girl who went missing
Chapter 1

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(Chapter 13)
A few nights after the rutherford girl had vanished, Wallace was sitting on his steps at about three-fifteen in the morning. While Larry is talking with him, Wallace confesses that he had done "somthing", but don't admit what. He also tells Larry, that he moved out of his mother's house. The visit hadn't lasted long and Wallace went on.

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2007 - “An ordinary day with a horrible ending”

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2007 - “An ordinary day with a horrible ending”

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(chapter 1)
-early September, 8 days since Tina Rutherford has been missing, in Amos, Mississippi-

After taking care of his chickens and doing some chores, Larry starts another unsuccessful workday in his garage, spending his time waiting for a customer.
When Larry comes home to grab a photo album for the lunch with his demented mother, he got shot by a masked man.

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2007 - "Investigation of Larry`s house" 

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2007 - "Investigation of Larry`s house" 

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(Chapter 4)
After Angie found injured Larry lying on the she reported it to Silas. Him and French did not find anything suspicious despite some footprints and beer in Larry`s fridge. After coming home, Silas sees a left message from Larry in which he says that he has to talk with him as soon as possible.

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2007 - "Silas makes a surprising discovery"

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2007 - "Silas makes a surprising discovery"

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(Chapter 6)
Silas went again to Larry`s house for investigation with the light of the day. Now he discovers the butt of a joint and splintered gals. Additionally he also discovers a photograph of his mother, which he keeps.

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(chapter 2)
-some Tuesday after Larry has been shot, in Chabot, Mississippi-

During patrol, Silas finds dead Morton Morrisette, who used to be in Silas baseball team, in a creek.
After getting concerned about Larry he sends his girlfriend Angie to check on Larry’s house because Silas is called to remove a snake which has been put in a mailbox. Irina Mott, one of the three female house owners, start flirting with Silas.

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(Chapter 8)
Silas meets Angie and she questions why he never dated Cindy. Silas visits Larry in the hospital.
He wants to inform Mrs. Ott about Larry‘s injuries but she doesn’t recognise him.
He drives to his old home and meets Wallace on the way. At the cabin he realised someone dug a grave underneath his bed.

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(Chapter 10)
A week after Silas found the corpse of Tina Rutherford, he gets a phone call from River Acres that he now can talk with Larrys mother. He visits her and asks her about his father and mother. She tells him that his mother was a maid for the Otts but she cannot tell him who his father is.
He meets with Angie and tells her that he was the last person who saw Cindy - and not Larry.
At the evening he gets a phone call that Larry woke up from his coma.

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(Chaper 11)
Larry wakes up from his coma without memory who shot him. He realizes that he is in a hospital and was manacled to the bed.
He gets interrogated by Sheriff Jack Lolly and CI Roy French. They tell him that the Rutherford girl was found dead in his cabin and that they suspect him of murdering her and that he shot himself.

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(Chapter 12)
Silas barges into Larrys interrogation. He confesses to Larry, French and Lolly that he was the last person who saw Cindy Walker. Silas and Larry suspect that Cindys stepfather Cecil murdered her.
After his official confession he goes to the Chabot Bus and meets Irina, the woman with the snake in her mailbox. She tells him, that she suspects Wallace Springfellow of doing it.

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(Chapter 13)
Larry changed his mind, while lying in the hospital, switching through TV channels and now wants to talk to Officer Roy French about his suspicion about the rutherford murder and that probably Wallace had shot him.

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(Chapter 14)
Silas visits Wallace for investigation. Silas gets in a brutal fight with Wallace and his dog. Wallace killed himself when he got persued by deputies.

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(Chapter 16/17)
Silas becomes the new roommate of Larry. Larry refuses to speak to Silas to the point, that he wants to be tranfered to another room. Silas gets visited by Angie Baker, his girlfriend and she introduced herself to Larry.

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(Chapter 18)
Larry has to stay at the hospital, but Silas could leave. Silas secretly throws Larrys houshold. He also visits Larry in the hospital, but he still refuses to talk much.

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(Chapter 19)
Five days after Silas release at 10pm Larry just walks out of the hospital. He left all his stuff, keys, wallet, phone at the hospital. With the information about Larrys "self-checkout", Silas gets up to his Jeep to pick up Larry. He takes Larry to his home and Larry gets welcomed by a stocked refrigerator, a gift basket and Silas even had had satellite television installed.