Noughts and Crosses Chapter 117 Summary & Analysis

screams that she loves as the trapdoor opens and Callum’s body swings on the rope. She can’t tell if he heard her, and she asks God to let Callum have heard her—if God’s there.

Sephy realizes that there’s nothing she can do to stop Callum’s execution. All she can do is hope that Callum died knowing he was loved.

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A newspaper birth announcement states that on May 14, and the deceased had a baby girl named Callie Rose. The baby’s last name is McGregor.

Giving Callie Rose Callum’s last name is a way for Sephy to honor Callum. His legacy will live on not just in his baby’s blood, but in her name as well.

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Noughts and Crosses

Malorie Blackman

Noughts and Crosses: Chapter 117 Summary & Analysis