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Trauma, Survival, and Reckoning with the Past
Appearances vs. Reality
Lies and Deceptions
Family
Summary
Analysis
Reggie refuses to go back to her flat, so it’s a good thing she has keys to Ms. MacDonald’s house. As a bonus, there are still lots of police around the site of the train crash, and Reggie can’t imagine the thugs will look for her here. Reggie lets Louise Monroe believe that it’s her house, though, and that her mother isn’t home. It’s a relief to have told Louise about the train crash, and when Louise sees that she really was right next to the train crash, Reggie hopes she might actually believe that Reggie saved a man’s life. She doesn’t know if Louise will search for Dr. Hunter, though. She and Sadie curl up together in Ms. MacDonald’s living room for the night.
Reggie has no place else to go, so she and Sadie camp out at Ms. MacDonald’s for the time being, hoping that Louise will take Reggie’s information seriously. She’s homeless, scared, and abandoned, but she still doesn’t give up hope, showing her remarkable resilience.