John Amos is still on the blah blah blah, women are naked and sinful and evil, blah blah blah train.Ĭhris and Cathy are still squabbling about their mother-Chris doesn't understand why Cathy won't 'forgive and forget'. He's also so in love with his dog that he likes to PICK UP WARM POOPS AND SQUISH THEM THROUGH HIS FINGERS. Why they'd give a kid who A) can't feel pain and B) can't look sideways at a gallon of milk without spilling it and C) is TOTALLY MENTALLY UNBALANCED access to carpentry equipment I don't know. Jory's dog Clover has been missing for two weeks, but Bart is still building him a doghouse. Maybe he expected her to wear his hand-me-down swim trunks? He's peeved that Cathy bought Cindy a new bathing suit. She's just some old lady who loves him because he's so damn lovable. Or that's what he's saying at the moment. You know, so he wouldn't go to hell.īart doesn't actually think that Corinne is his grandmother. So, Malcolm's journal continues to be a charming circus of fun and delight: Now he's talking about how his interest in S&M-emphasis on the S, not-necessarily consensual, and DEFINITELY NO SAFE WORDS-led him to God. Again.ĪND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE BART KILLED JORY'S DOG.Ī dog that I thought was a cat up until a couple of chapters ago, but whatever.

AND SOMEBODY CALL ROD SERLING, BECAUSE SHE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIS MOTHER!Īnd then, all dramatically, she tells him who she really is. Andrews) OF THE OLD LADY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER. Īfter getting her to promise not to hang out with Bart any more, Jory witnesses the UNVEILING OF A PAINTING (because V.C. He gave her a smoldering look of resentment and hobbled into his hole, wherever that was. YES, CORINNE, I'M SURE THAT YOU 'ACCIDENTALLY' DUSTED THOSE DOUGHNUTS WITH ARSENIC. THESE THINGS JUST HAPPEN SOMETIMES.

OH, EXCUSE ME, HER 'HALF UNCLE'.ĪND SHE CONSIDERS CORY'S DEATH 'ACCIDENTAL'.

These characters seem to think as long as you SIGH OFTEN ENOUGH, you can convince ANYONE OF ANYTHING.Īlso, Corinne gets WAAAAY TMI with Jory about her past. 'They think they can give her enough love, because they don't understand there are all kinds of love, and it's hard for a woman to live without a man once she's been married.' Children think a widowed mother doesn't need anyone but them.' She sighed. 'Children always think adults have it so easy. Why was she telling me her life story? I didn't care. Jory tries to get Corinne to stop spending time with Bart.Īlso, he knows he's super-handsome, but knows that talent is what matters, because beauty fades. Okay, things are ramping up: Jory takes issue with Bart being a puke to Cathy, Bart escalates by TAKING A SWING AT JORY'S HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT, they wrestle.Īlso, Bart now knows that his biological father was Bart Winslow (duh) and not Doctor Paul. Romantic Incest 101: Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind, and If There Be Thorns: Part One.

Vc andrews let there be thorns