Cynthia Chapter Summaries

told Dan that he needed to find himself and so he did. Dan and Linda got married and

They moved together to the Muck in the Florida Everglades and lived in Tea Cake's Shanty after the death of Joe. Tea Cake and Janie spent all the time they had together. They remained in constant tune with the nature and even went fishing together. This was the type of lifestyle Janie envisioned all her life. All of Janie’s previous relationships was based off of the spouse. Janie was never allowed to be herself and live the life she wanted. Tea Cake let her be herself. He loved her as she was and accepted all she dreamed of. He encouraged her to be what she wanted to be, to follow her goals, her dreams, and her aspirations. Janie had finally found her the man she had always been looking for. She loved him with everything she had. Janie would do anything for Tea Cake. They had the kind of everlasting love that she had hoped for all her life. Thing were going well for the new couple until a bad storm hit and Tea Cake gets bit by a dog trying to save Janie. Tea Cake ultimately get rabies and begins to act so distraught that Janie is forced to kill him. She killed Tea Cake in loving manner and could not bear watch him suffer

At first, she is quite against having another marriage, but Tea Cake is somehow able to charm his way into her heart. Following their marriage, both Tea Cake and Janie move to Jacksonville. Their relationship starts off rough with Tea Cake abandoning Janie at night and slipping some of her money into his pocket. She begins to believe that this was all he married her for, but he is able to successfully defend himself. After awhile, the two decide to move to the Everglades. While attempting to escape from a hurricane in their new home, Tea Cake is bit by a crazy dog and is never the same again. When Tea Cake is convinced that Janie has cheated on him, he threatens to kill her...forcing Janie to pull the trigger first. After her trial and her being found innocent, she decides to travel back to Eatonville where her recounting of her story

Dan felt accomplished in the fact that for once he would be able to provide for Candy. He rushed home to tell her the good news, and found her sitting in the windowsill, with something obviously on her mind. Soon enough his excitement over the money he

When Beth goes out looking for Ellen she gets in an accident and is taken to the hospital. That night Dan goes to Alex’s apartment and attacks her and tries to strangle her, but then stops. While they are catching their breath Alex tries to stab Dan with a kitchen knife, but he gets it from her and leaves. Dan brings Beth home from the hospital and helps take care of her, Dan is downstairs as she starts a bath when Beth discovers Alex in the room with a knife. Alex attacks her and Dan hears the screaming and rushes in to attack Alex. He tries to drown her in the tub, but she comes back alive and is then shot by Beth.

Right outside of Las Vegas, several miles off the beaten path, there is a lowkey casino that sits back on a hill, surrounded by artificial palm trees and a bauble of cheap christmas light. This casino is bordered by an abandoned building on the eastern end, and a brothel on its southern side, and the only light is from the full moon shining bright over the western sky. The T-shaped alley way, formed by the three buildings, are famous for their high prostitution business. Inside the casino, there’s a three hundred and sixty degree bar that splits the entire building in half. From the door, on the right half, the building is set up like a normal casino with your average blackjack table and lottery machines. On the left half, there is a club set up to with women with little to no raiment present.

    Throughout the entire novel, one of the main themes expressed in the famous and well-known novel by Dean Koontz is loyalty.  Loyalty can be seen by several of the characters portraying these characteristics.  One of the characters that show the most loyalty is Dan, who is always loyal to Laura never leaving her side through anything.  Dan shows loyalty by always giving protection to Laura and Melanie, putting them first always, even above himself.  Always busy and dedicated to his work and Laura he is able to put the pieces together and solve the case.  Without his careful actions and extreme measures, this whole case would probably be unsolved and Melanie would have killed everyone who tormented her, even herself.   His

Pat attends a football game, but ends up getting into a fight and taken away by police. Pat is reluctant to participate in the dance contest and re-reads his wife’s letter. Pat noticed that a phrase in the letter supposedly written by his wife, had actually been forged by Tiffany. Pat, Tiffany and everyone else arrive at the competition on the night of the big football game. Tiffany is mad to discover that Pats wife is in the audience. Tiffany is upset that Pat may win back his wife and that she will lose him

As Janie reached the end of her forties she finally meets the man of her dreams, Tea Cake. Tea Cake was about 12 years younger than Janie when they first met. It was a Sunday afternoon, everyone went to the baseball game all except Janie who was keeping watch of the store. Then a young man appears wanting to buy cigarettes, as the young man and Janie talk he says he wants to play checkers. Tea cake woes Janie in with a game of checker. There was not a single man in Eatonville that had asked Janie to play checkers with her or teach her to play. This led to each other flirting with each other, eventually Janie slowly falls in love with Tea Cake. Janie discovered things that she has never discovered before when she was with Joe and Logan. Tea

Vincenzo is arrested for murder. With the help of a fellow attorney, Claire helps to get him out on bail and moves in with the shape-shifters, starting a relationship with both of them.

Her whole life truly seemed to fall into place, and it seemed as if she’d never have to worry again — until she found herself sleeping with one of the firm’s lawyers, Lucifer Jones. It didn’t take long before the dark haired, bright blue-eyed man effortlessly conned Fleur into helping him embezzle money from the firm. The two became partners, stealing millions of dollars from the company over the course of the next few years. It didn’t take long, however, before the firm’s owners began to catch on to Fleur and Lucifer’s scheme, calling in the FBI to help investigate. It was then that Lucifer anonymously called in a tip, blaming Fleur for it all before completely disappearing. The young woman was arrested shortly thereafter, though released on insufficient evidence before anything else could happen. Though the cop’s quickly caught wind of her illegal residency after her

Nick and Sarah grow closer. Nick invites Sarah to the Marine Birthday Party Ball in Washington DC. Mark decides to ask Debbie to the ball too and she agrees to go. They all fly out together and attend the ball.

Dawn and Jessica Dime catch up at a nail salon. Jessica tells her Mimi as a manager has not been working out but she promised her a three month trial. Dawn told her give me a month to work with you and I'm sure I can snatch you away.

Dan and Amy’s grandmother, Grace dies of old age and at her funeral, she asks all of her relatives to either take 1 million dollars or get a clue. Dan and Amy choose the clue even though there aunt told them to take the money. Dan and Amy go to Nellie and they go off to looking for there first clue.

While Chip and Alaska are drinking they attempt to play truth or dare. Where Pudge is dared to make out with Alaska. During the time they are making out they fall asleep. Then Alaska receives a phone call, after the phone call she runs back in crying and begs Pudge and the Colonel to set off fireworks so she can leave. She gets away with getting caught. The next morning the Mr. Starnes, comes to the boy’s room to that them that Alaska has died in a car accident. They both try for months and months to find out how Alaska died when they remembered that the day she left was the day her mother past away and she had forgot, which would make her want to leave. They still never found out if it was an accident or suicide. TO remember Alaska they pull the greatest prank known to Culver Creek. They invite a stripper for their speaker’s day. As Lara yells over the speaker for him to strip, Mr. Starnes stops him but the he knows it’s a way for Pudge and them of remembering Alaska and they don’t get in trouble. In the end Pudge finally accepts Alaska’s death and knows that everyone will always remember