The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Pages 72-125
Buckley and his friend, Nate, are playing and he tells him that he's been seeing Susie lately. Nate doesn't believe him but Buckley insists that the last time he saw Susie she kissed him on the cheek. Susie tells him not to tell anyone because she isn't ready to talk to her parents yet. Buckley shows Nate a hole in Susie's mattress where she would hide things she didn't want people to see. Something in there was a bloody twig that is wrapped in her dad's handkerchiefs. The year earlier, Nate and him were putting rocks up their noses and the Buckley pretended to smoke on a stick but accidentally swallowed it and Susie drove him to the hospital in their dad's Mustang even though it was the first time she had driven. Buckley remembers the worried look in his parents eyes and how it went away when they found out he would be okay. The same worried look is in their eyes now, but it hasn't gone away yet.
For a long time Mr. Harvey keeps dreaming of buildings in Yugoslavia and other buildings in foreign places, but then he starts to dream about woman and children again. Then Susie sees Mr. Harvey's past and sees him in his mother's arms and his father is sorting colored glass. He especially is fascinated by the piece of amber around his mother’s neck that holds a whole and perfect fly. He thinks about the last time he saw his mom, which was when his father and her had a bad fight and he forced her out of the car. In chapter ten, Susie's grandma comes for the memorial service. She is a very fun loving woman and makes Lindsey feel much better. They go through Susie's closet to find an outfit for the memorial. When they are at the service, Grandma Lynn points out that Mr. Harvey is there and tells Lindsey that is the man Jack thinks killed Susie. Lindsey faints from this thought. Lindsey, Ruth, and Samuel all go to a camp for gifted kids that year. They were supposed to do a activity were they build a mousetrap but it turned into a project to design the perfect murder. Lindsey tries to pretend that it doesn't bother her. As Susie is watching this she thinks about what the perfect murder weapon would be and decides it would be an icicle because the evidence would melt away. Lindsey and Samuel keep sneaking about making out, but eventually they end up having sex. The next chapter is really creepy. Jack walks the dog every morning to try and spy on Mr. Harvey. Who to keep himself from killing more children counts the items from the people he's killed. He can't even remember their names. Susie watches this from heaven and learns the story behind each murder. Harvey also plays with the bones from the neighborhood pets he has killed.
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