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The Leaving

Tara Altebrando

The Leaving

Tara Altebrando

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The Leaving Parts 5-7 Summary & Analysis

Part 5: “Day Four” - Part 7: “Day Six”

Part 5, Chapter 41 Summary: “Lucas”

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of kidnapping, trauma, death, and child death.

Lucas visits Detective Chambers, who tells him he is cleared of responsibility for his father’s death. Lucas tells Chambers about his visit with Orlean and the conversation with the manatee center’s guard. Lucas wants to know why Chambers asked Avery’s father if Max was present for the school shooting, but Chambers will not reveal anything.

Part 5, Chapter 42 Summary: “Avery”

Avery’s father calls her with news from Chambers: The tip line got a call about a body. He knows no other information and tells her not to tell her mother yet. Avery thinks it may be Max. To distract herself, Avery goes for ice cream with Sam, but the conversation with him feels like a bad fit. She breaks up with Sam.

Part 5, Chapter 43 Summary: “Scarlett”

Scarlett feels comfortable sewing on Tamara’s sewing machine. She uses old fabric to practice on, inexplicably creating stitches in the shape of three rectangles. Chambers calls to say a body was found in the Everglades.

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