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1 Larry is introduced and gets shot in the chest
2 Silas is introduced, finds the body of M&M and sends Angie to Larry´s house
3 Larry´s in 8th grade, first meeting with Silas and his mom, when he and his dad picked them up on their way to
school, beginning of friendship
"having a black friend was an interesting idea, something he'd never considered"
schools were mixed, strange for kids as the adults never mingled
at school Larry never fit in not accepted by white classmates bullied and beaten up by black classmates
meets Silas in the woods while he is out with his rifle, Silas is alone and Larry shows him how to shoot a rifle
4 Angie calls Silas because she´d found Larry, Silas listens to the missed call of Larry "Please call back, even if it's late.
It's kind of important, but I don't want to say it over the phone."
5 Larry is afraid of losing Silas to baseball and decides to show him Cindy to remain interesting
when Larry and Silas watch Cecil mistreating Cindy Silas goes over to them and tells Cecil to stop and then runs
away, Larry was too scared to act, hid in safe distance (differences in the attitudes of Silas and Larry become
obvious)
The fight, end of the friendship
6 Silas finds the photo of his mom with little Larry at Larry´s house
Silas remembers when he was thirteen and his mom's boyfriend was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon,
they lived in Chicago in a reasonable neighborhood and had to leave. They took busses travelling south →journey is
described in detail
7 Story of Cindy´s disappearance
8 Silas visits Larry´s mom in the nursing home
And stops Wallace Stringfellow on his four-wheeler for the first time
Silas goes to the cabin where he once lived with his mother and finds the grave of Tina Rutherford
9 Story of how Wallace and Larry met
10 Larry becomes the main suspect in Tina Rutherford´s murder since her body was found in the cabin on his land
The truth about Silas connection with Cindy´s disappearance comes to light
The security guard calls Silas to tell him Larry woke up
11 French constructs a story with Larry killing Tina and then trying to kill himself
Larry wants to talk to Silas because they used to be friends
12 Silas opens up to French and tells him he´d been the last person to see Cindy Walker alive and supposes Cecil had
killed her
Larry wants Silas to admit they were friends but: "You were, Larry," he said. "I don't know what I was."
Silas drunk at the bar. Irina tells him about Wallace.
13 Larry wants to tell French that one night Wallace Stringfellow had come by his house and said "I done something."
→ Larry tells French everything he knows about Wallace
14 Wallace attacks Silas
15 Silas survived. Larry feels guilty about not telling Silas about his suspicion that it was Wallace, because he might
have prevented it, then Silas was rolled into the room, his arm in a cast.
16 Sharing a hospital room. Silas tells Larry everything, including that they are half-brothers → Larry wants to be
moved
17 Silas is visited by many people at the hospital, Larry is no longer a suspect in any murder
18 Angie takes care of Silas
Silas tries to make up for his guilt→ visits Larry at the hospital (Larry doesn´t talk to him), cleans Larry´s house
19 Happy end? Larry leaves the hospital; Silas picks him up and they talk
1 Larry is introduced and gets shot in the chest
2 Silas is introduced, finds the body of M&M and sends Angie to Larry´s house
3 Larry´s in 8th grade, first meeting with Silas and his mom, when he and his dad picked them up on their way to
school, beginning of friendship
"having a black friend was an interesting idea, something he'd never considered"
schools were mixed, strange for kids as the adults never mingled
at school Larry never fit in not accepted by white classmates bullied and beaten up by black classmates
meets Silas in the woods while he is out with his rifle, Silas is alone and Larry shows him how to shoot a rifle
4 Angie calls Silas because she´d found Larry, Silas listens to the missed call of Larry "Please call back, even if it's late.
It's kind of important, but I don't want to say it over the phone."
5 Larry is afraid of losing Silas to baseball and decides to show him Cindy to remain interesting
when Larry and Silas watch Cecil mistreating Cindy Silas goes over to them and tells Cecil to stop and then runs
away, Larry was too scared to act, hid in safe distance (differences in the attitudes of Silas and Larry become
obvious)
The fight, end of the friendship
6 Silas finds the photo of his mom with little Larry at Larry´s house
Silas remembers when he was thirteen and his mom's boyfriend was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon,
they lived in Chicago in a reasonable neighborhood and had to leave. They took busses travelling south →journey is
described in detail
7 Story of Cindy´s disappearance
8 Silas visits Larry´s mom in the nursing home
And stops Wallace Stringfellow on his four-wheeler for the first time
Silas goes to the cabin where he once lived with his mother and finds the grave of Tina Rutherford
9 Story of how Wallace and Larry met
10 Larry becomes the main suspect in Tina Rutherford´s murder since her body was found in the cabin on his land
The truth about Silas connection with Cindy´s disappearance comes to light
The security guard calls Silas to tell him Larry woke up
11 French constructs a story with Larry killing Tina and then trying to kill himself
Larry wants to talk to Silas because they used to be friends
12 Silas opens up to French and tells him he´d been the last person to see Cindy Walker alive and supposes Cecil had
killed her
Larry wants Silas to admit they were friends but: "You were, Larry," he said. "I don't know what I was."
Silas drunk at the bar. Irina tells him about Wallace.
13 Larry wants to tell French that one night Wallace Stringfellow had come by his house and said "I done something."
→ Larry tells French everything he knows about Wallace
14 Wallace attacks Silas
15 Silas survived. Larry feels guilty about not telling Silas about his suspicion that it was Wallace, because he might
have prevented it, then Silas was rolled into the room, his arm in a cast.
16 Sharing a hospital room. Silas tells Larry everything, including that they are half-brothers → Larry wants to be
moved
17 Silas is visited by many people at the hospital, Larry is no longer a suspect in any murder
18 Angie takes care of Silas
Silas tries to make up for his guilt→ visits Larry at the hospital (Larry doesn´t talk to him), cleans Larry´s house
19 Happy end? Larry leaves the hospital; Silas picks him up and they talk
