Proloog (Jare oud. ● Xander's father invites him to Hoofstuk 1 hoofkarakter. ● Greg Owen is the main character.
gelede) aand toe hy come into his study. Skreeu Venesië met vier ● Greg was in Venice with four other
● Xander was elf gekry ● His father asks him if everything ● Greg Owen is people.
jaar is okay. die dood. ● One of them is dead.
● His father is sitting in his ● There is a report in the Turret
● koevert en 'n 9
Hy onthou die een ● Greg was in report/ article) in
armchair in front of the fireplace Media newspaper that Greg is
sy pa in sy ander mense. koerant dat Greg
with papers scattered around deceased. A team of divers
studeerkamer het.vir hom gesê ● ● Een van hulle is ) is. ʼn Span
him. His father is holding a retrieved his body from the Canale
● Daar was ʼn geel Sy pa se gesig ● Daar is berig ( liggaam uit die
Montblanc pen and a book. Grande in Venice.
mm. pistool. die Turret Mediain Venesië ●
Xander's father says that he is Greg lives with his parents in
● Xander se pa hetXander is 12. oorlede Sandhurst. The house is
● not expecting anyone.
dis hulle geheim. is pa dat daar Xander tells him that one man (deceased met sy ouers in
described as a lonely place
nat gehuil. is; hulle het duikers het sy huis word beskryf
● says it's urgent. without sound. It's not pleasant for
● 6 Maande later, is nie vir Xander feels as if a dark cloak is Canale Grandeplek sonder klank. Greg at home when he comes
● Xander vertel vir strange) nie, ● tightening around him. gehaal. vir Greg by die ● home after the court sessions.
sy 2 ooms by diesaam met sy pa Xander was eleven years old. He ● Greg woon hofsitting by die Time: end of January. A year has
deur hom kom en toe na remembers the one evening saam haal die rooi deel ● passed since Greg's matric year.
sien. Dit Xander ●
when he found his father in his Sandhurst. Die uit) Greg was at Lawson College, but
vreemd ( want is dat die 2 study. as 'n eensame 'n Jaar het in the middle of his matric year, he
●
T-hemde ● There was a yellow envelope and Dit is nie lekker se matriekjaar. left the college.
mense wat gewerk
a 9mm pistol. huis as hy naLawson Kollege, ● Greg feels like a traitor. He fed his
het, het af hulle
toe help sy Xander's father told him it's their middel van sy father to the wolves.
huis toe gekom. die huis kom
dis Dok. secret. His father's face was wet Greg's bags are packed because
● Wat vreemd was, nie. ( van by die die Kollege
hy
op, sy with tears. Six months later, ● he's leaving for Stellenbosch the
mans jeans en huis
Xander hy Xander is 12. Xander tells his 'n verraaier. Hy next day.
swart gedra het. father that there are 2 uncles ● Tyd: einde
en hy moet wolwe gevoer. There is a Conrad Botes painting:
● Xander sê dis Tok, (men) at the door; they came to Januarie.
hom roep. in The Temptation to Exist series. It's
pa hom reg en sê verloop na gepak, want hy
see him. It's not strange for a self-portrait. Greg's mother
die huis Greg dag na ●
● Xander se pa Xander because people who bought it because she knows that
Xander se ● ● Greg was by
staan hande bewe. worked with his father Greg likes his hardcore art.
voorkop en occasionally came to their house. maar het teen Botes-skildery:
Hy sê moet gaan Greg's brother, John, is deceased.
onthou dit, It was strange that the 2 men die matriekjaar to Exist reeks. Dit
wegkruip net ● Greg's mother keeps John's
were wearing jeans and black T- het verlaat. Greg se ma het
uitkom as hy bedroom as it was when John was
sy pa met die shirts. Xander says it's Tok, then ● Greg voel soossy weet dat
● Xander hoor ʼn still alive.
Sy pa is his father corrects him and says hardekwas kuns
het sy pa vir die
vrou gil. (Xander Greg remembers the things he did
, se ma). pa soen hoor die it's Dok. Xander's father stands ● Greg se tasse is with his brother. Greg remembers:
hom op sy up, his hands trembling. vertrek die volgende bungee jumping at the Orlando
sê: “Ek is lief vir Stellenbosch. Towers in Soweto, Bloukrans
jou, ● Daar is 'n
altyd.” Conrad The
● Xander hoor hoe Temptation is ʼn
twee mans praat. selfportret. dit
gespanne. Xander gekoop, want
Greg van sy
hou.
, vuishou (punch) en sien hoe sy ● He tells Xander to hide and only ● Greg se broer, John, is oorlede. River, and Moses Mabhida
pa teen die muur inmekaarsak. come out when he calls him. Greg se ma hou John se Stadium. He and John jumped
(Hy sien die skaduwee). Xander hears a woman (Xander's slaapkamer soos dit was toe John together, John liked the
mother) screaming in the house. nog geleef het. adrenaline. Also white-water
● Xander's father kisses him on the ● rafting and rock climbing.
Greg onthou die goed wat hy
forehead and says, "I love you, saam met sy broer gedoen het. ● Greg remembers asking John why
● remember that, always." they do the jumps. John's answer:
Greg onthou: rekspring by die
Xander hears his father talking to for the fall, for the fear. Then John
Orlando torings in Soweto,
● the two men. His father is tense. tested the limits of life in a bottle of
Xander hears the punch and sees Bloukransrivier en Moses Mabhida pills.
his father collapsing against the Stadion. Hy en John het saam ● Mexicans believe you die 3
wall (he sees the shadow). gespring, John het van die deaths: the 1st when you close
adrenalien gehou. Ook your eyes for the last time, the
witwatervlotvaart (white-water 2nd when you are buried, and the
● rafting) en rotsklim. 3rd when no one remembers you
Greg onthou dat hy vir John gevra ● anymore.
het hoekom hul die spronge doen. It's been three years since his
John se antwoord: vir die val, vir ● brother committed suicide.
die vrees. Toe toets John die John was a strong guy with blonde
hair, ocean-blue eyes, and he
grense van die lewe in ‘n bottel
● ● enchanted the girls.
pille.
Greg's mother tells him that after
Meksikane glo jy sterf 3 dode: die
John's death, she closed the doors
1ste dood as jy jou oë vir die and windows and screamed and
laaste keer toemaak, die 2de as ●
screamed.
● jy begrawe word en die 3de as His mother remembers that John
niemand jou meer onthou nie. Dit was the restless one when she
● is nou drie jaar nadat sy broer was pregnant. Greg was calm, a
selfmoord gepleeg het. John was thinker and dreamer. His mother
'n sterk ou met blonde hare, ● says losing a child is like
● drowning.
oseaanblou oë en hy het die
meisies betower. ● His mother lost a child and Greg a
brother.
Greg se ma vertel vir hom dat sy
The things in John's bedroom:
● na John se dood die deure en
Photo frame, sports medal, and a
vensters toegemaak het en
signed rugby ball that was
geskree en geskree het. Sy ma ●