49 pages 1 hour read

April Henry

The Girl I Used to Be

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

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Chapters 43-46

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 43 Summary: “Nowhere to Run”

Olivia fears Spaulding has spotted her, but he’s distracted and runs off. Olivia can imagine her mother’s pain and tears up as she realizes how much Spaulding has taken from her. She starts to call 9-1-1 but realizes this may alert Spaulding to her location; instead, she texts Duncan to tell him of Spaulding’s guilt and her current location. Duncan says he will come for her. Olivia realizes she’s smelling smoke and seeing ash. Because of the time of year, the forest is dry, and it catches fire easily. Spaulding is cutting her off from the road and burning her out. She hears a man and a woman tell her to get up and move. Olivia doesn’t know where to go, so she follows a fawn and doe in the hopes that they will know where to find safety.

Chapter 44 Summary: “Empty Eye of the Gun”

The voices urge Olivia to keep moving. She follows the deer into a stream to wait out the fire. When she runs out of air, she covers her mouth with her t-shirt and surfaces just enough to breathe in more, repeating this process until she thinks it’s safe. The deer are still alive, too. Spaulding calls out to her, and she turns to find him badly burned but still holding his gun.

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