Chapter 11

Content:

Also in this night Jess stands in front of her window and gazes out into the night and another time there is this boy, wearing only black shorts and waiting through the river. So she decides to go out a second time and to get more information about this weird, but mysterious boy.
When Jess is outside she and the boy come very near, but then all in a sudden the boy disappears again in the current of the river behind a bend.

My thoughts while reading:

At this chapter I was really taken by this mysterious atmosphere of the night, of the boy and of the nature surrounding him and Jess.
However I don't understand why they didn't talk to each other. If it is a real boy, they have to, haven't they? Perhaps they'll talk later. I don't really know.
But there's another idea burnt down in my mind while reading this chapter: Could it be possible that Grandpa had a twin or only a sibling who might die with his parents during the fire of the house? Maybe this twin or sibling exists as a ghost in a figure of a boy which is this weird river boy. Grandpa would know him and so that would explain why Grandpa paint this painting. My specs go on and on and I don't know how the story will end somehow.