Chapter 6

Content:

The man standing next to Jess' parents is Alfred. While Alfred begins with his big passion, talking, Jess feels unprepared, anxious about Grandpa and confused about her promise to him: About what is she allowed to talk with her parents?
So she doesn't say a lot in order to keep her promise right. It comes out that Alfred is the father of Mr Gray and in order to meet Grandpa he came to the cottage. Alfred tells Jess and her parents about the past together with Grandpa. When Grandpa agreed that Alfred meets him after 60 years (Grandpa is in his bed and doesn't look any good) Jess becomes bad because of her promise: She didn't mention yet the second attack Grandpa got. So she decides to go out for a walk. First the others are surprised by that decision, but, when Alfred says that there'll be no danger, if she wants to go out, they let her go.

My thoughts while reading:

At page 40 Alfred asks "Where is the old boy?" (meant Grandpa). This "old boy" really caught my eye. I thought directly about my spec that Grandpa himself is the "River Boy". Maybe there's some relationship between Alfred and Grandpa that creates Grandpa's idea and his will to paint this picture. So I'm really excited about what Grandpa is going to say and how Alfred and he behave when they see each other after such a long time.
I also don't know whether Alfred know about the problems of health of Grandpa. Perhaps he is impressed negatively to see his old friend in such a bad mood and will argue with him why he went away in an unhealthy big city and didn't stay near Braymouth in deep silence and clear air. I don't know yet, but I'm really excited how the story will go on.