Chapter 10

Jess wakes up in the next morning. Her Mom sits next to her. She knows what has happens last night, because dad informs her. Now she wants to talk to Jess. Also because they notices her thoughtfulness before. Jess doesn't tells anything about the river boy again. Mom tells Jess, that they don't have to stay at the cottage any longer, if she doesn't want to. Jess refuses that, because she doesn't wants to destroy Pop's dream of finishing the picture there. To the picture, Mom responses, that it's required that Pop finishes his picture as soon as possible to get in a hospital. They all see how bad the healthy of Pop is.
Later Jess and Pop are at the river again, so Pop can continue his drawing. Jess doesn't has to stay by Pop's side and so she decides to swim in the river. Mom and Dad wait for Alfred at the cottage.
Jess swims down the river and of course she meet the river boy again. This time, she can see his style of swimming and is impressed. He swims really good.
But then she hears a shout "Help!" and it sounds like it's from Pop. She quickly swims back to the place where Pop usually draws. At the place, grandpa isn't there, instead of that, there is Alfred. He calls for help, because Pop is away.
Everyone, Jess, Mom, Dad and Alfred, start to search Pop, but nobody really find him. After a while Alfred goes home and a few moments later, Jess finds Pop in the coffin. Pop says, that the hides himself, because he doesn't want to see Alfred. Then Pop goes to bed to sleep a bit.
He sleeps until 8 PM and talks with Jess about his picture when he wakes up. He underlines his position, that he wants to finish his picture here at the cottage, once again. After that, Alfred talks to Pop, as he arrives in the evening. Mom makes some food and asks Jess once again what is wrong, but she answers, that everything's fine. She still doesn't want to walk about the river boy and her thoughts about the whole situation..

**************************************************

In the tenth chapter Jess met the river boy once again and it brings the question, whether he is an illusion or not, to my mind again. Nobody saw the river boy, except Jess. What happens if Pop finishes his work? Will there be a logic solution for all this?
Then I asked myself, how could Pop get from the place, where he draws, into the coffin so fast? I think it's a bit unrealistic, but not really important.