Chapter 2

The second chapter starts with a little discusion between Jess, Pop, Mum and Dad, when they are on the trip to their holidays. They want to go to the hometown of Pop.
Jess sank down in thoughts while watching out of the window. She remembers the days, when Pop was alright and worrys about his health.
Late at night, they arrive at the cottage in which they live for the upcoming days. The first thing Jess notices is, that there is a river near to the cottage. She loves swimming, so she is glad of this fact.
The keys to the cottage hang on the doorhandle, which is very reckless, because everybody could go in, but the next cottage is two miles and the next Town, Braymouth, 40 miles away, so it is not very astonishing. Mum, Dad, Pop and Jess expect a seamy cottage, but the cottage is much better. Comfortabel beds and stuff like that.
In fact of the time, they go to bed. Mum asks Jess, whether it is ok, that Jess gets the room next to the river, because of the noisy river and the following sleeplessness, but Jess says 'Ok'.
Later Jess wakes up and can't sleep because of the river. She decides to walk through the house and arrives at Pops room. They talk a bit about Grandpas feelings and within this conversation, Jess notices, that Pop thinks about his death. It makes her sad. She stays until Pop sleeps and walks back into her room.

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The second Chapter complied my expecations, too. They drove to a lonely place, with a cottage in it. Nobody is around for miles and the next town is far away. But the river rises new thoughts in me. Where is the connection between this river and Jess and between this river and the picture "The River Boy"? So I think, that there has to be connection between the picture and Jess, to.
But I'm still waiting for the storyline, on which the novel bases on.