Clea gave Cody one of her father's shirts because his got soaked from the rain. The shirt was monogrammed and made specifically for him in Europe. Clea is leaving for Hong Kong for the summer because her father found her and Cody together in her room and also because she got a B in one of her classes.
Cody bought Clea Jade earrings as a welcome home gift. Clea was now going to a boarding school in Vermont.
Cody broke up with Clea. Cody was being scouted by Penn State than got injured. Cody dropped out of school. Clea went missing. She mailed Cody a letter the same day she went missing. Cody took it too her parents house. Her father passed out when he showed him the letter, because he blamed Cody for her disappearance.
Cody went to Vermont to look for Clea. He told his father he was looking for a job out of town. On the way, Cody visited his mother's gravesite. She died of bone cancer. He left his spare football.
Cody joined the search for Clea. He went to where they were handing out search assignments saw her horse. He started walking up the mountain, in search for Clea.
Cody asked a waitress where a reasonable hotel was, she told him. Before he got out he decided to chase after a pickup truck and got lost. He eventually got to his motel. He stayed in room 11, his favorite number.
"Attitude always ends up being a hundred times more important than experience." Mrs. McTeague Reality Check p. 112
Cody would make it his mission to find Clea, even though the town called off the search for her. That's why he got the job on the grounds.
Sergeant Orten found Cody with Bud out on the snow searching for Clea. Cody revealed to Orten that he loved Clea after punching him in the face. Sergeant Orten made Cody his mole to catch Clea.
Bending
Clea Weston
Water above, heavy and dead,
Black Rocks all around
And I am down here holding my breath,
Trophy kid comes to this.
He swims to me in smiling bubbles
Twisting between my legs and up my back and around my neck
"A little bending, nothing to fear my dear."
Oh temptation?
Far above--is there air still, still air?-- wet burial layer heavy and dead. Don't go."
Reality Check p. 210
"Wealth never stops circulating, and all you have to do is tap into the flow like a maple sugar farmer."
Simon
Reality Check p. 216
Someone killed Bud, Clea horse. Cody found Clea's cell phone got her messages and saw her pictures.
Officer Brand was taking off the case. Sending him back home. Giving him a payoff. Cody made pretend he was leaving, but returned when Brand was away.
Cody found Clea in a barn. He rescued her from Sargeant Orten and Big Len.
