40 pages 1 hour read

Emmy Laybourne

Monument 14

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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Chapters 28-33Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 28 Summary: “The Big Send-Off: Part Two”

On the morning of the eleventh day, the students wake to find Robbie lying on a mattress in his underwear and Sahalia crying, also just in her underwear. Robbie claims that he woke to Sahalia on top of him, asking to be his girlfriend. Astrid takes Sahalia away; Jake keeps a gun trained on Robbie. Robbie springs up and takes the gun from Jake, then shoots Brayden. The boys scuffle with him. Robbie hits Niko in the face with the gun barrel, all the while protesting his innocence. Robbie raises the gun to Niko’s face, and just as he is about to shoot, Josie shoots Robbie from behind with a second pistol.

Chapter 29 Summary: “Blood, Bleach, and Lies”

Josie’s shot kills Robbie, and Dean and Jake drag his corpse to the storeroom on an air mattress. Brayden’s shoulder is severely wounded, and Niko cleans and treats it. Jake is very upset and begins crying, blaming himself for what happened.

After tending to Brayden’s wounds and cleaning up all the blood, the boys go to the Train to talk to Sahalia, Astrid, and Josie. Sahalia explains that Robbie “said that I should be, like, his girlfriend.