85 pages 2 hours read

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hawthorne Legacy

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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Chapters 21-30Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 21 Summary

Oren urges Avery to drop her pursuit of the mystery of Toby, warning her “the repercussions could be deadly” (90), but she can’t. Avery continues researching the charities mentioned in the will. Colin’s Way is an after-school program founded in memory of Colin Anders Wright. Colin died in the Hawthorne Island fire, along with teens David Golding and Kaylie Rooney. Digging into old media clippings, Avery finds an old video of Colin’s uncle announcing the foundation of Colin’s Way: His name is Sheffield Grayson, and he looks exactly like Grayson.

Chapter 22 Summary

Avery tells Jameson about Sheffield Grayson and her suspicions that the man is Grayson’s father. Jameson suggests they visit Skye in the luxury hotel she’s living in to ask her.

Chapter 23 Summary

Jameson and Avery confront Skye in her hotel room. Skye confirms that Sheffield is Grayson’s biological father. Skye also reveals that she’s thinking of having another baby with her “friend,” Ricky.