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So Far Gone
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Chapters 5-6Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide features discussion of emotional abuse, antigay bias, mental illness, graphic violence, physical abuse, and gender discrimination.
Chapter 5 Summary: “What Happened to Leah”
Asher continues to pester Joanie with questions about Brian’s heritage. This irritates Leah, especially when she can sense that Joanie is tired of answering Asher’s questions. Leah and Joanie send him out to play with Joanie’s dog, Billy. Leah asks to use Joanie’s computer to check her homework. She opens the Gmail account she keeps secret from her parents and sees two new emails from David Jr.
David Jr. shares his experiences at Christian college and tells Leah that his parents have asked him to come home since he has no classes that week. The email also conveys David Jr.’s frustration with his father. In the second email, he checks in on Leah, having heard about Bethany’s disappearance and the trouble with Rhys and Chuck at the Rampart. Leah writes back to tell him where she is and to vent her frustration that she can’t call him because she doesn’t have a phone. Asher comes back into the house and confronts Leah over her secret emails. Leah urges him to keep quiet.
Joanie and Asher go on a longer walk to the creek while Leah stays behind to finish her “homework.” David Jr. sends Leah another email to say that he is passing by her location and he can visit her if she likes.
