45 pages 1 hour read

Robert Gipe

Trampoline

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

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Act 4: “Meatspace”

Chapter 10 Summary: “Raccoon Eyes”

Furl, the maintenance worker from Dawn’s high school, lives in a house near the crash site and comes to check on the crash. Hubert says he needs to call the police but admits that no good could come of getting law enforcement involved. While he is inside, Dawn turns Keith’s body over and finds a flask of bourbon on his body. She finishes off the bourbon. Soon, the police arrive at the scene to ask Hubert and Dawn questions. They ask Dawn who was driving, and she stammers before saying that she was. They ask if she has been drinking and she says yes. Hubert interrupts saying she doesn’t know what she is talking about, that he was the one driving. They finish questioning Hubert, then ask to take Dawn to the police station where they finish questioning her.

At the police station, a caseworker asks Dawn questions about Hubert and Momma. After she gets permission to release Dawn for the night, she tells her that she will be getting more information about the case and a likely future court date in the mail. Before leaving, she tells her: “Dawn.