53 pages 1 hour read

Colleen Hoover

Without Merit

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Chapters 14-18Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 14 Summary

Barnaby notices that Wolfgang looks worse, and he and Sagan take him to the vet. Later, Sagan calls Merit to tell her that Wolfgang died in the car. Merit cries, not understanding why she cares so much for Wolfgang. Vicky asks Merit to visit her in the basement, but Merit declines. She acknowledges to herself that she will eventually confront Vicky about her affair with Barnaby and her placebo pills; she feels guilty and petty about the conflicts with her family members after Sagan confesses his tragic family story.

Barnaby calls Dollar Voss from jail and asks Utah to pick up him and Sagan.

Chapter 15 Summary

Honor, Utah, and Merit pick up Sagan and Barnaby at the jail, where they discover Barnaby and Sagan tried to bury Wolfgang with Pastor Brian: Digging up a grave in a cemetery without a permit is illegal. Honor comments that now people will gossip about the Voss family even more than they already do. She tells Barnaby she is ashamed to be his daughter.

Barnaby orders Utah to stop driving. He tells his kids that he has always tried to do his best.