51 pages 1 hour read

Freida McFadden

The Boyfriend

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapters 12-24Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 12 Summary: “Present Day (Sydney)”

Sydney finds Bonnie’s body badly mutilated and calls the police. The investigating detective is Sydney’s ex-boyfriend, Jake Sousa, the only man she ever loved. Jake reveals that there was no sign of a break-in and that Bonnie’s doctor crush was communicating with her via a burner phone. Sydney encourages him to pursue Kevin as a suspect since Bonnie stood up to him when Kevin approached them on the street. She’s confident Jake can find the murderer since they broke up because of his focus on his job.

Chapter 13 Summary: “Before (Tom)”

Tom volunteers at a health fair with Daisy and Allison. Allison questions him about Brandi Healy, a classmate Tom tutored who disappeared, making him nervous. Daisy assigns Tom a role taking blood samples for diabetes tests. Tom is thrilled to be working with blood, but panics when Daisy offers to let him practice on her first. As he pricks her finger, he imagines all of the blood draining out of her. He tries to hide his reaction.

Chapter 14 Summary: “Present Day (Sydney)”

Gretchen and Sydney drink a bottle of wine and tearfully reminisce about the things they loved about Bonnie. Sydney regrets that she didn’t know more about Bonnie’s boyfriend, wondering if she could have saved her.

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