The Brothers Hawthorne

Rohan removes Avery from the Game and promises Jameson that she is safe with Oren. Despite Zella’s argument that she should be given the final key, Rohan rehides it and tells the group that “the Game will begin anew [...] with the striking of the bell” (394). Katherine, trying to goad Jameson into setting down the final box that he found, criticizes him for being a disappointing third-born son like his father. She claims that he is nothing without the Hawthorne name, his money, and Avery. Jameson is shaken by her words but resolves to “do great things” to win the Game (396).

Jameson, scanning Vantage from the outside, looks for the highest point and runs toward it. Once there, he spots an even higher point: a bell tower. Jameson connects the tower to Rohan’s verbal clues about heights and bells. When he arrives, he can’t find a way inside, but Branford appears and opens the door for him. Branford claims he’s helping Jameson because they are family. At the top of the bell tower is a large bell, surrounded by suspended keys. Zella appears from a trap door above the bell and lands on it.