48 pages 1 hour read

Seraphina Nova Glass

On a Quiet Street

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Chapters 8-16Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 8 Summary: “Georgia”

Georgia is preparing dinner when her husband, Lucas, comes home. He shows her the bag of pot that he found in the shed. She denies that it is hers, but he doesn’t believe her. He drags her violently into the basement. She had been hoping to sell it to get money to escape from him. After their marriage and move to the United States, he destroyed her passport, and he keeps her under vigilant surveillance. She once called the police about his abuse, but nothing happened. Lucas is a judge, and the police believed Lucas’s story that Georgia made it all up because she is depressed and fragile. Lucas locks her in the basement.

Chapter 9 Summary: “Paige”

The following week, Paige goes to the Museum of Art Ball with Grant. There, she sees Cora and Finn. Finn is talking to a couple named Charlotte and Tony; Tony is in Finn’s band. Paige tells Cora she hasn’t found any evidence that Finn is cheating on Cora. They see Lucas Kinney and agree that there is something “off” about him. Grant says that Lucas seemed fine to him when they got drinks together with Finn. Then, Paige notices Finn going toward the bathrooms with Charlotte and tails them.