When Will There Be Good News 4

In this section, we find out that the reason that the train fell off the tracks was because Ms. MacDonald parked her car in front of the train. It is unknown whether it was suicide or an accident. We also find out that it was Reggie that saved Jackson's life. While in the hospital, Jackson is wrongly accused of being Andrew Decker, because he can't remember everything. After a while in the hospital however he confirms that he is Jackson Brodie. Along with all of this, Dr. Hunter has gone missing and no one seems to know the truth except Mr. Hunter. I believe that Ms. MacDonald's death was neither suicide or an accident. Although she does believe that there is a better life after death, I still don't think she would die without her dog, Banjo, dead first. She love her dog dearly and wouldn't leave her. Although Ms. MacDonald was dying, and may have wanted to die faster than slowly, she would never leave her dog. Reggie thinks to herself, "Ms. MacDonald was dying, after all and might have decided to go quickly rather than slowly -- until she remembered Banjo. She would never leave the dog on his own"(148). This proves that is most likely wasn't suicide that killed Ms. MacDonald. It is confusing that Reggie isn't sad when she finds out about Ms. MacDonald's death. While the policemen are asking her questions she is more focused on the cute policeman than her mentor's death.

One day when Reggie arrives at her door coming from Dr. Hunter's house, she finds that her house is trashed. It describes the mess as, "Drawers were upended, and mums' clothes, strewn around on the floor, had had a knife or a pair of scissors taken to them. something that looked like chocolate was smeared on the pink broderie-anglaise sheets. Reggie was pretty sure it wasn't chocolate. It certainly didn't smell like chocolate...In the shower room, which was just a hall closet that had been tiled and plumbed, the walls had been spray-painted rather ineptly with the words, 'your dead.' Reggie felt bile rising up, making her nauseous"(174). Immediately after seeing the mess she thought of Billy, her reckless brother. She just assumed it was his enemies after him. By wrecking Reggie's house, these people had wrecked her life. Her house was all she really had left at this point. I think that Reggie jumped to the conclusion of Billy too fast. I think that Billy's enemies would destroy Billy's sister's house. I believe that this all is indeed meant for Reggie. Her house was wrecked right after she started questioning Mr. Hunter about where Dr. Hunter is. I know for a fact that Dr. Hunter isn't at her Aunt Aguie's house like Mr. Hunter said. She left to flee from the murderer of her mother that just got let out of jail. Reggie, however doesn't know this. When the reader knows something that the character in the book doesn't know, it creates a dramatic effect that has kept me interested in what will happen next!