In the second part of Heathers chapter she is anxiously awaiting another message from Jason through Allison. However as opposed to before Allison is now charging Heather large sum for each of their "sessions". Heather has become a wreck, she feels herself slipping back into depression due to Jason's disappearance and has become more then obsessed with Allison's "visions". In this chapter we are introduced to Heather's past and how she was once depressed because she was lonely. Heather talks about her depression being so severe that she had to take medicine just to help her get back on her feet. Heather is at the edge of her insanity in her struggle to keep hope that Jason is still alive. Feeling that Allison is her key to finding Jason she begins to do her own investigating and takes down Allison's license plate numbers. Heather then discovers that Allison's real name is Cecilia and follows her home. After hours of watching Cecilia, Heather discovers that she has a daughter and her obsession drives her to follow her. When Heather and Cecilia's daughter finally come face to face Heather is informed that Allison who is really Cecilia has been lying to her the entire time. She is not a psychic and knows all this information because months before he disappeared Jason left her a letter to open if he "should so happen" to go missing one day. After Heather finds the truth she storms back to Cecilia's house and demands that she gives her the letter from Jason. Heather then realizes that this is probably going to be the last concrete item she will receive from Jason ever again.
I thought this chapter was really intense. I like that Coupland went more into depth about Heathers life it helped me spark a better interest in her character like I did with all the other characters. I was in shock when the truth about Allison (Cecilia) was revealed, and felt that that was a really low thing for her to do seeing that she knew the immense grief one can feel when they lose someone really dear to them. I like that Coupland was able to change my point of view about Reg through his relationship with Heather. He showed a more compassionate side to him and that he was changing for the better.
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