Status Updates From Lone Women

The Mudges come to Adelaide’s house to rob and kill her. The creature kills Mrs. Mudge and her two oldest boys. It flies off into the night and Adelaide hopes it won’t come back

Bertie Brown (the only other black woman in town) comes to help Grace. She takes her to the hospital in Big Sandy and Adelaide stays behind to watch Sam. Bertie gets Adelaide a horse that she names Obadiah. When she gets back to her house the monster has escaped the trunk and is hiding under her bed. It seems to be attached to Adelaide but not aggressive toward her.

Matthew stays with Adelaide after bringing her home from the dance. While she is asleep he unlocks her steamer trunk and unleashes the creature inside. Adelaide has to fight to put it back. She pays Matthew not to say anything about the creature. She decides to go to Grace’s home and finds her bleeding on the floor and Sam in the cellar. The Mudge boys attacked them

omg she reads books by the Brontës…I love her even though she’s a murderer

chapter one and girly just killed her parents