The Hawthorne Legacy

At school, Avery tells Jameson her discovery: “My mother was Kaylie Rooney’s sister” (279). Xander suggests that Avery call her grandmother. Avery calls and only says her name when her grandmother cuts her off:

If my worthless daughter had taught you the first damn thing about this family, you wouldn’t dare have dialed my number. […] If that little bitch hadn’t run, I would have put a bullet in her myself. You think I want a dime of your blood money, girl? You think you’re family? You hang up that phone. You forget my name (280).

After school, Avery learns what was in Tobias’s safe deposit box. The documents inside confirm that Toby/Harry went to rehab before he disappeared. They also confirm that Toby/Harry bought accelerant before the Hawthorne Island fire. However, Toby/Harry did not set the fire. A lightning storm that night struck the blaze. That said, it wouldn’t have been as damaging and deadly if Toby/Harry hadn’t soaked the house in accelerant. Toby/Harry was the only survivor—a fisherman pulled him out of the water near the island later that night. That fisherman was called Jackson. As Avery learns this news, she also discovers that Grayson has already gone to Rockaway Watch to meet Jackson.