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Never Ceese by Sue Dent
Chapter 14 by Angela, Krystal, Rose
Phillip Darden, head of Financial Affairs has a meeting with the school council regarding the important 4.7 million dollar impending grant and who shall helm the program. The college cannot afford to lose such an important grant simply because they can’t seem to find anyone to run it. Darden believes his cousin, Dr. Clayton Henderson, would be a perfect fit for such a program. Little does the council know that Henderson is mooching off of his cousin and Darden wants rid of him. What the council does know is that Henderson was fired from his previous position, due to his illegal stem cell collection. After deliberating on the huge trust issue, the council eventually decides to give Henderson a chance and hires him.
On Henderson’s first day of teaching, he picks a student by the named Rodney Kincaid. Rodney, not known to be intelligent, surprises everyone with an insightful and correct answer to Henderson’s question. When class end all the students leave except Rodney who stays behind to talk to Henderson. Turns out, Rodney is actually working for Henderson supplying him with information on Cassie Felt, his roommate. Before Rodney leaves class, Henderson instructs Rodney to have Josh make a visit to his house. Rodney hesitates, but agrees and leaves.
Henderson returns to his office and pulls out his file marked “Cassie”. Like Henderson, Cassie was interested in immortality, but she believes it actually exists. She believes that vampires and werewolves are real and claims to know some. Convinced that stem cell research is the key to curing them, Henderson has convinced her confide in him and deems their meeting fate. Believing Cassie to be naïve and gullible he uses her knowledge in the hopes of becoming immortal.
Questions for consideration:
Do you believe that stem cell research can actually cure vampires and werewolves?
What do you think Rodney is getting in return for helping Henderson?
Is there something you noticed in this chapter that you’d like to discuss with the book club?
Never Ceese by Sue Dent
Chapter 15 by Angela, Krystal, Rose
Back at Rodney’s apartment, Cassie returns to find Rodney on her computer. He tells her there was a virus going around and he downloaded a patch to protect her computer. Suspicious, Cassie gets on her computer and scrolls through the history. After confirming his story, he grabs his backpack and heads for the door. She stops him mid-flight and asks if he had looked through her emails, for she was expecting one and still has yet to receive it. He replies by saying he simply downloaded the patch and never checked her emails and heads out the door.
With Rodney gone, Cassie settles in, mind wandering and considers her educational decision to attend Templeton University. She originally came to Templeton to broaden her choices, but only found it more confusing. After receiving her degree in biology, she decided to stay on for her Masters, but a year into her graduate studies, the university added on the biomedical engineering program. Lucky for her, Professor Henderson was the head of the program and had allowed her to get her foot in the door.
Meanwhile, Rodney phones Henderson and proceeds to leave a message when he receives no answer, stating he forwarded Cassie’s email and covered his tracks by erasing it. He then goes to the library all the while thinking about his working relationship with Henderson. He is really not partial to the man, but the money is good. The thing he dislikes most is betraying Cassie in the process.
Questions for consideration:
What do you think the email was about?
Do you notice any foreshadowing in this chapter? If so, what?
What is your favorite quote from this chapter?
Is there something you noticed in this chapter that you’d like to discuss with the book club?
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