The Body of Christopher Creed Chapter 16 Summary

  • Ali tells Torey while they walk that Bo just called her from Wawa; when they arrive, he's there, and pulls them to the side of the building where no one is.
  • Angry, Torey yells at Bo for taking the blame for the phone call and Bo just laughs it off. He won't get into that much trouble, and it's not a big deal to him, though he is hoping they will find evidence in the diary that will save him.
  • They peek in the diary again and have a hard time reading the last name of Isabella, but finally get it. It's Karzden. They borrow the phone book from Wawa and memorize a few numbers with Isabella's last name, in hopes of contacting her about Chris.
  • Getting a move on, they call most of the numbers, but none belong to Isabella. They have one number left and no more coins, so Torey goes inside for change.
  • Just then, Alex comes up to him and asks him why Ali is inside.
  • Thinking it's smarter, Torey tells him the truth and Alex looks sorry for accusing him, though he wonders why Torey didn't tell Leandra the truth about Ali's situation.
  • Then Renee enters the picture and says it's weird for Ali to stay at his house because he's a guy, and that she could have stayed with Renee instead.
  • Yeah, right. Ali with Renee?
  • Renee is yammering on about how it isn't right for Ali to stay with Torey, especially for Leandra, so Torey announces that he's going to break up with Leandra and tells them all not to say anything.
  • This majorly ticks Renee off and she storms away.
  • Alex tells Torey he is now on Renee's bad side, which is the exact place he never wanted to be, and as Torey gets some change, Alex teases him.
  • Outside, Renee attacks Ali, saying she is totally stealing Leandra's property and calling Ali a slut; she says her dad told her that Ali's mom is a slut, too, at which point Ali punches her.
  • To stop the fight, Torey holds Renee back, but she jabs him in the gut.
  • Before the vicious girl fight can continue, Bo steps in and pushes Renee back from a punch, scaring her straight. She lashes out at him but he mocks her and says that she is so scared because she thinks he killed Chris.
  • Teasing both Alex and Renee, Bo laughs and asks Torey how they did it, and Torey says they shot him in the woods. It is an obvious joke, but Torey feels badly for making fun of them.
  • Out of the blue, Bo busts out the info that Renee's dad is the Chief of Police, and has been sleeping with Mrs. McDermott, too. Oh, burn. It's too much for Renee, and she's out of there.
  • Ali begins to cry and yell at Bo for being stupid and saying he shouldn't have told her that, but Bo says that Renee deserved to know the truth since she was so judgmental about Ali's mom while her dad was doing the same exact thing. He also tells Ali that the whole world is not her problem, and she should stop being a doormat.
  • After making Torey responsible for keeping Ali out of trouble, Bo takes off into the woods to hide from the wrath of the chief.
  • At home, Ali goes off to be alone in her room and Torey calls Isabella and leaves a message.