9/7/2023 0 Comments Me before you 2![]() ![]() While Treena wonders whether Will will be able to talk without help after his injury, Lou briefly reflects that her sister’s intelligence didn’t prevent her from getting pregnant and dropping out during her final year of university. They trade jokes, although Lou’s mother scolds her father for joking that she needn’t worry about sexual harassment at her new job. Her family is curious about the Traynors, both because of their wealth and because of Will’s medical condition. We next jump to Lou’s house, where she is eating dinner with her family, including her sister Treena and her boyfriend Patrick. Traynor believes that they should be introduced the next day, when Lou starts work, rather than today, since Will is in a bad mood. Lou is completely bewildered, since a much more competent candidate interviewed before her, but she accepts on the basis that she will be a companion to Will and have no medical responsibilities. But finally, in spite of the awkwardness of the interview, Camilla hires Lou for a six-month contract. Remembering her family’s finances, Lou makes a spirited last-ditch attempt to argue that she should get the job, though Mrs. When Lou makes a comment revealing her assumption that Will is Camilla’s husband, Camilla tells her that Will is in fact her son. She learns that her employer will be wheelchair-bound, with no use of his legs and very little use of his arms and hands. She attempts to make a few jokes, all of which fall flat, and is stumped when Camilla asks her about her larger ambitions in life. She spends much of the interview fretting about the rip, and stumbles over Camilla’s questions, unable or unwilling to lie about her lack of experience in caretaking. Just as the interview begins, Lou notices that a stitch on her skirt has ripped, revealing her thigh. This surprises Lou, who has been expecting a hospital-like setting. Camilla leads Lou into a beautiful room full of antiques. The woman who greets Lou is intimidating and cold. ![]() The house where she is told to go for the interview, called Granta House, is old and grand, in the wealthier part of town. She feels nervous about interviewing and apprehensive about the prospect of helping an elderly disabled man. Lou’s mother tells her to wear one of her old suits to her job interview, though it’s a bit small on Lou. She assumes she will marry Patrick and remain in the same town as an adult. Lou also reflects that she’s never given much thought to her ambitions or to setting herself apart. ![]() ![]() This doesn’t seem to bother her much, except to the extent that it means her sister gets more attention. Lou mentions that she might have developed her fashion sense as a way to stand out from her sister, since she is not particularly brilliant or beautiful. Treena, or Katrina, Lou explains, was always known for being intelligent, so much so that even though she is younger than Lou she was promoted to the grade above her in school. Lou's sister Treena is mentioned a few times in that chapter, but she remains pretty mysterious until the start of the second chapter, when Lou describes her in more details. When Moyes introduces us to Lou's family members in Chapter 1, there's still one figure we don't meet. ![]()
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