She begins to suspect Eddie, who is acting strangely. Meanwhile, Jane hears strange noises in her house (which is Bea, who is locked away upstairs). In present day, Blanche's body is finally found in the lake, and Tripp is soon arrested for her murder. After Bea meets Eddie, Blanche comes on to Eddie, and Bea sleeps with Blanche's husband Tripp to get back at them (though it's later revealed that Eddie actually rejected Blanche's advances). It became more competitive, but Bea still wanted Blanche's approval. When they reunited 26, their relationship dynamic changed now that Bea was very wealthy and successful. Blanche took Bea under her wing through high school. Bea (real name is Bertha) met Blanche at boarding school, which Bea attended on scholarship. Bea's mother was an alcoholic and her father was abusive.

She then takes her journal and hides it in Eddie's pocket, hoping Jane will find it and save her.īea and Blanche have a complicated relationship. Bea had woken up afterwards to find herself locked up in the panic room on the third floor of their house. She is locked in the panic room of their home, and she writes down her side of the story, about how Eddie had joined her and her longtime childhood best friend Blanche for a midnight cruise, but then he murdered Blanche. At the time, Bea and Eddie had only been recently married, after meeting each other while on vacation a year ago and having a whirlwind romance, resulting in a quick engagement and the marriage soon after. Bea was in a boating accident along with her best friend Blanche Ingraham. Soon, they're engaged.Įddie's wife Bea has been presumed dead for the last six months. After a few months they sleep together, and Jane moves in with Eddie two weeks later. She meets the handsome and rich Edward 'Eddie' Rochester, who lives in Thornfield, and Jane and Eddie soon start dating. Jane is also former foster kid, and she is guarded, calculating and resentful of the wealthy people she works for.

Jane is a dog-walker who is struggling financially, but has clients in the affluent neighborhood of Thornfield Estates. Jane is narrating, and Bea is writing in journal form.) (The book switches from Jane and Bea's perspectives.

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