The Host: Days 19 and 20--Chapters 41-44

Chapter 41:
"Would it have mattered if I'd simply been told rather than having seen the tortured remains for myself? Would the pain be less strong?"

"No, I had never intentionally cause anyone physical pain, but I had hurt Ian deeply enough by hurting myself. Human lives were so impossible tangled. What a mess." After seeing what she did in the hospital, Wanda hid for 3 days. She didn't eat and talk. And because of that, she hurt Ian.

Chapter 42:
Jamie is sick. He had injured himself by falling on a knife, and now it has become infected. They don't have the medicine to treat it. When Melanie tried to comfort Wanda after seeing the dead souls, Wanda pushed her away. It pushed her so far back that Wanda could no longer feel her. First, she had Ian kiss her to see if Melanie would come back. It didn't work, wasn't powerful enough. So Ian went and grabbed Jared. That brought Melanie back. But Jamie was still sick.

Chapter 43:
"Don't you see? For millions of my own kind, I've never been able to do that. Not for my own...children. I was always too afraid to die that final time. But I can do it for one alien child. It doesn't make any sense. Don't worry, though. I can die to protect Jamie." They can't get a hold of any antibiotics for Jamie. Wanda came up with the crazy idea to go out and get some from one of the hospitals. When she suggested, everybody was suspicious. No one would let her. So, Jared took her out in secret. He gave her a poison pill. If she were caught, she was to bite down on it.

Chapter 44:
Wanda had Jared scrape off the scar on her cheek with a rock, because she knew that it would cause the other souls to be suspicious. No soul would have a scar like that. She then had to stab herself in the arm with a knife to match Jamie's injury. She lied to the Healer about how she got it. The Healer told her what she was doing to fix Wanda, which allowed Wanda to know exactly what to grab. The Healer had left to get some more water, giving Wanda a few minutes to get the medicine she needed. But it is taking a while for the Healer to come back, so Wanda is worried.

---Amelia