Bart and the old woman quickly become close, though she urges him not to tell Cathy of their friendship. Jory goes looking for his brother and encounters the old woman, but distrusts her. When Bart is alone, the old woman invites him into her home, asking him to call her “Grandmother” and plying him with treats. One day, movers arrive at the mansion, and the boys see that the new resident is an old woman dressed all in black. Bart and Jory play near an old, abandoned mansion next door. Both previous husbands died some time before. Cathy has been married twice before, to Jory’s father, Julian, and Bart’s father and Chris’ brother, Paul. Both boys live with their mother, Cathy, and her husband, Chris. Jory, fourteen, is sensitive, artistic, and good-natured, while Bart, nine years old, is odd and prone to jealousy and fits of rage. If There Be Thorns, a sequel to Flowers in the Attic, is told from the perspective of two half-brothers, Jory and Bart.
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