They suddenly realise it’s early morning and Charlie needs to get home. They start talking and get onto the topic of Jasper’s broken family situation. He then begins smoking and offers Charlie a sum. After they hide Laura, Jasper pulls out an unlabelled bottle of alcohol and starts drinking. And to find out who was the culprit for Laura’s death. So Charlie and Jasper decide to bury Laura in a dam to by some time for themselves, to figure out what to do next. That’s why Jasper chose Charlie’s help as Charlie is a smart kid that he knew he could count on. And go to jail and no one would listen to him. But Jasper, being the renowned trouble maker of Corrigan, that is blamed for most instances even when not involved, decides that would be a bad idea as he would get the blame. Charlie feels a sense of involvement now and offers ideas of what should be done, like tell the police. Jasper manages to convince Charlie that he was not responsible for Laura’s death and that he had been framed. Charlie stands there shocked and stunned wondering how this could have happened. The first thing Jasper dose is get Laura on the ground and takes the rope off from around her neck. When they arrive at Jaspers special clearing in the scrub they discover the body of Laura Wishart (the mayor’s daughter) dressed in her night gown, bruised and cut, dead hanging from an old tree above the centre of the clearing. Jasper takes Charlie out of town to his special place in the bush that only he knows about. Charlie and Jasper have very little in common and have nothing to do with each other. He is reading in his room when he is interrupted by Jasper Jones. Chapter 1 starts off with Charlie Bucktin setting the scene, introducing himself and the layout of his life.
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