Oct 8 Outline Revision #1

I. Beginning
A. Crime – Alyssa “Aly” Thompson found at her family’s summer cabin, severely beaten and comatose. Her parents, told that she may never awaken, call friend Micah Andrzejewski to read to her, to keep her mind stimulated.
B. Investigation – after it stalled, Thompsons call friend Nicholas “Nick” Deyman to pick up where the police left off.

II. Middle
A. Story Time – Micah reads a new story to Aly, one that he read years ago to another comatose patient in the same hospital.
B. Suspects List – Nick finds that this case is full of people who had motive, including a state senator, her current boyfriend, and an ex, who has a history of anger.
C. Investigate – Nick goes and looks at all the possibilities, including the close aid to the senator.

III. End
A. Story Time – Micah tells a story when the senator’s wife comes in, followed by the senator’s aid. Aly’s dream becomes violent.
B. Checked Off – Petty criminals, once thought as possible suspects, are checked off, as are her current boyfriend and the senator’s wife.
C. End Game – Nick confronts the senator’s aid, asking why he asked nurses, on several occasions, of Aly’s condition. Nick also shows evidence of pictures the aid had in his home computer, of Aly and the senator’s wife, entering a Planned Parenthood together.