Fleeing to the nearby city of Salinas, she becomes a sex worker.Īdam moves his sons to Salinas so that they can attend school and have more opportunity. When Adam tries to stop her, she shoots him in the shoulder. After Cathy gives birth to twin boys, she abruptly abandons the family. Adam hires Lee (a Chinese American man who’s also a philosopher) and Samuel Hamilton to help prepare his ranch. Cathy becomes pregnant (although she had an affair with Charles before leaving for California, so the paternity is unclear). A cruel and predatory woman, she killed her own parents by setting fire to their home just to get away from them. While Adam sees her as the ideal woman, Charles recognizes her true nature. Adam uses his portion of the money to buy a large Salinas Valley ranch, where he moves with his new wife Cathy, a young woman he found badly battered on the steps of his Connecticut home. However, Cyrus has left an enormous inheritance for the two brothers. By the time Adam returns to the Trask farm in Connecticut, his father is dead. While Adam is away, Cyrus becomes an important figure in Washington, DC. Cyrus forces Adam to join the army but keeps Charles at home to help with the farm. Charles’s resentment grows so strong that eventually he tries-unsuccessfully-to kill Adam with an ax. Charles acts out in part because his father shows a clear preference for Adam-even though Adam doesn’t care about being the favorite and has done little to earn it. As Adam and Charles grow up, Adam develops a well-founded fear of Charles’s temper.
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