Pleasure reading. "The casual vacancy" Part 4

Simon Price finds out about the post on the council website. He attacks and beats Ruth, Andrew, and Paul. He finally comes to the conclusion than it must have been somebody at work, rather than a family member. He makes Andrew help him get rid of the stolen computer.

The following day Simon Price withdraws his name from the election. Andrew is relieved that his father steps down from the election. The entire reason that he broke into the council website was to do just that, embarrass his father enough to get him to step down.

Krysyal Weedon and her gang threaten Sukhvinder because her mother Parminder, a physician, is being accused of giving Krystal's Nana Cath the incorrect medication. Sukhvinder contemplates suicide and decides to skip class. Tessa Wall finds her as she's leaving school. She brings her back to the guidance office and Sukhvinder tells Tessa about what has happened.

Krystal is raped by Obbo so she makes a plan to escape this life.

Sukhvinder Jawanda in spite of her mother, posts another post in the name of the Ghost of Barry Fairbrother on the council website. The post claims that Parminder was in love with Barry Fairbrother.

Parminder is devastated and distracted. She attends a case review meeting with the Weedon's social workers. She attends it because she is the family's general physician. Throughout the meeting her thoughts are constantly on the new ghost post on the council website.

The following day another post by the the Ghost of Barry Fairbrother goes up on the council website. Fats has done it about his father Colin who is still running for the open council seat. The new post suggests that Colin Wall is a pedophile and has groped first year students. Tessa suspects that it is their son. Shirely is excited and happy that someone else has been written maliciously about this. She does not remove the post right away. Colin Wall considers committingn suicide.