Pleasure reading. "The casual vacancy" Part 5

Krystal and Fats continue to have sex. She lies and tells Fats that she is on the pill. She wants to get pregnant because she thinks that it will be a way out of the life that she is destined. Fats does not fully believe that she is on the pill, but also fantasizes about the possibility of her getting pregnant and how it would hurt and shock his parents.

The Parish Council has a meeting and votes to have the Fields removed from Pagford. Parminder defends the Fields but loses to the other parish councillors. She also defends the addiction clinic and loses her temper when people begin complaining about the cost of the clinic. She screams atHowars Mollison about his weight and what it has cost the state. She flees the meeting knowing that she has made a terrible mistake.

Gavin tells Kay that he is in love with Marry Fairbrother and that he must break up with her.

The following day, the council seat vote is held. Many of the characters are so disgusted with what the election has done that they don't even vote. Miles Mollison beats Colin Wall and wins the new seat. That evening is Howard's 65th birthday party. Samantha gets really drunk and snogs Andrew Price. Miles catches her and pulls her off of him. Patricia, Miles's sister comes, but leaves early because she is angry that Shirley didn't include her lesbian partner on the invitation.

Sunday morning everyone is home in the aftermath of Howard's party. It is a beautiful sunny Sunday. Gavin is going to Mary's house to tell her how he feels. Samantha and Miles are fighting and send Lexie to Howard and Shirley's. Krystal and Fats have agreed to meet downtown. Howard is hungover and sleeping it off. Shirley opens the parish website and somewone has posted about Howard and Maureen — that they are having an affair. It must be Andrew, Fats, or Gaia because Patricia told them of the affair.

Krysyal and Fats meet again in downtown Pagford. Krystal leaves her mother's house and takes Robbie with her since her mom was using smack again. Krystal intends to get pregnant by Fats Wall. She has Robbie with her and has him wait on the bench. Fats is very uncomfortable with Robbie being able to see what is going on, but Krystal reassures him that she'll find someplace secluded and finds a private spot under the bushes. While they are down in the bushes, Robbie gets up and begins looking for water because he is thirsty.

Sukvinder is out walking around town, skipping work at the Copper Kettle. She sees Robbie in the river and jumps in after him. She cuts her leg open on a broken computer monitor. She finds Robbie and is taken downstream by the current. When she is rescued, Robbie is in her arms, but it is too late and he has drowned.

Meanwhile, Shirley makes her way home. Disgusted and full of vile and hatred for Howard from his affair with Maureen, she has taken Andrew Price's Epipen from the cafe with the intention of injecting it into Howard. This will cause him a heart attack. When she gets home, she walks around the house looking for him, Epipen poised. Already he is face down on the floor from a massive heart attack. She calls an ambulance and Howard is taken to the emergency room.