Tackle the Text Every Call Has Its Eavesdropper

SO did Amanda have weeks to plan? Or was it a spur-of-the-moment thing? Does it make a difference?

25 responses

1. dem_94 02.05.2010

   I think Amanda had known about your situation for awhile. Maybe she didn’t know exactly how bad it was, but she defiantly knew about it. On the other hand, I really don’t think it matters. I’m beginning to think of Amanda as some super human being with these awesome powers. Obviously that’s not the case, but still, it’s starting to look that way.

   Amanda could do anything she wanted and I wouldn’t put it past her to be able to paint Mr. Thornhill’s car and get the money all in one night.

2. AllieK 02.05.2010

   I agree, Amanda prolly knew about your money situation long before that call. The fact that she didn’t seem surprised at all sort of proves this I think.  She seemed like she was really perceptive and knew more than other people.  I think she was planning on leaving for a while, too, since in the book when she was talking to you the day before she left she almost seemed like she was saying goodbye and she apologizing for leaving so abruptly.  Maybe she knew that you would be upset about her leaving and getting you guys in trouble, she seemed to able to tell really well what type of person people were.  My point is as she was planning to go she wanted to leave you the money after she disappeared.  I don’t have a good theory as to why yet but I’m just getting that feeling.

3. Sarah1214 02.05.2010

   Well, here’s a theory on how she might have found out about your financial situation before the phone call.  What if a member of her clandestine family, or maybe even just a friend, works at the bank?  She might have stumbled across information about the Leary’s mortgage there before she even got to know Callie!  Now, I’m not saying that she sought you out only for that reason, Callie, but it could have been one of the reasons. 

   Then again, maybe she only began to guess that day when your brought her over to your house.  She’s very perceptive that way.  Perhaps your dad’s phone call only affirmed her speculations, and knowing Amanda she would find some way to do something about it.

   As for where the funds came from, perhaps Amanda comes from a family that has funds that their disposal, like the Braggs, except not as obnoxious about it.  If this is the case, then maybe what seemed like a lot of money to you didn’t seem like a lot to her.  Of course, I would be jealous of a girl to whom $2,500 isn’t a lot, but it happens.  On the other hand, maybe Amanda just didn’t spend that much money.  Maybe she’s like my mom, who doesn’t spend any money unless the item she’s shopping for is on sale or at a discount store.  She could have just saved up all of her birthday, holiday, and allowance money over her life.  That adds up a lot if you think about it, especially if what I suggested above about available funding is true.

   I do think she’s completely capable of doing this in one night.  I do think she was planning on going away for a while, but the money I think could have been a one-night thing, especially if she already had the money.  Besides, she did have help on Thonhill’s car!  I’m dying to know who that second person was.  I haven’t had the chance to talk to Meg lately, since her family’s been on vacation, but I’ll keep trying.  Oh, I feel like such an awful friend for thinking that this well-placed vacation is so suspicious!  I don’t like thinking bad things about Meg!  Part of me hopes she isn’t involved at all, but what if she is?  I don’t know what I’d do.  :(

4. RRRules 02.05.2010

   Amanda is too spontaneous for planning. If my earlier theory is correct (and I’m quite sure it is) Amanda Valentino (AKA Joyce Lovette) had the money sitting around, so to speak. Remember; it took half an hour to paint the car. I think she had been threatened or something (as theories from several weeks ago, including the dropped note case, say), and she needed to get rid of that money, or was apologizing for the detentions.
   Basically; she didn’t plan it out.

5. *J* 02.05.2010

   Not exactly 1 night…Amanda probably thought about giving money to Callie long before and decided “It’s time…” when she heard the phone conversation. As for the car, that would have taken only a few hours. Since Amanda does this kind of thing a lot, it would be no biggie for her.
   Nah, it wouldn’t matter that much.
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6. PenPaper+Ink 02.06.2010

   It was most likely a spur-of-the-moment thing, that’s how she acted around me. She did almost the same thing to me, except I traced her farther than you have gotten so far. She left all the notes, knowing I’d find them in order.
   - “You’re just like I imagined.” Amanda said suddenly. I looked away from the decorations on her bike and shifted so I could see her in the moonlight.
   “What do you mean?” I was used to her random, confusing comments and quotes. She never answered the questions in full, never giving an obvious answer.
   “You know what order it will happen in. You’ll do this right.”
   Then she rode off after muttering that she’d said too much.

   The only differance it would make is the time she took on each task. I’m stationed in California so she has obviously been moving around alot. That would require alot of money. She could’ve given you some of that.

7. tell_it 02.06.2010

   this all quite confusing

8. Coupe 02.06.2010

   PenPaper+Ink has a point: “I’m stationed in California so she has obviously been moving around alot. That would require alot of money. She could’ve given you some of that. ” Amanda did move all over the place, guessing from the people she came in contact with around america. Even if she traveled by foot, which probably wasn’t the case, she’d still need money for food and basic stuff. And in Orion, she shopped constantly. Then the icing on this mysterious cake . . . $2,500 for your house’s morgage. Where did her money come from?
   I think The hooded artist (from the morning Amanda amanda-ized Mr.Thornhill’s car) could be helping her.
   Amanda may be dangerous and unpredictable but she has morals. A life of crime feels too . . . unlike her (if its possible to define “her”). And though selling her art for big money is a better option she would have to have an identity and a record that she was ever ‘there’. There’s got to be something else. The hooded artist knows Amanda much better than anyone and has to be in this mess with her. Its possible he/she is getting this money for her. Living a life of crime or selling her art FOR Amanda.
   But i digress. I havent really been answering the real question: When did Amanda know she would give you this money? I’ll get back to you on that =]

9. Vera 02.06.2010

   I agree with dem_94 and AllieK I think Amanda knew before but not much. Maybe she had a feeling something was wrong but didint know the full extent of the problem till the call.

10. Krystal2295 02.06.2010

    I sorta agree with RRRules. I think that if Amanda was saving up the money, she might have taken it with her when she left. She might have needed the money to help her escape from whatever was threatening her. Amanda most likely knew about your situation. Do you think that there were any other conversations that you have had with your parents or anyone about the situation?

11. Pipper 02.06.2010

    as if Amanda sold her work. She told me that selling your art is like selling your individualism, whatever that means. She might have made 2 that were the exact same thing, kept one, and sold the other, and she probably got 50,000 and gave Callie 25,000

12. Sarah1214 02.07.2010

    It’s $2,500, dear, but your point is made.  :)

13. Milana 02.07.2010

    Amanda’s pretty spontanious.  I could also see her waiting weeks for a plan to spin out, but not months.  She’s also cautious.

14. fun-lovingisi 02.07.2010

    I could understand that she has alot of money, shopping at vintage/thrift stores can save you a ton. She might just be the kind of person that doesn’t like to show off what she has, or how rich she is. For all we know a relative of hers recently passed and left her all the money.
    No matter how she got it, it was most likely a spur of the moment thing. Amanda already had the money and thought that giving it to cali would be a good use. Since she overheard cali’s situation Amanda probably figured that cali wouldn’t spend it on just anything and therefore knew the money was going for something useful. I honestly dont know wat difference it makes if it’s her money and she chose to put it to a good cause. I believe amanda has a good heart and a good head on her shoulders, she does things for a reason.

15. marycaulf 02.08.2010

    Yes!  She planned this for weeks.

16. MandysBoy 02.09.2010

    I’m pretty sure she’s rich, when she went to my school, she drove a vintage Mustang, and that had to cost a lot of money, wether she bought if from someone or restored it herself. Also, she was always giving things away, and she acted like it was no big deal. Once when she was messing around on her iPod touch at my house, my little sister was admiring it and saying how much she wished she had one, and Amanda just gave it to her. So yeah, Amanda is rich, so I’m pretty sure it was a spur of the moment thing. Kind of a good-bye gift, ya know?

17. Shellgirl 02.10.2010

    This is what I think: Amanda knew for a while and even had the money for a while and then when she heard the phone call she felt it was time to Callie. Then something happend, something bad and she left maybe not voluntary, maybe having something to do with the money. But I don’t know just a theory…..

18. LaurelQ 02.12.2010

    I agree with PenPaper+Ink and RRRules. It’s not like her to plan in out, the randomness of everything about her says so. However, for her to do all of this she would require money. There’s more to this money, but maybe we’re all looking too close, and we need to step back and look at the bigger picture. I feel like there’s something there, a reason for the money.

19. invisible 02.13.2010

    i think LaurelQ is right that were looking at this to close and we should look at the bigger picture

20. Layni517 02.17.2010

    I think she had a hunch all along that the money would be needed.  She probably kept it somewhere safe (how are we supposed to find out WHERE she got it??) when she first went to Orion, knowing that she would help someone with it.  She may or may not have known WHO would need it or WHY, but she knew she would need it.

    And, who knows?? Maybe it was counterfiet, meant to shock Callie’s dad back into the real world, but given to them knowing they wouldn’t actually use it.  Maybe she always knew that SOMEONE would need it and saved whatever money she could up until she actually gave it to Callie.  Whatever it was, Amanda knew before that night at Callie’s house that she would need the money, counterfeit or not, at some point.

21. RRRules 02.17.2010

    Layni makes a good point. It could have been a gut feeling type of things that told Amanda to get the money. But I don’t think it was counterfeit. That would just bee a cruel joke.

22. OperaGhost 02.17.2010

    Amanda is a being that senses you before she knows you. I’m not saying she’s physic. I’m saying she’s like an animal. She can sense trouble before it happens and she can pin point the exact location. She picked us fora reason and the money? Well who really knows where Amanda managed to get that. Amanda plans, but not consciously. Like a feeling she needed the money for someone and when she met you, Callie, she knew this was the right person to give it to. Amanda came into all our live for a reason. She came to change us. Maybe she came because some of us needed adventure. Maybe she came to tell us something big. Who really knows?

23. Skinnyhippo 03.23.2010

    I think amanda knows more about you then you think she does. She probably knew where you lived what your name was and your money sichuation before you even met her. She certainly knew more then you thought she knew so why underestimate her with this? It may sound creepy but she probably knows things about you that you would have never thought anyone knew!

24. SerenaRules 03.31.2010

    Well I think this has somthing to do with the bigger picture. All this somehow ties in with her dissapperence and its a clue, Rember amandas mind its like a present. You have to unwrap some pretty complicated string to get to the prize. but when you do its worth it.  Anyway this leaads back to amanda running away. Did she plan it. Or did she suddenly have to leave. If she planned it then why couldnt she have told you in the first place but if it happpened at the spur of the moment and shes to afraid for your or her well being then she is leaving cryptic codes to help you solve what she was going to tell you sooner or later

25. DestinyMeows 04.11.2010

    Callie, have you ever considered that your mom might just be with Amanda and maybe that’s how she knew to give you the money? Because your mom must have run away for a good reason and so did Amanda and maybe they’re together…think about it, maybe the other person with Amanda, in that video you watched from the school’s cameras, was your mom? And don’t forget, anything is possible once you’ve met Amanda….....