The Pact

Chapters 12 - End

Chapter 12

Lovesick (Rameck)

• Rameck meets a girl named Kay, and they start dating
• Rameck finds out that Kay has another boyfriend at a different college
• They get back together and break up multiple times
• Rameck considers breaking the pact (by dropping out) to win Kay back.
• Kay reveals she is falling in love with someone else-- Rameck is heartbroken
• He never tells Sam or George about his plan to break the pact.

Chapter 13

Access Med (Sam)

• Sam and Rameck are accepted into the Access Med program
• They will have to transfer to Rutgers University and leave George behind
• Sam meets a girl while at Rutgers
• They break up so Sam can focus on school
• When Sam decides to get back together with her, he finds out she is 4 months pregnant

• Sam gets into a fight at a club, and Rameck jumps in to help him
• Rameck finds out years later that his jaw was broken during the fight
• Sam and Rameck make money by taking notes for other students
• Sam thinks his sister Fellease might have HIV, but she will not get tested

Chapter 14

Old Ties (george)

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• George moves back to Newark to go to dental school

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• George, Rameck, and Sam struggle with money during medical/dental school

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• George’s mom works 14+ hour days to help him pay for school

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• George bounces around from home to apartment
• He begins to have issues focusing in school

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• George gets mugged in his old neighborhood

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• George rents an apartment
• Former friends move in and cause trouble
• He has to kick them out

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Chapter 15

D.W.B (Rameck)

• Rameck and his friend are followed by the cops one night
• The cops stop them, pull out guns, and curse at them
• They find a knife in the car, Rameck is taken to jail
• After his arrest, Rameck has to go to court
• His lawyer misses many court dates, and Rameck is afraid he will not be properly defended
• At the trial, they realize they have lost the evidence (the knife), and the charges are dropped

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Chapter 16

Becoming Doctors (Sam)

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• Sam finds out he failed his medical board exam
• He would have to re-take it to continue in school
• After Sam passes his test , he is able to move on to clinicals

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• In his 4th year, Sam decides to study Emergency Medicine
• He realizes he wants to work in the ER
• Sam decides to go to the University of Maryland for his residency, but instantly regrets it
• He considers dropping out before taking a position back in Newark

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Chapter 17�Graduation (George)

• George, Sam, and Rameck graduate from medical and dental school

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• They invite friends and family to the ceremony-- including former teachers

• As he watches Sam and Rameck walk across the stage, George realizes they finally made it

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• One of the guests at graduation brought a friend who was a reporter
• The next day, the 3 boys’ story is on the front page of the paper

Chapter 18

GOodbye (Rameck)

• While Rameck was still in school, Ma retired and moved to Columbia, South Carolina
• Soon after, she is diagnosed with severe Cirrhosis, and has to move back to NJ so her family can care for her
• Rameck says that even though she gets sicker and sicker, she never complains
• Eventually, the doctors say she needs a liver transplant-- they eventually find a donor, and she has the surgery
• A few days later, though, Ma passes away

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Chapter 19

Home Again (Sam)

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• Sam moves back to Newark to work at Beth Israel Hospital
• He lives with friends in a shared house
• After the news story about the 3 boys comes out, they become famous around Newark
• they begin speaking at schools and events

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• The boys take the money they make from public speaking and create a charity-- The Three Doctors Foundation
• Sam ends up treating friends and family at the hospital-- including his sister, who is dying of AIDS

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Epilogue

(George, Sam, Rameck)

The Three Doctors’ final advice:

• Make trustworthy friends who have the same goal
• Find strength in your differences
• Believe in yourself and your friends
• Compete in a healthy way
• Communicate openly, honestly, and often

• Lean on your friends, and allow them to lean on you

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