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Van Hoek, Rebekah

Tier: major

Last updated through AWLL1.4 ch 45.

Names

  • Given: Rebekah
  • Middle: —
  • Surname: van Hoek
  • Nicknames: Becky

Vital statistics

  • Gender: Female
  • Birthdate: 2 September 1962
  • Birthplace: Indian Hill, Ohio
  • Death: —
  • Description: eyes brown; hair black; height 64 in; weight 105 lbs; measurements 32A–23–31; very small breasts (ch 16)

Family

  • Parents: Mr. van Hoek (Ben; telescope, garden); Mrs. van Hoek
  • Siblings: —
  • Children / grandchildren: —
  • Staff at estate: Lois (maid); houseboy

Life

  • Residence: Large estate, Indian Hill (mansion, library, pool, guest cottage)
  • Jobs held: —
  • Schools attended: Indian Hill High School — freshman 1977–78; class president; «bitch» persona at school
  • Majors: —

Canon appearance

  • First seen: AWLL series 1, book 1, chapter 15 — Indian Hill chess meet (on-page); phone/rematch ch 16+

Notes

  • Soccer history with Jennifer Block (~3 years earlier); Jennifer's strip-chess bluff at meet (ch 15)
  • Thanksgiving 1977 rematch: pool, Yahtzee, strip chess to bra — Steve stops game; emotional talks; holds Steve's hand driving home
  • Daily phone calls by December; broke up boyfriend (ch 18); New Year's Eve 1977 party — Steve as guest; father warns «good girl»; NY night in Steve's bed — Steve refuses intercourse (no condom); parents catch them; still virgin; parents impose three-week no-contact; agrees to dating after thaw
  • January–February 1978: On Pill (mother knows); Sunday dinners resume after grounding; almost-sex Sundays (ch 25); ch 31 first sex with Steve (blowjob then intercourse) — Steve_Adams.md ch 31
  • March–May 1978: Sunday lovemaking; pushes exclusive commitment; Steve withholds truth about Kellie, Anna, Mary
  • AWLL1.1 ch 40: Breakup — cannot accept Steve's other partners or future Birgit; matching necklaces removed; month cooling-off; July 2 dinner proposed
  • AWLL1.2 ch 14–15 (July 2, 1978): Country-club dinner/show; final emotional breakup and extensive goodbye sex; Steve tells Jennifer Becky is done; optional June 1979 goodbye (ch 53) — three rounds; July 2, 1979: Calls Steve — may be pregnant — as he leaves for YFU (ch 54)
  • AWLL1.3 ch 12: Confirms abortion
  • AWLL1.4 ch 44–45: Vet conference Cincinnati — affair relapse with Steve; hotel nights; Larry/Don Joseph warn him off; Doctor Mercer frames destructive bond (ch 45) — Steve devastated in Sweden; van Hoeks had agreed not to tell Steve's parents (ch 6)
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