Cory carrie cathy and chris remain in the attic for two days before the grandfather malcom walks upstairs and accepts them as his grandchildren.
Flowers in the attic mother dies.
In petals on the wind she may have put cory s body in a hidden room in the attic but she states that she buried him in the ground in flowers in the attic.
The family moves into corrines parents house.
Petals on the wind.
But eventually tragic events lead to their decision to break out.
A father dies in a car accident on his 36th birthday the mother corrine dollanganger does all she can for her four children but cannot make enough money.