She ll take on another job to earn enough to repay the loan and look after her mother. Then, with a more stable financial history, she ll apply to another bank for a loan. Meanwhile she can try to convince the current owner of the heirloom to at least hold it for her for a little while. Otherwise she ll ask to be informed when it is sold. So at the end of the sequel, we have hooked into a new short-term goal, the goal for the next scene.
Sympathetic characters are active, they try another tactic in the following scene.
Character stasis is boring for the reader. And in this way, we start the scene, sequel, scene, sequel, scene, sequel chain that links together to form a story. Another way of using the sequel is to move over to another character s point of view. Typically this is a switch from hero s point of view to the heroine s or vice versa. It gives us a chance to show the other character s reaction to the conflict, and introduce an element of anticipation.