68 pages 2 hours read

Gillian Flynn

Dark Places

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

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Chapters 37-43

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Chapter 37 Summary: “Libby Day: Now”

As Libby comes to, she hears Crystal apologizing to Diondra and Diondra telling Crystal to get her gun. Libby cannot see, and Diondra sits on top of her, strangling her. Libby punches Diondra and manages to get free, but without being able to see, she falls down the basement stairs. Diondra closes the door, and Libby can hear Diondra and Crystal discussing which one should shoot Libby.

Libby searches through the junk at the back of the basement and finds a door that leads to a tornado shelter. She can hear Diondra and Crystal in the basement, but she has knocked enough junk onto the floor that they have a difficult time reaching her. Libby tries to climb through the vent in the ceiling and is halfway out when Crystal grabs her foot. Libby kicks her away, climbs out into the open, and heads for the woods. She does not have her phone, keys, shoes, or socks, and it is already dark. She hides in the woods while the women search for her with flashlights. At dawn, she begins to walk home.

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