Mike writes on June 4th, 1985. Bill visits him and has aged greatly in the four days since killing It. Audra is still unresponsive. Mike suggests taking her to his home nearby for a week, while he finishes him time in the hospital. Bill says that Richie left that morning, and he believes that the way they forgot everything is going to happen again when they each leave Derry.

Beverly has agreed to go back to Nebraska with Ben. Bill says that Beverly doesn’t seem to remember anything that happened with Tom. On June 5th, Beverly and Ben come to say goodbye. Mike says he will stay in touch, but he realizes that now he is forgetting things as well: “It suggests to me more than anything else that this time they really did kill it; there is no need for a watchman to stand and wait for the cycle to begin again” (1136).

Mike calls Richie and begins to leave a message. Richie answers the phone and says he didn’t pick up right away as he heard the message because he didn’t remember who Mike was. They agree that this time it is really over, as there is no other way to account for the forgetting.