62 pages 2 hours read

Stephen King

Later

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Chapters 11-20

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 11 Summary

Jamie, Tia, and Liz arrive at Regis Thomas’s house. Jamie doesn’t see Thomas anywhere. While Tia circles the house, looking for a way in, Liz asks Jamie if he truly thinks he can see dead people. Jamie is annoyed by her tone and gives her some examples. He asks if Tia told her about Mona Burkett’s rings. Liz dismisses the rings as a coincidence. She tells Jamie that making things up won’t help his mother and that he is “enabling” her by going along with her delusion. Jamie finally spots Thomas at the detached study where he does his writing.

Chapter 12 Summary

Regis Thomas approaches the group, which doesn’t surprise Jamie since the dead are often attracted to the living. Liz tells Tia that no one’s there and Jamie is making it up, but Jamie introduces himself to Thomas. Thomas is wearing a sash with a ribbon pinned to it. He tells Jamie that he won the ribbon in a sixth-grade spelling contest and always wears it while writing. Jamie finds this silly, but Thomas isn’t embarrassed.

Adult Jamie explains that dead people don’t seem to feel emotions. Some of them can feel love like Mrs. Burkett, crying and kissing her husband’s cheek, but even this emotion doesn’t seem very strong.

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