Bella dresses in white for the solstice ceremony. When she walks onto the grounds, she sees that the site where she had told the excavators to dig has been abandoned. She looks in the hole and sees it is empty except for a piece of silver jewelry, which she takes.

This chapter is an entry from Bella’s journal dated August 22, 2010. Bella invites Jake to the barbecue at Francesca’s that evening and he accepts. At the caravan park, Bella runs into Cora. Cora says she had been trying to get in touch with Francesca to explain and apologize. Bella suggests Cora come to the barbecue as well to try and talk to Francesca.

As Ruby and Eddie serve cider to the guests, Eddie thinks he sees Nathan Tate in the crowd.