Three years later, Patricia and her family have lots more money. The Gracious Cay deal brought a great deal of wealth to all of the investors, as “money just kept falling out of the sky” (244). The book club is now open to men and women and has many more members than it did before. Patricia’s relationship with the original members has evolved. Only Slick visited her in the hospital, so “she was the only one of them Patricia cared about anymore” (246). Kitty, Maryellen, and Grace are mere acquaintances now, and the books the club reads are less thrilling than the mystery novels and true crime books they used to discuss.

At book club, Patricia tries to avoid James Harris, who is now incredibly close with Carter. Though Patricia stopped investigating him to hold onto her family, the image of his supernatural attack on Destiny Taylor is hard to forget.

Blue, now a teenager, has been acting out recently. His latest stunt was spray painting a dog at school. He has been rebellious and moody ever since he discovered his mom on the kitchen floor three years ago, so Patricia still feels tremendous guilt about her suicide attempt.