All Fours

The narrator drives out of Monrovia, dreading her return home. She starts worrying that Harris will discover the truth about what she’s been doing but dismisses the anxieties. Back home, she moves quietly through the house, hoping Harris and Sam don’t hear her when they get back. However, she’s relieved when she sees Sam.

The narrator wakes up the next morning overcome by despair. She tries to cover it and takes Sam to school. Afterward, she texts her dad about the deathfield, wondering if that’s what she’s feeling. Wishing she could talk to Davey, she drives back to Monrovia. She considers leaving him a note at work but decides against it. Instead, she takes the pink chair from the Excelsior, paints “Call Me” on it, and leaves it near a dumpster by Hertz. On the phone, Jordi tells her to go back for the chair. She retrieves it and drops it in the park near her house, convinced that it will be gone by morning. Then Davey texts her a video of him dancing in front of the Excelsior. She calls him, and they talk briefly on the phone, agreeing that this is goodbye.