In A Dark Dark Wood

Nora wakes in her hospital room, realizing she has no way to get in touch with anyone since her phone is missing. Detective Lamarr comes to see her, and Nora asks about Clare. Lamarr asks if Nora remembers more about what happened after she ran from the house. Nora realizes that there is something that the detective is not telling her.

As more comes back to Nora, she recalls limping away from Clare’s car and trying to flag down a van on the road. However, she can’t place what happened between running from the house and that memory. Nora asks if something happened to Clare, and Lamarr carefully says that Clare was in the same accident as Nora. Nora asks if Clare knows about James, and Lamarr answers that she has not been well enough to receive the news. Nora asks if she can see Nina, but Lamarr says that they are still taking statements from the group, saying, “We want to get your version, not anyone else’s, and we’re worried that speaking to other people might … confuse things” (223). Nora worries that the police think she is faking her memory loss.

When Nora asks for her clothes and her phone, Lamarr says that Nora’s phone is missing and that the police would like to examine it.