The Things She's Seen

Beth resumes her narrative. She and her father are stunned by Catching’s story. Michael gently suggests that he can help both Catching and Crow if Catching will give him more information, but Catching tells him that he is too late to help and that neither of them are in danger at this point. After Michael leaves, Catching tells Beth that that neither she nor her father can go back to the way things were before Beth died. Her words hit Beth hard, and Beth realizes that she has been in denial.

When Beth catches up with Michael, he tells her that he has called for an investigation of the rehab facility in which Catching was held. He believes that Catching was subjected to violence there. He ignores a call from Aunty Viv, and Beth reminds him that he will have to deal with Viv soon because Grandpa Jim’s birthday party is coming up. Beth is stunned when Michael tells her that he will not attend the party. He snaps at her, and when he gets back in his car, she walks away from her father, deliberately leaving him behind. She knows how grief-stricken her grandfather was after her death and that her whole family will be struggling to celebrate the birthday; her father’s absence will ruin whatever happiness the family might have managed.