Chapters 8 through 13 Summary

In Chapter Eight, Frank catches a nap in his car as he tries to deal with the change of perception regarding Rosie. He says his entire life has been devoted to figuring out how to live with the pain of her decision to leave without him and that he's now dealing with a completely different kind of pain and the knowledge that she didn't leave him behind. He visits the coroner's office and talks to the mortician, Cooper, who is working the case. Frank learns that Rosie's skull was cracked, probably from having her head bashed against the wall while someone's hands were around her neck. While clothing is present in the hole in which she is buried, it is rotted and there's no way to be certain it had been on her or merely buried with her.

In Chapter Nine...