Mike is still in the hospital. Richie has returned to California and has already forgotten most of the events of the past week. Ben and Beverly are returning to Nebraska together. Bill is still in Derry, hoping his wife, who is catatonic will have a miraculous recovery. When the hospital releases Audra before Mike, Mike suggests that Bill take her to his house and stick around a while. Bill agrees.
Mike is concerned that he will forget this time. Mike already cannot remember some of the details of the past week. The ink with which he wrote his friends names and numbers is fading. It is truly over this time. None of them will ever remember any of it, for better or for worse......
