Chapter 41, Death Becomes Her; Chapter 42, Explanations; Chapter 43, Recovery; Chapter 44, Final Curtain Summary

In Chapter 41, the narrator switches back to Thursday, but she is in the waiting area for death. One of the henchmen she had dealt with earlier confirms her condition. Spike shows up and offers her escape in his car, which she starts to take but then changes her mind. There ensues an argument with a skeleton security guard who is trying to sort things out. President Fromby has died and is in line to cross the river with the ferryman, and as Thursday starts handing her coin to the ferryman, Cindy shows up. She argues that she should take Thursday's place in the boat because Cindy would otherwise be facing life in prison. She has nothing to live for, but Thursday does, and...