After, Part 4, 191 - 210 Summary

fifty one days after - During discussion in World Religions class about the Zen principle that "everything that comes together falls apart," Miles realizes that that applied to Alaska, it applies to him, and it applies to his memories of and his love for Alaska. As he contemplates this, he wonders whether he is ever going to get an answer about why she died, and also realizes that, unlike Chip (who seems to have given up wanting to know) he, Miles, still NEEDS to know.

sixty two days after - During a conversation with his mother on the communal pay phone, Miles notices a flower doodled on the white paint of the wall. This triggers several recollections - that Jake had said Alaska had talked about doodling during their phone call ("After, Part 3"), that Alaska had white flowers in...