Part 6 Summary

Part 6 opens with a quote from St. Luke 24:23, 31 which says that though they did not find his body, they knew him when a vision of angels said he was alive, he vanished from their sight. Josh checks into a motel in a suburb north of Boston to watch the chaos surrounding his suicide. The police track Peter down, and though the television coverage cannot document his private moments, Josh imagines Peter berating himself; it nearly convinces him to call Peter, but he reminds himself that the situation in only temporary. It gives Josh the creeps to watch students from his school cry, and he tries not to hate betagold when she gives a press conference denying her fault in Josh's suicide. For the next few days, Josh watches the news coverage continually to ensure there is no doubt of his death since this...