Saint meets Charlotte at the school gate and tells her that Patch escaped from prison that morning. Saint warns Charlotte that Patch may come to see her, and she insists Charlotte must tell Saint if he does because armed police are likely to shoot Patch before asking questions.

Saint drives Charlotte through town, parks by the old railroad, and walks with her into the woods. The setting stirs Saint’s old memories, and she begins talking about the way people avoid naming painful truths because speaking them aloud makes them real.

From there, Saint returns to Jimmy Walters. She admits that when she previously spoke about him, she was trying to face the fact that Jimmy seemed kind and decent until he was not, and that the good in a person can leave room for terrible harm. Charlotte shows that she already understands enough, and she quietly takes Saint’s hand as Saint struggles to hold back tears.

Saint then makes a more personal confession. She tells Charlotte that she did not want to claim the role of mother when Charlotte once suggested it, because Saint feels unworthy of that place in anyone’s life; instead, Saint only wanted to be Charlotte’s friend, since she has not truly had a friend since she was thirteen.

When Charlotte returns to the immediate danger, Saint repeats that Patch might come there. Charlotte rejects the idea that Patch would come for her, saying she has never come first for him. Remembering her first meeting with Patch, Charlotte says she once told him that Grace was his “rainbow connection,” and now believes a person may get only one such bond, revealing Charlotte’s belief that Patch’s deepest devotion belongs elsewhere.