The chapter opens on the day of Kemper's execution. She recounts the three-drug lethal injection protocol her lawyer Clarence Bowman had described and the rumors that it amounts to prolonged torture. After a rare shower, she dresses in the outfit Kinsey brought, noting a failed last-meal delivery that left her with substandard prison food.

Waiting in her cell, Kemper fixates on the chaplain she met the day before, convinced he was Noel and that he chose not to stop her execution. She acknowledges her regret and responsibility for turning on the gas at home and instructing Noel to turn on the oven, exploiting his anosmia, while also admitting Noel had not been unfaithful. She recounts recurring nightmares of that day and her inability to undo her actions.

Rhea arrives to escort Kemper, kindly offering to brush her hair before leading her to the adjacent execution room. Kemper is transferred from shackles to restraints on a stretcher. She notes the absence of a phone for a last-minute reprieve and resigns herself to the outcome.

A slim man in scrubs introduces himself as Albert and prepares the IV. He inserts the first needle while Rhea assists. Kemper, terrified but resigned, watches as the sedative is injected and quickly feels overwhelming fatigue.

As she begins to succumb to the sedative, Kemper tells Albert that she did not kill her husband and claims innocence. Albert pauses with the second syringe, exchanges a glance with Rhea, and then calmly says that they know she is innocent. The chapter ends on that revelation as the drugs begin to take effect.