Chapter 36: Kate

Contains spoilers

Summary

  • Kate is creating a baby mobile with natural objects she’s found while walking around her area.
  • Her mother calls to check on her and offers to buy her a buggy as an early Christmas present.
  • Kate feels emotional as she and her mother express their love for each other, something they haven’t done in years.
  • After purchasing the buggy online, she mistakenly uses an old email tied to her iPhone, which her ex-partner Simon has.
  • Panic sets in as Kate realizes Simon might learn her location and about her pregnancy.
  • Kate is relieved when she’s able to delete the order confirmation email before she believes Simon could see it.
  • Despite the ominous weather, Kate drives to Beckside to visit Frederick at his nursing home.
  • At the nursing home, Frederick reacts with terror when he sees Kate, mistaking something on her for a brooch belonging to Aunt Violet.
  • An orderly mentions Frederick has been talking about someone named Violet and sends Kate away as visiting hours end.
  • Kate contemplates Frederick’s belief that Violet was responsible for a mysterious insect infestation at Orton Hall.
  • While driving back in heavy snow, Kate crashes her car into the woods after seeing an animal carcass on the road.
  • In a state of shock and worry for her unborn baby, she struggles with no cell phone signal to call for help.
  • Determining that waiting for rescue is too risky, Kate decides to venture through the woods to get back home despite the storm and her cold, injured state.
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