Home Before Dark

Maggie gives Dane the afternoon off and goes to Bartleby, which reminds her of a town that time has forgotten. She goes into a bakery for coffee and sees Marta Carver working. Thinking Marta will hate her more than anyone in Bartleby, Maggie leaves a large tip, and they don’t talk. She wants to apologize but knows that it’s her father’s apology to give. Maggie believes that she’s a coward, and she never wants to see Marta again.

When she gets home from grocery shopping, a car is in the driveway. It belongs to the reporter, Brian Prince. She knows that he shares no blame in what happened to her and her family, but she doesn’t want to be interviewed. Prince surprises her by saying that he kept in contact with her father and that Ewan had suggested a final interview before he died, wanting to reaffirm his story one final time. Prince had accepted because he wanted to ask Ewan what really happened to Petra Ditmer. Prince began to suspect a connection between Ewan and Petra’s disappearance long after the Book. The family left July 15—and that was the last night Petra was seen alive.