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Adam abandons all deceit when he and Amelia begin searching for Bob. Descending into the wine crypt, Adam finds a flyer titled “The History of Blackwater Chapel.” Amelia confronts him about having his phone, and he confronts her about hiding it. She confesses that she concealed the phone because she tires of him ignoring her. Amelia cries, which angers Adam, who thinks her weeping is a ploy to curb his anger. Their mutual frustration with their relationship is out in the open, and Adam thinks, “I hate who we’ve become, but I’m not to blame for all of it. Trust can’t be borrowed; if you take it away, you can’t give it back” (143).

Adam acknowledges that he went downstairs the previous night because he’d seen a drawer full of articles about October. Amelia spreads them on the kitchen table. Adam produces the flyer with the chapel’s history.

They read that the chapel dates to around 820 CE. The last priest, according to rumor, died in 1948 by falling from the belltower. When new owners sought to convert it to a getaway, they discovered that the site was a prison for witches in the 16th century. Women and children accused of witchcraft suffered and died there.