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Dark Water Chapter 44 Summary

  • Pearl's phone is dying as she heads out to the woods.
  • She goes to where Amiel lives and notices that someone has painted in red that he's next (meaning someone has turned him in to immigration and he'll be deported soon).
  • She turns her phone off to save the battery.
  • Then she calls out for Amiel. Finally she sees him, and he's fine. Phew.
  • She tries urgently to tell him they have to go, but he's not listening.
  • Amiel tells her that the cops are surrounding the area and deporting anyone they find who is undocumented—so if he flees, he will get sent back to Mexico.
  • Pearl can't believe it: There's a fire, so if he stays, he will die.
  • She turns on her phone and hears a bunch of messages from her mom, panicked and freaking out about where Pearl is.
  • When she calls her mom, Pearl tells her that she had to check on someone and she's fine.
  • Her mom is confused and concerned. What the heck is Pearl still doing in Fallbrook? She wants her daughter to get out of there—now.
  • Pearl doesn't listen, though, and tells her mom she'll call as soon as she can. Then she hangs up.