In Chap­ter 107 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the nar­ra­tive focus­es on Saint as she observes Jim­my asleep on her grandmother’s porch, wrapped in his jack­et. Ear­li­er, she had encoun­tered him after their missed prom, where his moth­er had shown her his suit. Jim­my pos­sess­es qual­i­ties of a good man, raised with strong values—he’s old­er, knowl­edge­able about nature, and holds tra­di­tion­al beliefs instilled by his fam­i­ly. His child­hood room reflects a well-kept life, reveal­ing him to be some­one who will need nur­tur­ing in adult­hood.

Dur­ing a meal with her grand­moth­er, Nor­ma, they dis­cuss the roles of men and women. Nor­ma asserts that women teach men how to be men, which sparks a con­ver­sa­tion about var­i­ous male fig­ures in their lives, includ­ing Joseph, who strug­gles with per­son­al con­nec­tions. Jimmy’s rela­tion­ship with Saint has an inno­cent qual­i­ty, though their inti­mate moments lead to doubts as he pri­or­i­tizes his faith, claim­ing he believes in no pre­mar­i­tal sex.

The chap­ter tran­si­tions into a more seri­ous top­ic when Nor­ma reveals that Jim­my had asked for Sain­t’s hand in mar­riage. This rev­e­la­tion prompts her to reflect on her own feel­ings and the com­plex­i­ties of her rela­tion­ship with Jim­my. The themes of sin and judg­ment emerge when Saint wor­ries about the fate of oth­ers she has wit­nessed in her life, high­light­ing her empa­thy.

Nor­ma pro­vides wis­dom on love, empha­siz­ing that mar­riage requires respect and kind­ness rather than sole­ly roman­tic love. When Saint ques­tions whether she loves Jim­my, her grand­moth­er’s advice cen­ters on the impor­tance of rec­og­niz­ing love as a grad­ual jour­ney rather than an instan­ta­neous feel­ing. She encour­ages Saint, ulti­mate­ly sug­gest­ing that Jim­my is a good match for her, despite her hes­i­ta­tions.

Saint grap­ples with emo­tion­al tur­moil as she con­sid­ers her respon­si­bil­i­ties to oth­ers, her feel­ings for Jim­my, and what the future holds. The chap­ter explores the com­plex­i­ties of love, fate, and per­son­al growth, invit­ing read­ers to con­tem­plate the nature of true com­pan­ion­ship and the foun­da­tions nec­es­sary for a last­ing bond.