In the chap­ter titled “Dizzy,” the pro­tag­o­nist, Dizzy, grap­ples with over­whelm­ing emo­tions while her broth­er Wyn­ton lies comatose after a severe acci­dent. She is con­vinced that his soul is still with­in him, and this belief pre­vents her from express­ing the full extent of her anguish. Wyn­ton’s con­di­tion is grave; he is con­nect­ed to var­i­ous med­ical appa­ra­tus, his body cov­ered with casts and bruis­es, and his face bare­ly rec­og­niz­able. Dizzy and her moth­er have been recount­ing fond mem­o­ries to him, hop­ing he can hear and feel their love, but their efforts yield no signs of recov­ery. The weight of guilt bur­dens Dizzy as she reflects on her past actions that she believes con­tributed to the tragedy.

Dizzy’s ide­al­iza­tion of safe­ty man­i­fests in her desire to keep Wyn­ton and their fam­i­ly iso­lat­ed in their home, where they could nour­ish their bonds and enjoy life with­out threats. With her moth­er, they strug­gle through the grief and sor­row, shar­ing sto­ries of hap­pi­er times. Through­out the nar­ra­tive, their close-knit rela­tion­ship is evi­dent, yet the shared grief cre­ates an emo­tion­al chasm as they con­front Wyn­ton’s mys­te­ri­ous absence from life even as his body remains alive.

Dizzy devis­es two plans to bring Wyn­ton back: Plan A involves find­ing Cas­sidy, an angel­ic fig­ure who had inter­vened dur­ing the acci­dent but is believed to have moved on. Dizzy feels a mys­ti­cal con­nec­tion to Cas­sidy and is con­vinced that she plays a cru­cial role in Wyn­ton’s recov­ery. Plan B is more com­pli­cat­ed, revolv­ing around a vow of devo­tion to God in exchange for Wyn­ton’s awak­en­ing. Dizzy elab­o­rates on her spir­i­tu­al yearn­ing, wrestling with the impli­ca­tions of reli­gious com­mit­ments while assert­ing that wak­ing Wyn­ton is her pri­or­i­ty.

While nav­i­gat­ing her emo­tions, Dizzy finds a sense of cama­raderie with her moth­er and broth­er, who are also in their own pro­cess­ing of Wynton’s con­di­tion. The chap­ter high­lights famil­ial love, the weight of guilt, and the yearn­ing for con­nec­tion and heal­ing amidst chaos, cul­mi­nat­ing in Uncle Clive’s pro­pos­al to play Wynton’s favorite song in hopes of recon­nect­ing with him through music.