In the chap­ter titled “Dizzy,” the pro­tag­o­nist, Dizzy, expe­ri­ences a sur­re­al moment when she meets her father, a tall man in a cow­boy hat who resem­bles the image she has of him from a pho­to­graph. This encounter, occur­ring after twelve years of absence, feels mirac­u­lous to her—the cul­mi­na­tion of a jour­ney that led her to a yel­low house where her father appears unex­pect­ed­ly. Dizzy grap­ples with dis­be­lief, real­iz­ing that she had long imag­ined this reunion.

As she stands before him, Dizzy tries to com­pre­hend the sig­nif­i­cance of this moment. The ring­ing in her ears drowns out her own voice as she express­es her aston­ish­ment, while her broth­er Miles holds her hand tight­ly. When they both call out “Dad,” their father seems over­whelmed. Dizzy steps clos­er, affirm­ing his real­i­ty by touch­ing him, and he con­firms her fears of being a “mute ghost” as he admits to being speech­less.

The reunion is chaot­ic yet filled with warmth; their dog, San­dro, leaps into their father’s arms, indi­cat­ing a bond between them that sur­pass­es that of Dizzy’s. Observ­ing her broth­er’s reac­tion, Dizzy notices Miles’s shock and con­fu­sion. They are in a sacred moment that defies the laws of nature and logic—something that feels pre­or­dained.

Dizzy ques­tions her father, want­i­ng to know why he left, only to be inter­rupt­ed by Miles, who motions her to come back. All the while, San­dro exhibits an unusu­al attach­ment to their father. Dizzy reach­es out, and as she holds her father’s hand, she feels an unex­pect­ed con­nec­tion, as though they were meant to be togeth­er at this moment.

Amidst the rev­e­la­tions, Dizzy under­stands that their pur­pose in find­ing their father relates to help­ing Wyn­ton, an impor­tant fig­ure in their lives. She con­veys to her father that Cas­sidy, a cen­tral char­ac­ter in their recent strug­gles, sent them to him for help with Wyn­ton. As she shares details about Cas­sidy and the pre­car­i­ous sit­u­a­tion with Wyn­ton, her broth­er erupts with frus­tra­tion at their father’s absence through­out the years. This ten­sion is inter­rupt­ed by the arrival of a man named Dex­ter, who clar­i­fies the sit­u­a­tion, lead­ing to fur­ther rev­e­la­tions about their father’s iden­ti­ty and their unex­pect­ed jour­ney. The chap­ter intri­cate­ly cap­tures a moment of joy, betray­al, and the pro­found intri­ca­cies of famil­ial rela­tion­ships shaped by time and cir­cum­stance.