In Chap­ter 140 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Patch exam­ines the house close­ly for any signs of trau­ma, strained to hear echoes of dis­tress. He express­es his dif­fi­cul­ty in feel­ing any­thing regard­ing the place’s past hor­rors, sug­gest­ing a dis­con­nect from his expe­ri­ences. A con­ver­sa­tion unfolds with a woman who inquires about Misty, reveal­ing her prepa­ra­tions for a night out and her recent life changes. She reflects on her rela­tion­ship with her grand­moth­er, Nor­ma, and the emo­tion­al scars left by past trau­mas, includ­ing a tumul­tuous sum­mer of soli­tude and recov­ery.

Amidst this intro­spec­tion, Patch’s com­pan­ion pro­vides insights about resilience, high­light­ing a black-eyed Susan flow­er’s abil­i­ty to thrive post-dis­as­ter as a metaphor for their cur­rent lives. Their dia­logue shifts to the painful sub­jects of Jimmy’s depar­ture and the lin­ger­ing thoughts about a lost baby, reveal­ing vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties and unspo­ken grief between them.

As Patch approach­es the store, he seems drawn into the depths of their shared his­to­ry, and while the weath­er pos­es phys­i­cal chal­lenges, he remains deter­mined to con­front what’s inside. The nar­ra­tive empha­sizes his sense of fore­bod­ing; he fears that the truths about Grace’s fate will be detri­men­tal to their emo­tion­al recov­ery. Despite resis­tance, Saint even­tu­al­ly capit­u­lates to Patch’s request and clos­es the heavy door behind them, immers­ing them in an atmos­phere filled with light and rev­e­la­tion.

Patch explores the area with new aware­ness, con­tem­plat­ing the dimen­sions of his cap­tiv­i­ty and try­ing to recall details of his past. Their dis­cus­sion turns to the ambigu­ous cir­cum­stances of his dis­ap­pear­ance, with Saint strug­gling to piece togeth­er a nar­ra­tive that’s both unset­tling and unclear. She iden­ti­fies a lack of clar­i­ty regard­ing who was involved, par­tic­u­lar­ly ref­er­enc­ing Tooms, hint­ing at deep­er con­spir­a­cies sur­round­ing their plight. Patch’s insis­tence on what he remem­bers clash­es with her uncer­tain­ty, fur­ther com­pli­cat­ing their quest for truth and under­stand­ing. Ulti­mate­ly, the chap­ter encap­su­lates their emo­tion­al tur­bu­lence, lin­ger­ing ques­tions, and the pro­found impact of their shared past on their present rela­tion­ship.