In Chap­ter 153 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Patch and Sam­my are perched on a small bal­cony, wait­ing for an impend­ing storm pre­dict­ed to bring destruc­tion across the state. As they con­verse, the dis­tant rum­ble of thun­der sym­bol­izes the dis­tur­bance in Patch’s life, par­tic­u­lar­ly regard­ing his daugh­ter Char­lotte, whom he strug­gles to accept as part of his real­i­ty. Sam­my opens a bot­tle of Rhum Clé­ment 1940, ini­ti­at­ing a moment of inti­ma­cy between the two men.

Despite Char­lotte being sev­en years old, Patch’s reluc­tance to acknowl­edge her as his daugh­ter is pal­pa­ble. The dis­cus­sion shifts to parental respon­si­bil­i­ties as Sam­my encour­ages Patch to embrace his role in Char­lot­te’s life. Patch reflects on his jour­ney, con­fess­ing he does­n’t believe he has the right to claim her or even speak her name. Sam­my reas­sures him, recall­ing their long friend­ship and sug­gest­ing that Patch should pri­or­i­tize what he can offer Charlotte—stability, roots, and a sense of belong­ing.

As the rain begins to fall, Patch shares thoughts of Charlotte’s genet­ic lega­cy, specif­i­cal­ly her moth­er Misty’s father, whose neg­a­tive traits shad­ow his fears. Sam­my coun­ters with blunt hon­esty about Misty’s fam­i­ly his­to­ry, offer­ing an unfil­tered per­spec­tive on the past. Patch’s inter­nal con­flict deep­ens as he express­es con­cern for Grace, believ­ing she needs him more than Char­lotte does. How­ev­er, Sam­my com­forts him, shar­ing that he turned out fine despite nev­er know­ing his own father.

In a moment of clar­i­ty, Patch decides to make a change. He instructs Sam­my to sell some of his paint­ings, sig­nal­ing his intent to estab­lish roots in Mon­ta Clare. This deci­sion marks a piv­otal shift as Patch con­fronts his fears and looks to cre­ate a sta­ble envi­ron­ment, not just for him­self but for Char­lotte as well. The chap­ter ele­gant­ly inter­weaves themes of father­hood, per­son­al growth, and the strug­gle for con­nec­tion amidst life’s uncer­tain­ties.