In Chap­ter 258 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” we find our­selves at a mod­est art show­ing attend­ed by fam­i­ly and friends, with Daisy Crea­son cap­tur­ing the moment for a local news­pa­per, *The Tri­bune*. Char­lotte, dressed in a sim­ple yel­low dress and with min­i­mal make­up, seam­less­ly engages with atten­dees, show­cas­ing her tal­ent for sales, a skill honed under Sammy’s men­tor­ship. Sam­my proud­ly recalls Char­lot­te’s abil­i­ty to sell a valu­able Rosen­quist print to an unas­sum­ing tourist, an unfor­get­table moment he describes with evi­dent admi­ra­tion.

Amidst the gath­er­ing, Charlotte’s grand­moth­er, Mary Mey­er, watch­es her with pride, dressed ele­gant­ly. Sam­my, sport­ing a satin tuxe­do jack­et, remains con­tent­ly in the back­ground, choos­ing not to dom­i­nate the event this time. Saint, Char­lot­te’s con­fi­dante, walks through the art pieces, lost in mem­o­ries of her grand­moth­er. Sam­my men­tions that Charlotte’s work is fetch­ing atten­tion in the art world, hint­ing at a tele­phone bid­der’s inter­est.

After the fes­tiv­i­ties con­clude and guests leave, Daisy requests a final fam­i­ly pho­to. Char­lotte posi­tions her­self between her grand­moth­er and Saint while plead­ing for Sam­my to join them, but he declines, feel­ing out of place in the fam­i­ly por­trait. The atmos­phere takes a humor­ous turn when Char­lotte makes a risqué com­ment about the sex­u­al escapades of her grand­moth­er and Sam­my, prompt­ing an awk­ward reac­tion from Saint, who doesn’t reveal the dark­er real­i­ties sur­round­ing addic­tion that they both acknowl­edge.

As the evening con­tin­ues, the con­ver­sa­tion shifts towards Sammy’s char­ac­ter, ques­tioned by Char­lotte. Sain­t’s hon­est response leads to a thought­ful ban­ter about moral­i­ty and effort. Fol­low­ing this, Char­lotte express­es a desire to vis­it her moth­er, which Saint per­mits.

Lat­er, they dis­cov­er a pack­age on their porch addressed to Char­lotte, teas­ing her with thoughts of a secret admir­er, which she humor­ous­ly attrib­ut­es to a class­mate. Set­tling on the porch swing, Char­lotte and Saint enjoy cocoa, a com­fort­ing tra­di­tion. It’s then that Char­lotte reveals a mys­te­ri­ous jar filled with what appears to be pur­ple hon­ey that shifts col­ors in the moon­light, an enchant­i­ng and beau­ti­ful sight, leav­ing both char­ac­ters mes­mer­ized by its oth­er­world­ly allure.