**Chap­ter Sum­ma­ry: Wyn­ton**

In this intro­spec­tive chap­ter, the pro­tag­o­nist grap­ples with a deep long­ing to con­nect with Cas­sidy, a sig­nif­i­cant fig­ure from their past, while being trapped in a coma. The urgency of the sit­u­a­tion is pal­pa­ble as the nar­ra­tor urges them­selves to speak to Cas­sidy, reveal­ing a poignant con­nec­tion to the fact that Bernadette, a souf­flé-mak­er men­tioned by Dave, is actu­al­ly their moth­er. This sense of famil­ial bond under­scores the impor­tance of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, espe­cial­ly con­vey­ing warn­ings about Dave Caputo to the younger ver­sion of Cas­sidy.

The nar­ra­tive fur­ther reflects on the pas­sage of time and the inevitabil­i­ty of Cas­sidy enter­ing Par­adise Springs, where their sto­ries will inter­twine once again. The pro­tag­o­nist recalls the joy and trans­for­ma­tion felt when Cas­sidy speaks their name, empha­siz­ing the emo­tion­al weight of their con­nec­tion. An alle­gor­i­cal ref­er­ence to lis­ten­ing to peo­ple singing at 963 Hz, known as the fre­quen­cy of divine har­mo­ny or “the God note,” is evoked, illus­trat­ing how such expe­ri­ences opened the pro­tag­o­nist’s heart when they were alive.

This har­mo­ny res­onates through their memories—particularly a moment in the mead­ow dur­ing moon­light with Cas­sidy, which remains a pro­found rec­ol­lec­tion. There is a bit­ter­sweet acknowl­edg­ment that despite hav­ing final­ly found pro­found love, it’s expe­ri­enced in a state of coma, height­en­ing the sense of loss and desire. The pro­tag­o­nist’s yearn­ing to express their love for Cas­sidy is vis­cer­al, yet they strug­gle to muster the strength to form the words.

The chap­ter cap­tures the essence of long­ing, the com­plex­i­ty of love across time, and the unex­plain­able con­nec­tions that bind indi­vid­u­als, giv­ing a sense of hope amid the despair of being unable to com­mu­ni­cate phys­i­cal­ly. The nar­ra­tive oscil­lates between nos­tal­gia and the inten­si­ty of emo­tion, lay­ing the ground­work for a deep­er explo­ration of their inter­twined des­tinies.