58 pages 1-hour read

Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon

Gone Before Goodbye

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

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Chapters 11-15Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence and death.

Chapter 11 Summary

Ivan Brovski and the guard, whom Maggie nicknames CinderBlock, escort her back to her bedroom. From the window, she sees more suited men searching the front lawn. Brovski returns her phone, informing her that they deleted her sister’s app, and the battery is nearly dead. He adds that a charger will be provided on the plane, and the helicopter will arrive in 10 minutes to pick her up. Maggie maintains a neutral expression and tells him she needs to change in the bathroom.


Maggie turns on the shower for cover and unlocks her phone. The griefbot app icon appears deleted, but she knows Sharon designed her apps to resist tampering—the icon has simply moved to a hidden folder. She accesses it and activates the griefbot Marc. With the battery at 10%, she immediately asks about his tattoo. The bot repeats the New Orleans story. She tells him it is a lie and describes her patient with the identical tattoo. The bot insists that it is impossible, suggesting that her former scrub nurse orchestrated a prank.


Brovski knocks, saying the helicopter will arrive in five minutes. The griefbot Marc hears his voice and asks why Maggie is with Ivan Brovski, revealing that Marc knew him.

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