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King of Ashes
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Interludes 3-4Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of substance use, addiction, graphic violence, and death.
Interlude 3 Summary: “June 6, 2003: Evening—Into the Night Gone Black”
The narrative moves back in time to the day of Bonita’s disappearance. Filled with reluctance and trepidation, Roman and Dante go to the crematory and confront their mother about her affair. When she claims that Dante doesn’t know what he saw, Roman becomes wrathful and disillusioned. He denounces his mother’s infidelity, and she hits him for the first time in his life.
Bonita and Roman engage in a physical struggle, and Dante pushes his brother away. Bonita falls and strikes her head on a metal table. The boys remain with their mother’s body until Keith finds them. He sends his sons to the lobby and cremates his wife’s remains. Keith hugs his sons close and urges them to tell no one, even Neveah, what happened.
Chapter 32 Summary
The narrative returns to the present. Roman meets with Shade in Richmond. Upon his return, he’s furious to learn that Neveah has begun the process of transferring their father to a nursing home without discussing the matter with him and Dante. She points out that they don’t inform her about what they are doing, and she refuses to become her father’s long-term caretaker or sacrifice her personal well-being for the family any longer.
