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When She Returned
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Chapters 17-24Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of physical abuse, emotional abuse, addiction, and death.
Chapter 17 Summary: “Meredith”
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Meredith and Scott watch on monitors as Brian and Camille talk with Kate. Brian asks about the 40 days and 40 nights, asking Kate both to talk about her own experiences and the Biblical events. Kate responds regarding with an automatic tone, like she was coached for these questions, saying Jesus’s struggle was worse than her own.
Kate claims to have left her body and traveled back home, watching Abbi sleep and Scott pace around the house. She would read the Bible to Abbi to pass the time. Scott laughs, and Kate hears him, giggling. Meredith questions how Kate could know about Scott's pacing when his insomnia started after Kate’s disappearance. After the 40 days and nights, Kate says the other disciples threw her a “welcome home” ceremony.
After the interview, Meredith wonders why Scott has not told Abbi that Kate left voluntarily. Scott rambles about how Ray brainwashed Kate, repeating a lot of things Brian told them earlier. He says the situation is more complicated than saying Kate abandoned Abbi, and he worries Abbi will not understand. Meredith sees that Scott is avoiding the issue, and she wonders what he is not telling her.
