When Susie’s soul was leaving the earth, she accidentally touched a girl named Ruth Connors. Because of this experience, Ruth becomes fascinated with Susie’s life and her death. Susie watches a number of people on earth, including Ruth, Susie’s family and her crush Ray Singh. Susie recalls a picture she took of her mother, Abigail, where she is alone and staring out into the yard and has not yet taken on her daily role as mother and wife. Lindsey finds the photograph in Susie’s room. Susie’s father, Jack, smashes all of the model ships he made. Susie used to help him make the ships, and she breaks the Inbetween by casting her face into the shards of glass.

Not long after Susie’s death, Mr. Harvey decides to build a tent outside of his house. Jack Salmon sees him and offers to help. Jack gets the feeling that Mr. Harvey knows something about Susie’s murder, and suspects him. He tells Len Fenerman, who goes to Mr. Harvey’s house to interview him but does not find him suspicious