Gone Girl

The title of Part Three echoes with double meaning: will Nick or Amy take revenge on each other, or will they return to a relationship with each other? Or both? As with the other sections of the novel, chapters narrated by Nick alternate with chapters narrated by Amy.

It is now mid-August, and Nick has been arrested, charged, and released on bail. As he awaits trial, Tanner and his detectives search for Amy. Nick continues to make internet videos asking Amy to come home.

He hears a ruckus outside amongst the news crews who permanently stake out his front yard. He opens the door to find Amy on the doorstep. She cries out his name and falls into his arms. He hugs her and pretends to be overjoyed for the cameras. She has twine hanging from her wrists and blood all down her front.

He pulls her inside and demands that she tell him her story. She claims Desi Collings kidnapped her. Nick says that she’ll never be able to explain away all of the things that she did. She says she can. Nick asks where Desi is, but before she can respond, the police knock on the front door.