Dark Water Chapter 11 Summary

  • It's been a month since Pearl's dad called her. Sure, she's not exactly speaking to him, but it would still be nice to know he cared about her.
  • One day, Pearl's mom gets a letter in the mail saying their health insurance has been cancelled.
  • Pearl's mom is angry (understandably) and knows her dad is to blame—after all, he's the one who paid the bills and was supposed to be in charge of this.
  • Hoyt tells his sis that he'll take care of it.
  • That gets Pearl thinking that she should write Amiel a note since he can't talk.
  • She does, though she has a tough time translating her thoughts into Spanish. She asks where he learned to juggle and how he hurt his voice.
  • As she's planning her letter, her dad calls. Pearl picks up and he tells her that he wants to take her to Paris.
  • She's always wanted to go, especially since Robby gets to go every summer to visit his grandma, but Pearl wants to think about it a bit. She's not sure what they would do in Paris together, and it sounds like her dad wants them to stay with his "friend," a.k.a. new lover.
  • She tells her dad she'll get back to him and hangs up.
  • Then she sees Amiel walking in the fields and gives him the note she wrote.