Summary

Chapters 16 and 17 are set in late Spring 2013. Chapter 16 is a brief chapter featuring Stephen stalking Catherine at the train station. He has been following her in order to learn her daily routine and route home. He has also procured her current address and phone number. The narration of his thoughts are in short sentences and he is looking for signs of pain and discomfort in Catherine's face. He thinks about engaging her but he says, "We're not ready yet, Nancy and I. I've brought her with me" (96). He is wearing Nancy's cardigan. Stephen decides not to engage and reveals the next stage of his plan is to have Geoff get A Perfect Stranger into two bookstores near Catherine's house with the hope of exposing her.

Chapter 17 features Catherine's phone call with the mother of the boy who Stephen developed an obsession with. The...