Chapters 39 and 40 Summary

Katie is dreaming that she is back at the fair. She sees a man with a baseball cap and sunglasses in the crowd. She recognizes his walk. The man looks as if he is a hunter hunting in the brush for his prey.

Katie and the kids are in the house, watching a movie and eating dinner. Then, Katie puts the kids to bed. Katie drifts off to sleep on the couch and images start floating through her head. Kevin is standing outside, drinking his vodka and watching the window upstairs in the apartment. Kevin thinks about a man that he sees smoking and gets an idea. He thinks of how fire purifies things in the Bible.

Kevin goes into the store to buy something flammable. When there isn't enough lighter fluid on the shelf, he buys two gas cans and...