Chapter 22 Summary

Ruth collapses on the road, and Ray runs to her asking if she is okay. At that moment Susie feels like she is in Ruth's body. She feels the scrapes on Ruth's back, and she feels everything Ruth would feel. She has fallen into Ruth's body. In Susie's heaven, Franny and her dog Holiday search for Susie, but she is gone.

Susie feels the weight of a human body she is occupying. Ray stands over her, asking her if she fainted. But looking at her, he is unsure, and he says something has changed. Susie tells Ray to kiss her. Ray stares at her, and although he is confused, he kisses her. Susie feels herself in a body of a fully-grown woman.

Ray and Susie head across the street to Hal Heckler's bike shop. Hal has a room and bath in the back...