The Dead Romantics

Florence faces Ben on the porch of the B&B and feels a significant moment pass between them, but she doesn’t reach out because he’s not alive. She enters the B&B to find her high school nemesis, Heather, leading a book club on one of the books Florence ghostwrote. Florence thinks she hears Heather gossiping about her and her high school reputation.

With Ben as witness, Florence confronts Heather. She reminds her that the boy who died was Harry O’Neal, a classmate of theirs, and he always liked Heather. Florence forgives Heather for spreading rumors and realizes she’s worried for years about what people thought of her, but now, she doesn’t care.

When Ben asks, Florence explains that the boy’s ghost visited her. She helped him find out how he died. It turned into a police investigation and those who didn’t think Florence was “irrational“ thought she might be an accomplice. Ben understands, and they say goodnight. Florence begins writing her dad’s obituary.

Florence doesn’t want to, but she goes to the Ridge, a steep hill outside of town, to look for wildflowers. She hates the Ridge because she found Harry O’Neal’s body there; Harry led her there when he remembered that his father murdered him.