Mack asks, “How could you let it happen to Missy? ¨, to which God replies, “When all you can see is your pain, you lose sight of me.” He tells Mack that he never believed that God was good, if he did, he would trust and not question the reasoning behind what had happened. Mack’s blame and anger for Missy’s death is directed towards God, and his need for everything to be all better. God’s reasoning for their appearance is His dislike of religious stereotypes. When he goes back into the shack to investigate he finds God the Father as an African American woman named Elousia, who also goes by Papa Jesus Christ, a carpenter from the Middle East, and Sarayu, an Asian woman who is the Holy Spirit.
He angry with God, who “wouldn’t even let them find her and bury her.” Because Papa never showed up, Mack decides to return home, but upon leaving, everything is beautifully transformed, almost like another world. When he arrives, everything is the same, even down to the floor still stained with Missy’s blood. Mack assumes it is a joke, but wonders what if it really is from God, without informing his family he decides to go to the shack. I’ll be at the shack next weekend if you want to get together…Papa, which is Nan’s name for God. We jump forward to present day and during an ice storm, Mack goes to retrieve the mail, and finds a mysterious letter, addressed to him…It’s been a while. While the family tries to move forward and Mack attempts to show a brave face and be the strong daddy and husband that he once was, he is lost in the grief of self-blame and what ifs. Thus, the beginning of the Great Sadness where everything changes for Mack and his family.
A ladybug pin attached to her coloring book, is the calling card of a serial killer known as the “Little Lady Killer.” After searching the area, they discover a shack where the kidnapper took Missy her bloody sundress is there, but not her body.
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