This chapter reveals mysteries surrounding the disaster at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. First, Theo was still hoping that his mother would return home. At the same time, Theo is sure that his mother believes he had died. After calling various emergency numbers and following the news in vain, he remains in the apartment believing that his mother would honor the deal they had previously sealed. The fact that Theo is never to see his mother the same way he had seen her when he had left to view The Anatomy Lesson symbolizes a relationship between the events at the museum and what Theo is going to learn over time. The Anatomy Lesson is a much-feared painting because it features grotesque imagery of doctors handling the content of a naked, open corpse. The author uses this relationship to suggest that, from that moment onwards, Theo would face the world’s naked and horrific details. His failure to accompany his mother when she went to view The Anatomy Lesson painting saved his life, yet his life would certainly become difficult in his mother’s absence. The worst thing Theo had expected is failing to see his mother return home.