A Brief History of Seven Killings: Part 2, Chapter 19 Summary & Analysis

 Speaking in a rapid monologue, Demus describes speeding away in the Datsun and feeling himself coming down from the cocaine. Heckle begins saying that they are all going to burn in hell, and Weeper forces him out of the car at gunpoint. At the gully outside Trench Town Weeper gets out of the car and starts running; no one knows where he is headed. Bam-Bam and then Josey also run off, leaving Demus alone. He starts to cry. He feels convinced that he is being chased by the police and starts running. He hides behind a bush and, for some reason, begins to laugh uncontrollably.

Demus has lost his gun. He thinks about the fact that there were no guards outside the Singer’s house, which seems to indicate that the guards knew the attack was being planned. Demus feels miserable and wants to be with his girlfriend. He realizes he has run into a PNP neighborhood and panics as he doesn’t have his gun. He finally arrives at the shack by the sea, but there is another man already in there who tells him to leave. Demus runs and finds himself in a woman’s backyard; he realizes it is his girlfriend, who calls him a “madman” and tells him to get out. When Demus protests, his girlfriend says he is dead to her and then begins crying “Rape!” knowing that this will bring Papa-Lo to her rescue.

Josey approaches the house, along with Tony Pavarotti and two others whose names Demus doesn’t know. They shoot, and Demus runs away. As he sprints through downtown, he sees newspaper headlines saying that the Singer and Rita are alive, while the Singer’s manager is in critical condition.