Cole wishes he were dead. He feels like he is dying anyway. His lungs hurt so much he throws up sometimes after he coughs. Which makes the other pain, the pain down there, make itself known. He welcomes the ache in his lungs, mostly. So he doesn't have to feel what's been done to him inside.

Soaked in sweat, body limp, Cole has lost the will to fight or even fear the Boogeyman.

When he returns, Cole hopes he has come for him. To take him away to wherever the boys go ...