A week later, Augustus phones Hazel. Augustus coyly
asks about Van Houstens reclusive nature, then reveals that he has
miraculously gotten in contact with Van Houten through the authors
assistant. Later Hazel spends hours formulating the perfect email to
Van Houten.
Finally, she strikes out a list of questions all
pertaining to the books story. After that she calls Augustus again
and they discuss Augustus past relationship with a girl named
Caroline, who died from cancer.
At the end of the conversation, Hazel thinks of how
speaking on the phone with Augustus is like being in an invisible
“third space” that only they occupy.
A few days later Hazel gets a text from Augustus,
that Isaac is now cancer free. Hazel visits Isaac at the hospital.
When Isaac falls asleep Hazel buys him some hospital flowers.
The next morning Hazel gets a response from Van
Houten. He starts he cannot answer any of Hazels questions for fear,
that she might twist those answers into a sequel. But he also writes,
that they can discuss the book in person, if Hazel would travel to
Amsterdam.
Hazel share the news with Augustus, who asks if she
used her wish from the Genie Foundation, an organization that grant
sick kids one wish. Unfortunately Hazel spent her wish for a trip to
Disney World, when she was first diagnosed.
A few days later Augustus shocks Hazel with the news,
that he never used his wish and that the Genie Foundation has agreed
to fly them to Amsterdam.
