Amanda Dumfries

Amanda is a woman introduced in chapter 6, wherein she gives a gun to Ollie as a defense for the store. She also discusses she has a husband, but even with this David cannot stop thinking about her during the night. On the first night of the ordeal Amanda has seemingly begun to feel the same way for David, even thinking about her husband during sexual intercourse with David as David had been thinking about his wife, Stephanie. Amanda also seems to have a motherly love for Billy as she has stated she had always wanted a child herself. This is shown by her protectiveness towards Billy when David is leaving to go to the pharmacy, fearing for Billy not having a father instead of David losing his life. The next day she is offered as a sacrifice by Mrs. Carmody with Billy, but before the two can be killed Ollie kills Mrs. Carmody by shooting her in the abdomen. Amanda makes an escape to the car afterwards but is frozen in fear as Ollie and Hattie get killed by the creatures in the mist, but Hilda snaps her out of it by smacking her and they make it to the car. After a long trip, Amanda, David, Billy and Hilda make it to a motel where the book ends.