Summary

Hugh is bored while processing a stolen car case. His phone rings. The caller is Annabelle, his ex-wife. She has called to wish him a happy birthday. She asks about Wren and asks Hugh if he is happy. He can still picture everything about Annabelle and wonders how long it takes to forget the details when you lose someone.

Wren gets out of health class by telling the teacher she has cramps. Instead of going to the nurse’s office, she leaves the school and gets in Bex’s car. Wren thinks that in times like this it would be nice to have a mother, but then thinks her aunt is better. Wren asks her why she never married. Bex responds that she just did not. She says she is not taking Wren to the Center because of “some unrequited love of...