Summary

Birdie finds out that Nicholas has been expelled from the private school he’s been attending for the past two years. She eagerly awaits his return. Sometime later, Mona and Birdie go to a party. Nicholas is also there, and he and Bridie pick up where they left off two years before. But they are interrupted by Mona, who is very drunk and upset that Samantha is at the party.

Birdie goes into the woods to pee. She surprises Samantha, who’s there for the same reason. Birdie wonders whether she could trust Samantha with her secret, but remembers Sandy’s words to trust no one, and thinks better of it, asking instead what color Samantha thinks Birdie is. Samantha replies that she’s heard Birdie is Jewish. When Birdie asks what color Samantha is, Samantha’s answer, barely loud enough to be heard, is, “I...