Summary

Chapter Nine continues where Chapter Seven left off. Fix is still alive the following Christmas. Franny and Caroline flip a coin to decide who is going to visit Beverly and who is going to visit Fix. Franny and her family go to visit Beverly and her third husband, Jack Dine who is a successful car dealership owner with a large family. Kumar and Franny fantasize about skipping the holidays with family all together.

Chapter Nine goes into detail about how Kumar and Franny reconnected. Following the death of his first wife, Kumar had a chance meeting with Franny while she was waitressing. Almost on sight he offered her a job, and worked out the details that not only would they work together, but that they would get married as well.

On a lark, Franny goes out to visit Bert, who is still living...