Part 3, Chapter 16 Summary

Still at the ball game, Janine is fixated on the number sixty. It's about all she can think of except how her mother Bea screwed up her planned grand entrance at the new middle-aged beauty queen of Empire Falls. Janine is wearing her new white jeans and halter-top, which showed her miserable hours on the Stairmaster to best advantage. Since she had to come late to the game, she wanted Bea to get seats all the way at the top of the bleachers on the 50-yard line so she could prolong her entrance as long as possible. The best Bea was willing to do, however, after wrestling kegs all morning was one-third of the way up. It is a blustery day and chilly. Bea's first comment is that Janine should put on a sweatshirt because it is cold. Janine denies that...