Summary

Shelby’s father calls her and asks her to come home. Shelby quickly learns that Sue has stage four lung cancer. Her parents decided not to tell Shelby because they wanted to protect her. Dan asks her to take her mother wig shopping because she is bald now, but Sue does not want to buy herself a wig. Sue wants to spend the day outside with Shelby. She forces Shelby to drive for the first time since the car accident with Helene. Shelby takes her to the local pet store branch of the same company she used to work for. Sue falls in love with a tiny white poodle, and Shelby lies to the store employee in order to steal the dog.

At this point in her life, Sue is very reflective. She admits that she was never a good match for Dan, and...