Summary

Pete goes to Missoula to see his wife, Beth, and Rachel. He still wants her but can't forgive her for cheating on him. He berates her for moving to Texas with Rachel without discussing it with him first. Beth says he can take Rachel if she wants, but she won't go. Rachel doesn't want to talk to Pete. He asks her to ask Beth not to go. Beth resents his interference when he was the one who left. Pete goes to a bar and drinks until he gets kicked out. Pete remembers better times with Beth: such as being in love at seventeen and getting pregnant with Rachel. Pete joins up with some old friends in town and goes to another bar to drink more. He meets and fools around with a barfly named Ursula.

When Pete returns to the house the next...