Summary

In this chapter, Sweetness describes the new nursing home where she’s now living—Winston House. She talks about how much she likes the place and the people. She confesses to having “some creeping bone disease, so good care is vital.” Sweetness is very happy to have received a note from her Lula Ann, signed Bride, telling her that she is having a baby. Sweetness shows everyone the note. In her own mind, she realizes that there is no mention of the father, wonders if “he is as black as she is,” and notices there is no return address on the envelope. She claims, “So I guess I’m still the bad parent being punished forever till the day I die for doing the well-intended, and in fact, necessary way I brought her up. I know she hates me.”

Sweetness tells the...