Summary

Part 3 is titled "Lovebirds" and consists of four chapters. The section is about the various states of the romantic relationships between Todd and Sarah, Todd and Kathy, and Larry and his wife present in the novel.

The first chapter in Part 3, "Truants," is about Todd and Sarah's plan to have a day to themselves under the guise of Todd going to his first day of the bar exam. He acted nervous that morning and told Kathy not to get her hopes up that he would pass the exam.

Instead of taking part one of the bar exam, Sarah picked up Todd at the train station and the two headed to the beach. They also got a hotel room for some intimacy time. Todd felt guilty at first but, as it was a beautiful sunny day without a cloud in the sky, his...