Part 2, Chapter 12 Summary

The next day at school, Maggie is concerned because Liz is absent, but later that afternoon, Liz finds Maggie to tell her that Sean wants to marry Liz now that Sean knows about the pregnancy. Liz had not pressured Sean but simply asked for two hundred dollars for the abortion, and Sean suggested that the couple marry after graduation. The plan is for Sean and Liz to move to California where Liz can work while Sean attends college, and they can both be away from their parents' interference.

Sean waits at his home for his father to return from work so that he can speak to him. Sean's father arrives and assumes his normal routine at the liquor cabinet. Sean waits for his father to have two drinks and enters the den to speak to him on behalf of a classmate...