Summary

Chapter 21 – The novel steps back in time three years. When Claire discovers a photo of Isaac sitting in a hotel lobby with a much younger and very sexy female art student on his lap is published in the Boston Globe, Claire has had enough. She decides to tell Karen Sinsheimer the truth about Isaac’s paintings. Karen asks for evidence. Claire explains that Isaac works wet-on-wet, whereas Claire is capable of working wet-on-dry, as well as the fact that the hourglasses in his paintings are painted in her style. Karen immediately calls Isaac, who denies everything and says Claire is just a hurt, lost kid who cannot get over her love for him or the fact that he has decided to work on his marriage. Karen says she will give Claire the benefit of the doubt by asking her to paint another 4D.

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