Chapter 5: Room to Dance Again Summary

Robert and Francesca were having a beer before dinner. She received a call from a neighbor who was nosy about the green truck parked at her house. It was a photographer who was looking for the Roseman Bridge, she told Marge. Francesca also told her that her husband and kids would be gone until Friday. She turned down Marge's invitation to get together on Thursday. All the while she talked on the phone, she rested her hand gently on Robert's shoulder as he sat at the table and she stood behind him talking on the phone.

When she hung up, there was music playing on the radio. He suggested that they dance even though he wasn't much of a dancer. She lit two candles and turned out the overhead light. They drew close to one...