Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary

Frankie arrives at the hospital and sees his daughter. Tears roll down his cheeks as he tries to remember her name. At the same time, Mary is across town on the bus. She lays her cheek against the glass of the window and remembers when she first left home to come to Cardiff. Mary is only nineteen when she runs away from her father's house. Mary gets a job at a local club as a waitress and is confused by all the fancy drink orders. Where she worked before, all anyone ever ordered was beer. Frankie is the bartender. He helps her with the customers and their strange orders. Mary thinks he is so gallant.

In the present time, Frankie goes to Salvatore's house and waits, mulling over Joe's proposal. Joe will give Frankie the house the Gaucis live in, money...