Part 2, Rose: Chapter 2 Summary

Rose's mother refused to drive throughout Rose's childhood because of the accident that took her father's life. However, upon her marriage to Thomas, Rose quickly learns to drive and cannot get enough. Rose drives everywhere, except in San Diego where her mother might see her. After her wedding, Rose begins having this heavy pain in her chest when she is at home that will only go away when she drives. Rose only works on occasion for a temp agency, so when she is not working she drives for hours, often forgetting to return to pick up her husband at work. Upon learning about her pregnancy, Rose goes to Father O'Donnell, her parish priest from her childhood. Rose always looked up to Father O'Donnell as a surrogate father and turns to him now to make him an accomplice in her...