Summary

In a break-narrative section, the narrator remembers begging her father to play with her when she was a child. She was "so hungry, all the time [...] and waiting to be filled" (45).

Nina reiterates her mother's lesson that "there is no such thing as unconditional love" (46). This time, she reflects that "at least, there is no such thing as a love that lasts forever" (46). Nina knows that all relationships inevitably end with either "a breakup or a death" (46).

On Saturday morning, Seth picks up Nina in his car. She is happy that he brought her her favourite kind of coffee. They drive far out of town to go on a hike to "the Bridge to Nowhere". They stop at a pharmacy on the way for bottles of water and sunscreen. There, Nina witnesses a girl buying Plan B Emergency Contraceptive. Nina...