Section 2 Summary

After throwing up into an airline bag while on the flight to New York, Zoe is reunited with her sister at her apartment. She hugs her sister hard, realizing that when they were younger, she took care of Evan. Now Evan has taken on the role of advisor and counselor. Evan's apartment belongs to her boyfriend, Charlie, and is large and well-situated with a balcony and a doorman, far above Zoe's means. Evan admits to Zoe that her relationship with Charlie is mundane, almost sexless. While Zoe thinks that she feels like a bird being situated on the twenty-first floor, Evan continues to complain that Charlie is messy and lazy and uninvolved. When Zoe comments that they might as well get married, Evan admits that they are going to, asking Zoe to be her maid of honor.

Zoe's reaction to Evan's news is...