Late in the afternoon, Jeremy and Rachel go for a walk around the neighborhood. He shows her the drugstore that used to be a crummy little market where all the teens bought sodas and cookies.
Suddenly, Rachel asks Jeremy if she should stop sending letters. Does he even read them? He never answers. Jeremy insists he reads every word. He likes the letters a lot. He looks forward to them.
Jeremy admits he's still sore at Grandpa. He wishes he'd visited him and told Grandpa how he felt. Now, he will never have a chance--like Uncle Lenny--he'll never have a chance to make up with Grandpa. When they talk about it, Rachel starts crying, and then she feels angry at Izzy, angry for all the arguments he caused, angry for all the time he wasted.....
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