Codi goes to visit her father, her first visit in many years to the house she grew up in. On the way, she meets Uda, the baby-sitter for the girls when they were small, who sends a pie with her for her father.
Codi's father told her that he had Alzheimer's disease two years ago on a visit to New Mexico. She was attending a research conference and invited him to come there. He asked her not to tell Hallie. His relationship with the girls is that of a remote, aloof caretaker. It is difficult for Codi to reconcile her image of him with a person who is going to lose control over his life.
When Codi arrives at her father's house today, he is in his darkroom. He does not greet her and continues.....
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