Free Women: 2 Summary

As Anna is putting her daughter Janet to bed, Molly calls looking for Tommy. Tommy has been to see Richard and has not come home yet. Molly is becoming concerned. Molly calls a second time saying Tommy has been to see Marion. After once again voicing her concern that something terrible is about to happen, the two women hang up their phones. Tommy surprises Anna by coming up the stairs. Anna tries to talk to Tommy about his visit with his father as well as the way the adults treat Tommy. She senses a rising hysteria in Tommy and is disturbed by his actions and statements.

Tommy sees Anna's notebooks and questions her about why she keeps them. As he reads on of the entries, he notes that Anna has described Janet as being in a phase. They discuss the use...