Part 2: Chapters 25 - 32 Summary

Michael has followed Jane to the Metropolitan Museum in Chapter 25, and notices how upset she is as she leaves the party. She goes to a bar on the Upper East Side, where Michael leaves her, trying to say a silent goodbye. However, Jane is miserable in Chapter 26, sitting and drinking her gin and tonic. She thinks about her life and her goals; a man tries to pick her up, but she rebuffs him with the help of the bartender. In the mirror behind the bar, she thinks that she sees Michael for a second and is ecstatic - but then talks herself out of the idea that it could have been him.

Jane volunteers at a woman's shelter in Chapter 27, and helps out a struggling family. On her way home in the following chapter, she runs into Hugh in...