Part 2: Chapters 49-56 Summary

In Chapter 49, Jane returns home to her apartment to find that her mother is waiting for her, having entered using a key she had from the apartment's remodeling. Vivienne tries to convince Jane not to break up with Hugo, and warns her about heart failure, which runs in the family. As she leaves, Jane reflects on the strange, seemingly unrelated, comment about heart failure. In the next chapter, Jane is happy, having lost three pounds and with a new jacket, but becomes disappointed as she leaves her apartment to find that Michael is nowhere to be found. She worries that she has lost him again, for good. She goes to her office in Chapter 51, to have her assistant tell her that she has a "surprise" waiting for her: it's Hugh, who says that he is no longer angry. He...