Chapters 34 and 35 Summary

Chapter 34

Candy, not having conceived a child, has divorced her husband, Chris, but they have stayed friends. When Sam goes back to George's, Pat begins to sleep downstairs. The court hearing to let Sam go back to George is tense, and custody will be reconsidered in three months. Sam is permitted weekly visits with the Cappadoras. Kerry is grief-stricken; the relatives are sad, Candy is disgusted. The media learns of it a week later.

Pat and Beth have become estranged. Beth considers going back to Madison for her master's degree, and Pat seems not to care. However, Pat assures her she will not take the children from home, particularly Vincent. Beth loves this about Pat and wonders if their marriage has been just a mutual safety for them.

Beth has a dream about Vincent as a little boy, wonders if she...