Chapter 19 Summary

Macon and Sarah need a new couch since their furniture was destroyed in the water damage. The couple drives to the store, very efficiently chose one, and request same day delivery. Sarah suggests lunch at the Old Bay and they have wine with lunch, which was something Macon has never done. On the way home they stop at the bank so that he can get his passport out of the safe deposit box because his trip to Paris is coming up. The two then stop at the old house to pick up some azalea fertilizer from Rose. Rose is staying back at the house because the brothers' lives are a mess since she got married.

Sarah goes off to her sculpture class and Macon sits down to write. Macon is very distracted today and is watching the bees around the azaleas when he...