June, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Summary

Ava is met at the airport by Eddie Jefferson, a friend of Joyce's who was also the best man when Joyce and Mitch got married. Joyce had planned to meet Ava at the airport but is helping a young girl who has gone into labor. Ava acknowledges that this is very typical of Joyce's behavior; she has always been willing to help anyone who asks, especially those who seem to be less fortunate. On the way home, Ava asks Eddie to stop at a liquor store; while there, they encounter a confrontation between a young man and his girlfriend. Eddie launches into military-style moves learned in Vietnam and leaves the stunned man on the sidewalk; he then takes the girl and her baby home.

As they drive, Ava remembers how the area in Idlewild had been an entertainment and...