Part 5 Summary

It is early Sunday morning. Joel and Stella have just made love. As Joel contemplates the peace and quiet of the next twenty-four hours, the telephone rings. Stella answers it and faints, overcome with emotion. Joel picks her up and brings her to the couch before picking up the telephone. When he does, he learns that Miles' plane crashed outside of Kansas City, and Miles is dead.

Desperate to have someone in the house to care for Stella, Joel asks for the name of her doctor or of a trusted friend who could come to be with her. Meanwhile, Stella refuses to believe that Miles is dead. She thinks that this is part of a rouse concocted by her husband. Stella tells Joel that Miles is her only friend and reminds him that her former best friend betrayed her by having an affair...