Chapters 29 - 39 Summary

Maria meets Les Goodwin after her abortion. She asks for a very large steak and three martinis. Maria remembers her last visit to see her mother in Silver Wells. She flew in for the weekend and had Sunday dinner with her father, mother, and Benny. Maria asked Benny if everything was alright with her mother, and Benny said her mother was fine, just a little depressed. Maria studied her mother and tried to see if anything was wrong. When Maria flew back home that Sunday night, she watched her father, mother, and Benny wave at the wrong plane from the waiting area.

Carter calls Maria and tells her she should go visit Helene in Pebble Beach for the weekend. Maria tells her she can't. When Carter asks why, Maria says "She's not my mother". Maria begins bleeding, as the abortion doctor...