Summary

The section begins with a description of Sloane Ford, a beautiful woman in her early forties married to a man named Richard. They have two daughters together and a third from Richard’s first relationship. Sloane thinks back to earlier on in her adult life at a glitzy Christmas party when her father’s boss’s wife mentioned that Sloane should date her son. Sloane began dating Keith and he took her for a fancy dinner and she talked about her past as a waitress despite coming from a wealthy family. She also attempted college twice, twice dropping out. She later returned to work at the restaurant where Keith took her for their first date for her kitchen training with the chef, Richard. She was immediately drawn to Richard because of how different he was from her as well as from any of...