In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character named "Nick." He is a young man who has just returned from a trip to India with his wife, "Vivian." They have agreed to go shopping for "quinn," and "Nick" is eager to go because he has heard that there is a lot of new baby stuff on sale. He tells his wife that she is "a wonderful mother," and that his son "will grow healthily under her wings." He invites her to have dinner with him and then he will pick her up.