Now that spring is here, the two of them take a walk together. The narrator tells Lee that since his father and stepmother divorced, he and his younger brother have become "no longer brothers" . Lee says that his stepmother took care of him and provided him with "living expenses" and that she is now remarried. He says that he is sorry, but that he does not know how much he could help her. He tells her that the student rep is the one who flirted with her. She says that she does not care if he is texting to her, as long as he eats well and is not being too nosy. He is 29 years old, and he is old enough to "take care of himself" , but he is afraid of "alphas" and will not be able to "meet an alpha" even if he does want to. She tells him that she wants him to be "afraid of alphas" throughout his life