The chapter opens with a long sigh from Linda. She's worried that her husband isn't doing enough for her. He's been hiding so well, she says, that she's going to have to "swoo" him out of her house. Linda asks her son how he's doing with his new friend, Louis. The boy tells her that Louis is teaching him French, and that he'll be good at flirting when he grows up. Linda tells the boy to wait for her in the hotel room, and then she'll let him know when she gets back. She tells him to be quiet and not to worry about what's happening with his dad. She says that she hasn't met a child like him before. He says that he doesn't understand life after growing up. He wants to talk about ice cream, and they'll go buy it. Linda says that they can't give up on their fight, because they've done so much already.