The narrator is surprised to find that the house is still being furnished, and that the third wheel is still there. He asks her why she bought so much yarn, and she tells him that it was her friend who wants her to knit her a scarf. The narrator tells her that she needs to go to her son's house to find him, and he is not home yet. She asks if she is friends with "a girl called crystal," and she says that she is. She tells her to stand up and believe that she and her friend did not have an affair, and the narrator says that is all she is here to say. She wants to know what is wrong with