The narrator tells us that he and his fiancee have been going out together for a year, but things have gotten awkward between them recently. They've only gotten to go on a date a week ago, and the date is from Roxane's house. Roxane wants to see her son, but she doesn't want to go to his house. The narrator tries to tell Roxane how she feels, but he's too busy staring at his face to listen to her. He tells her he'll make up for it later, but Roxane says she'll have to go first. She tells him she's going to visit her mother, and he says he can't go because he needs to make up with Roxane later. He's not married, he says, and they're not even married yet. He asks Roxane if she knows how to make Salisbury steak, and she says she does, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass. She's been working on it, and Roxane promises to come back the next day.