The narrator tells us that the girl has five siblings, including her mother, stepfather, stepbrother, and little sister. She's been living with her mother for a year, and she hasn't seen anyone else in her life for that long. The narrator is glad that he finally got to check out her life, since he's always been suspicious. He's also glad that she doesn't have a boyfriend, since she's never had one before. He tells her that he'll stay by her side until she wins a literary award. He also tells her about his plan to stay by the girl's side until he wins the big prize. He says that he was tempted to go to the dark side of the world, but he decided against it because he'd rather be with his family. The girl says that she wishes she could have been "a fly on the wall" . She also tells the narrator that her mother seems worried about her future, and that's why she sent him a bunch of weird things. She tells him that he should stop sending her weird things, since it's not proper for her to do that. The girls discuss their plans for the day: they're going to have a "scallop vichyss soise" for lunch, and then they'll have "a chilled potato soup" for dinner. They're planning on serving the soup as a side dish for lunch. They also plan on serving "thinly sliced pork shabu" , which the narrator says isn't "the shabu shabu greatest" because the meat is so thin.