In this short scene, the narrator tells us that he's late for his mother's party, which is to be held the next day. He's bummed that he can't be with his sister, who's still away at school, but he'll be back soon enough. He tells his mom that he doesn't want her to be mad at him for being late. He also tells her that it's weird that she's so obsessed with her own self-centeredness. He says that he is his own heart, and that the pain he created himself by being alone is so funny that it makes him want to change. He wants to be his own person, and he wants to show his mom how he can face everyone. He promises to show her how to face her head to head, and then he wants her to rest. But then he gets a letter from his sister. She's gone, and the letter says that she was just a creation of his own mind, not his sister's.