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Casey continues to toil at her summer internship; she is surprised when Hugh invites her to join him on a golfing trip in Vermont with some clients, but agrees to go. During the trip, Casey and Hugh have sex. Casey is conflicted. She enjoys the sex, but she also feels guilty about being unfaithful to Unu. Hugh eventually urges her to leave Unu, but she refuses.

Four weeks have passed since Charles assaulted Leah. Leah has avoided attending church or participating in choir by claiming to be ill. Leah is in fact very ill and depressed; she blames herself for what happened and believes that “she would be an adulterer forever” (468). Charles tries urging Leah to leave her husband and be with him instead, but she is adamant in refusing. Meanwhile, Tina, Chul (Tina’s husband), and their infant son, Timothy, have come to visit from California. All three men, Chul, Unu, and Joseph, seem to get along well. Casey can sense that something is wrong with her mother, but she doesn’t know what.

Casey is moved by her sister’s obvious love for her husband and baby; when Casey and Unu get home, she confesses that she slept with Hugh.