It Happened One Summer

Piper and Hannah explore Westport, visiting the winery. Hannah notices Piper’s interest in Brendan and warns Piper to stop picking men who are mean to her. Piper wonders if she is capable of a relationship that lasts longer than three weeks. She decides not to indulge her attraction to him but then learns Brendan asked someone at the hardware store to attach foam padding to the underside of her bunk so she won’t hit her head. Piper feels disarmed by his thoughtfulness.

Piper recognizes the man from the hardware store, Abe, from seeing him on the porch of the maritime museum, reading the newspaper. Abe admits he is having a hard time climbing the stairs these days. Since she goes for a regular morning run, Piper offers to come by the museum in the morning to help Abe climb the stairs. Abe accepts her help and asks if Piper has visited Opal. Wondering who this Opal is, Piper goes to the address Mick gave her. An older woman answers the door. She is Opal Cross, Henry Cross’s mother. Piper’s grandmother.

Opal welcomes Piper and confesses that she has felt alone with her grief for a long time. Piper stays to talk with Opal and learns more about Henry.