One Italian Summer

Katy struggles to sleep due to her guilt about being attracted to Adam. She attempts to call Eric in the morning, but he does not answer the phone. Katy thinks about a week that she spent alone when Eric was away for work and claims that it was one of her happiest weeks.

When Katy does not find Adam at breakfast, she sets out to find Carol. Despite having plans to go to Capri, she rushes to seek out her mom for comfort. However, Katy does not find her, and she returns to the hotel. Nika paces the lobby floor, and she tells Katy that selling the hotel to Adam is her family’s best option. Nika tells Katy the story about “God and the man on the roof” (132). Ultimately, the man in the story, who is stuck on his roof during a hurricane, refuses to accept help from anyone after several attempts by different people, including God. For Nika, the man represents Marco, and God represents Adam.

Katy thinks about an argument that she had with Eric about needing her mother to tell her what to do when Katy needed time to think about having kids. With this in mind, she tells Nika that maybe Marco knows things that he has not told her.