Today Will Be Different

The narrative returns to the present day. Eleanor regains consciousness and assures Spencer and Timby that she is okay even though she hit her head. She takes Timby back to Galer Street School and then goes to return the keys she stole. When no one is looking, she puts the keys in the dollar drop for unhoused people. As she walks away, however, she realizes that she put her keys in the box by mistake. She uses a tomahawk to open the box, causing the money to spill out. She takes her keys and puts the young mother’s keys on the spilled money. Timby sees this, and they quickly leave. They start talking about what they want to do when they get home, and she suggests that they start watching Looper Wash. When they get to the apartment, Sydney Madsen is there. She is exasperated that Eleanor left so many messages and that when she went to the apartment, Joe’s car was there but not hers. Timby then explains that his mother hit her head, and Sydney demands that Eleanor go to the hospital to check for a concussion. Eleanor, pretending to look for her insurance card, discovers that Joe has gone to Magnolia, a community center, and drives there with Timby to look for him.