At the end of August, Gene arrives to take Jamie home. He takes his son for a walk with the dog, and Jamie, noticing that his father never pets Bonny, asks why he doesn’t like her. In response, Gene pets and talks to the dog. Then, they pack up Jamie’s things, and Jamie says he wants to say goodbye to Louis. He walks over to Louis’s house by himself but he returns crying because Louis wasn’t home and Jamie didn’t get to say goodbye. Addie hugs her son and grandson before they leave, telling Jamie to call her often and asking Gene to be patient with the boy. After dark, she manages to reach Louis on the phone. He says he had been out of town for the afternoon and didn’t know whether he should come over on such an emotional day for Addie. She chides him for this, perplexed by how he still doesn’t understand that she doesn’t want to brood over her problems but talk them out with Louis. When he comes over, she kisses him on the porch. Addie doesn’t know if things will work out for her son and his wife and Jamie, but she feels fortunate for having Louis in her life.