- Helen is out for a stroll with Betty Pearl, her friend and Nat's sister, who inquires about what happened between Nat and Helen.
- After returning to the candy store, Helen leaves Betty's company.
- Betty and her boyfriend, Shep, drive away in his Pontiac.
- On her walk home, Helen runs into Frank.
- She asks for the names of the stores where Frank purchased her gifts. She'd like to return them so Frank can have his money back. She knows he needs it.
- Frank proposes that she keep one of them. If she does, he'll return the other. She reddens, but accepts.
- She opts for the book.
- Ida is still upset that Frank is around the store. She worries that something is going on between him and Helen.
- She begins to follow her daughter and spying on her.
- Although she lacks evidence, Ida brings her concerns to Morris. He doesn't see the harm.
- Ida warns him a tragedy is coming.
- Morris is annoyed by her remark, then worried by it.