Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussions of mental illness, illness, death, substance use, and addiction.

Ollie shows up at Amy’s place of work, “a homeless person washing herself in the bathroom” (185). Amy takes her home and allows her to stay, though she knows that Ollie will only stay as long as she needs to rest. She decides not to tell her parents. Amy discovers that Ollie was recently living in a psychiatric hospital and calls the facility. Amy learns that Ollie’s treatment cannot be discussed unless Amy has a power of attorney. Marc grudgingly helps her.

Amy discovers that Ollie has been given electroconvulsive therapy because she is non-responsive to medications, according to the doctors. Ollie tells her that she had been staying with other men in between her periods with Hunt, to whom she seems always to return. She was placed in the hospital after being found in a train station bathroom. This appears to frighten Ollie, and she enjoys her respite with Amy.

Amy can tell that Ollie is getting ready to leave when her daily walks become longer. They go to see the tulips blooming along Park Avenue, and Ollie urges her sister to trample through the beds.