Blog 5 pages 255-358

These one hundred pages carry many controversies and secrets that help develop the story. While looking for Caroline, David gets the idea to visit his old house which leads him to the discovery of the 16 year old pregnant run away named Rosemary. She ran away from home after becoming pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, so David decided to bring her home to give her a place to live as well as somewhere to raise her soon to be born child. The next chapter opens up explaining how Norah has had multiple affairs on David starting with Howard and then having 4 others. Throughout the rest of the passages, David moves out into a split house with him on one side and Rosemary on the other, Norah falls in love with a french man named Frederic and Paul does tours across the US playing the guitar at random clubs. One significant passage in this section is, "I gave away our daughter. He signed and put the pen down. He couldn't do this; he could hardly imagine anymore what his life would be without the weight of this hidden knowledge." This quote occurs when David goes to his old house, Norah's current house, while she's in France to look around. He ends up fixing the pipes downstairs and something tells him he should leave a note telling her the truth about her daughter who is currently still alive. Although he ends up chickening out and leaves a note that says, "I fixed the pipe."