Two minutes later, Pam exits the Tudor without Bill. No surprise. She walks towards the 4Runner, opens the rear passenger door behind Willa, and climbs inside. The first thing she rattles off is, “Jake, have you been puffing a joint in here?” She doesn’t give her middle child time to answer. “Bobo, boy, drive fast. Mama needs some food.”
The drive to the Chinese restaurant turns out to be the most normal event during Jonah and Sandy’s visit north. Jake takes a nap in the rear compartment, lightly snoring. Bobo is instructed by his wife where to turn.
Willa points into the fresh darkness and says, “Make a right here. Turn left. Make another left here.”
And Pam, quiet as a church mouse, possibly silent before another rage-fest, sits next to Simon (Sandy), holding her Dooney & Bourke purse
