Ying-ying is not the same after coming home from the hospital without her baby. She wanders around like a ghost, and retreats from social life, worrying Clifford and Lena. Lena tries to convince herself that her life is at least happier than Teresa Sorci’s, until one day, Teresa uses Lena’s fire escape to hide from her mother, Mrs. Sorci. Lena expects to hear the biggest fight yet when Teresa goes back home, but instead hears crying and laughing. Teresa and Mrs. Sorci are able to openly communicate and apologize in the same language.