Chapter 7

Summary

• Evelyn has a dinner with Ronnie Beelman, so she and the unnamed narrator end their discussion for the day.
• The narrator has a conversation with her mom over the phone. Her mom asks how the narrator is doing without David, her presumably ex-boyfriend, despite not directly referencing him.
• The narrator shares with her mom that she had concerns about her relationship with David and whether there was a meaningful connection. She ignored these concerns when she got engaged to him.
• The narrator's mom expresses her plan to come visit the narrator, much to the surprise of the narrator. Despite posing some challenges, the narrator also sees some benefits to her mom's visit, including that her apartment would not be empty when she comes home.
• The narrator's mom asks about her interaction with Evelyn Hugo, a prominent figure the narrator is currently involved with professionally. The narrator shares that she suspects that Evelyn has used their project to get to her for undisclosed reasons. She is intrigued by this possibility.
• The conversation ends with the narrator promising to share intriguing details about her encounter with Evelyn with her mom.
• Finally, the narrator and Evelyn are ready to continue their discussion the next day. The scene is set with muffins, coffee, and they begin talking about 'what happened next'.