now
- Bobby tells Feather about Nia—how Nia never liked shoes, how she cheated at cards.
- While Feather sleeps, Bobby tells her that he went to see Nia that day.
- Nia is in the hospital outside of the city for long-term care; she's in a coma, and doctors think she might have brain damage.
- When Nia had Feather, Bobby refused to sign the adoption papers—that's why the two of them are together now.
- And even when the nurses came, and Bobby's friends fell asleep, he kept talking to Nia about Feather.
- He tells Feather all of this while Feather is sleeping.