the barefoot girl
- Ed loves Milla and Jimmy, but he also knows there's another address on the card: 6 Macedoni Street, 5: 30 a.m.
- He waits there and sees a fifteen-year-old girl running. Ed's confused. This girl doesn't need money, or a friend, so why exactly has he been sent there?
- He keeps watching her run in hopes of finding out, but he's no good at hiding in the shadows and the girl sees him and says hello. She recognizes Ed from the paper.
- They exchange some small talk, and Ed finds out her name is Sophie; then the girl keeps on running because that's all she wants to do.
- Ed keeps going there in the mornings before work to watch her run, and even watches her meets on weekends. Her family shows up then too.
- During her race, Sophie runs and runs, but she loses. Her dad watches intently and is super disappointed when she doesn't finish first.
- Ed feels bad for Sophie as he watches her with her parents after the race. He notices her shoes are all old and worn and thinks she deserves better.