Three and a Half Months Later—A Thursday in December
- It's three and a half months later (time flies) and Vera is now eighteen. She's also been promoted from pizza maker to pizza deliverer at her job. Moving on up, we suppose.
- She's working forty hours a week now, even though she's a high school student. For the record, her father thinks that she should be working a full-time job even though she's still in school.
- Vera also mentions something about Charlie following her around and nagging her to clear his name. Say what?
- She pulls into Pagoda Pizza and greets her boss Marie and her older coworkers.