Maceo doesn't take the news well, and the next day skips school and gets caught shoplifting in a local store. Art manages to get the charges dropped, and Mace explains that he wanted to be arrested so he wouldn't have to leave New York. Fancy tells Sherilee about the shoplifting incident, and asks her to reconsider her plan to move so soon. She has a job waiting for her in South Carolina, she explains, as well as plenty of family and a new therapy program. She realizes that detox is the easiest part of her recovery, and wants to get started with the rest as soon as possible.
Art has no choice but to agree.
That night, Maceo has to say goodbye. Art tells him to write frequently, and to call whenever he needs anything. He also says to remember that he, Lillian, and the girls all love Maceo, and as long as Maceo remembers that, he'll never really be alone. As he and Lillian get ready for bed, she asks if he's sorry they never had a son. He says that the last pregnancy was too hard for them to risk trying again, and, besides, he's too old to be a father again.