Noon-time arrives and Dante s boss doesn t arrive to relieve him so he can make his hockey game. Dante learns that his boss has left the area and won t be back to several days. He s going to be stuck manning the store until closing. They talk a bit about their argument and Dante, though he s still disturbed, cools down a bit. Upset that his boss lied to him, Dante decides that he s not going to miss his game.
Customers line up at the door.
Not long after the store is reopened, Dante and Randal learn that one of their friends from high school has died and that her funeral is that day. After going back and forth about it, Dante decides to close the store again to attend her funeral. He rationalizes, I m not even supposed to be here today. The ex-girlfriend, Caitlin, arrives to see Dante. He confronts her about the engagement and she insists that it s all a misunderstanding and that she has no intention ofgetting married to anyone.