Fates and Furies

Chollie ambushes Mathilde at her pool six months after the death of Lotto.

He says this visit’s purpose is to check on her at the behest of their mutual friend. The only food Mathilde has in the house is the ice cream, due to her apathy toward taking care of herself.

Chollie has actually come over to gloat about the fact that he’s known what type of person Mathilde is all along. Mathilde remarks that he waited twenty-four years too long to say anything, as Lotto is dead. Chollie counters that in fact he was able to get through to Lotto just in time at Natalie’s memorial get-together, where Ariel revealed their shared past. Mathilde asks Chollie why he set out to ruin her and he says because she took the only person close to him in the world and that she didn’t deserve Lotto because she’s not a good person.

After graduation, Mathilde and Lotto pack up their dorm rooms to move into their shared apartment. Aunt Sallie and Rachel arrive and Mathilde meets them for the first time. Lotto is convinced his mother doesn’t love him anymore, but Mathilde knows it has everything to do with the fact that Mathilde is married to Lotto.