Chapter 6

On Saturday morning, Grace meets her father at the Coffee Hut. They schedule a quiet Friday dinner for her birthday and joke about avoiding public singing. He relays her mother’s request that Grace extend her summer trip to Paris from two to three months, which Grace hesitates to accept due to her mother’s exhausting spontaneity.

Their conversation underscores the amicable divorce and her father’s commitment to students, while Grace weighs whether she has the energy for a longer visit. When a hockey player walks in, she momentarily hopes it’s John Logan, then reminds herself he left right after he finished during their hookup. She resolves that she’s likely just another conquest, even if the encounter was still a highlight for her.

On Monday morning, Logan, still fixated on the encounter, asks his roommate Dean if any girl has ever faked an orgasm with him. Dean mocks him relentlessly, which only sharpens Logan’s embarrassment and determination to rectify the situation.

Unable to focus, Logan decides to see Grace in person. He goes to her dorm early, where Grace answers in a bathrobe and warns she has limited time before class. Logan bluntly asks if she finished; Grace admits she didn’t and explains she’d tried to spare his ego.

Logan confesses he’s been obsessing over leaving her unsatisfied and says he wants to change that. The chapter closes with the tension reset: the truth is out, and Logan’s intent to make amends reframes their next interaction.