She stayed at MacDowell three months longer than planned, because she had nowhere to go. She didn’t work, didn’t bathe, didn’t sleep. She just lay there in darkness. Petey continued to leave her lunch in a basket outside her studio. He brought breakfast and dinner too. She rarely ate, rarely opened the door. Marilyn had no interest in returning home. She had no interest in ever seeing Herbert again. He came to MacDowell, banging on doors, hysterical, thinking he could force his way in as usual. But he was mistaken.
