Malcolm noticed that Neil hadn’t had a drink. “You think he’s on the wagon?” he asked. Later, Jess found out that he didn’t drink that day because his kids were with him, and he said it shocked him, upon moving to the suburbs, how often people strapped children into the backseats of their cars and crossed their fingers. “It’s only three turns!” they joked. “All back roads!” When he said that, Jess wondered what she and Malcolm would have been like if they’d gotten so lucky. Would they have been careful like Neil or would they have been like most and have no idea how lucky they were?
