The Mellencamp character comes back to town with the idea that everyone will be more or less happy to see him. He is wrong. His friends and relatives have spent a long time thinking about his life in the fast lane, and there are a lot of jealousies and resentments. Lenz is particularly angry. She knows she was smart enough and pretty enough for him to take along when he made his break, and if he’s going to come back she isn’t going to simply smile and bite the bullet.
