The chap­ter “Cas­sidy” fol­lows Cas­sidy and Dave as they bond over cook­ing crêpes after Cassidy’s moth­er, Mom, declares her love for Dave. The scene is filled with warmth and play­ful affec­tion, show­cas­ing the fam­i­ly’s evolv­ing dynam­ics. They gath­er ingre­di­ents, rem­i­nisc­ing about the idea of mak­ing souf­flés that are said to be aphro­disi­a­cal, reflect­ing Cas­sidy’s desire to cre­ate con­nec­tions through food. As they pre­pare the crêpes, the atmos­phere is light-heart­ed, under­pinned by bud­ding feel­ings as Cas­sidy express­es her love for Dave, who rec­i­p­ro­cates.

The hap­pi­ness is pal­pa­ble as they share jokes and insights into their past strug­gles with lone­li­ness and sad­ness. This moment of joy tran­si­tions into a pro­pos­al from Dave to Mom, which she accepts, and the scene cul­mi­nates in a cel­e­bra­to­ry fam­i­ly dance under the stars. How­ev­er, the joy quick­ly dis­si­pates when Cas­sidy awak­ens to find Dave miss­ing, tak­ing both him and his rig with him.

Mom tries to reas­sure Cass, sug­gest­ing that Dave may have gone to bring sur­pris­es back, but Cas­sidy begins to sense that some­thing isn’t right. Days turn into weeks of grow­ing anx­i­ety and despair as Mom enters a deep state of grief, retreat­ing into her­self and leav­ing Cas­sidy feel­ing aban­doned. Cas­sidy attempts to reach out to her moth­er, who is lost in her own silent world, strug­gling to cope with Dav­e’s absence.

As the sit­u­a­tion dete­ri­o­rates, Cas­sidy voic­es con­cerns about their dis­con­nect­ed­ness, while her moth­er reflects on the impact of their rela­tion­ship. They ulti­mate­ly find them­selves in a sor­row­ful yet inti­mate embrace, both acknowl­edg­ing the depths of their sad­ness. The chap­ter ends with a shift, as Mom decides to dri­ve to find Dave, insti­gat­ing a hope for reunion and bread­crumbs of pos­si­bil­i­ty as they seek answers at a library, inves­ti­gat­ing Dav­e’s past and the town he sup­pos­ed­ly hails from.