Confessions on the 7:45

Pearl is rummaging through her mother’s purse while she and Charlie are working at the bookstore. Charlie says her mother is a mystery, and Pearl replies that only men think that because they don’t pay attention. Charlie and Pearl are always watching each other and trying to figure each other out. They wonder where Stella went since she left her book at the store; she does not show up for the rest of the day, and Pearl and Charlie close the store together in the evening. Charlie takes Pearl home, stopping to pick up dinner on the way.

When they get to Stella and Pearl’s house, they see that some lights are on and Stella is there with a man. Charlie tells Pearl to go in and that Stella can call him if she wants. Pearl feels bad for him because it seems like her mother has moved on to someone else. Before she goes to bed, she looks out her window and sees that Charlie’s car is still parked outside of their house.

Selena is in her sons’ room, trying to get them to fall asleep. They have been fighting all day, and she is preoccupied with what happened between her and Graham.