How It All Goes Down
- After briefly talking about her mother, Eva returns to the past, right after Siobhan left.
- Around that time, Kevin stopped screaming.
- Kevin stopped making noise entirely. The silence is almost as loud as his screaming. It's so weird that Franklin and Eva wonder if he has a disability.
- But soon, Kevin speaks his first words: "I don like dat" (11.20), he says about after-school cartoons. He better not be talking about Muppet Babies.
- Eva tries to keep Kevin talking. Does he want a cookie?
- "I hate cookies" (11.29). Okay, this kid is defective.
- Can Kevin say mommy? "No" (11.33), Kevin says.
- When Franklin comes home, Kevin clams up, as if his talking were a secret between him and Eva.
- After Kevin's third birthday, Eva takes one last international trip for work, to Africa, before the family moves.
- In the airport, Eva decides she hasn't totally committed herself to motherhood, and she resolves to do so when she returns.
- "I was at my most passionate about our son when he was not there" (11.51), she admits. Yeah, when you'd rather be stuck at the airport after a canceled flight instead of home with your family, there's a problem.
- Eva closes this letter, "Merry Christmas" (11.81).