A mother goes to her daughter's room one night and sees her crying. When the mother asks the daughter, Doris, if she feels sick, Doris dismissively says she doesn't. She says she couldn't fall asleep. In response, the mother tells Doris that she used to stay up at night when she was a teenager excited over everything. She guides Doris back to bed, but Doris begins to sob. The mother attempts to comfort Doris and ask her why she is crying, but Doris says she cannot tell anyone. The mother tells Doris that she and her brother Donald have always told her everything since they were little. She tells Doris she will bring her broth and aspirin, but Doris begs her mother not to leave. The mother abides but implores Doris to say what is wrong.  Doris shakily says that everyone will know soon. The mother thinks the examinations are worrying Doris and reassures her that she and her father will not feel bad. Doris begins to laugh uncontrollably and says that attributing the exams to her distress is the funniest thing she's ever heard. Doris explains that she tried to find out through a doctor what to do by pretending she was asking for a friend, but the doctor told her that her friend should have been more careful. Doris asks her mother how to resolve it, but she admits she must first tell her what is wrong. The mother reassures Doris she knows now. She takes her hand off Doris's shoulder, and Doris exclaims she wants to die and cannot live in the house any longer. The mother reassures Doris that she loves her more than anything. She tells Doris that this issue is her fault because she shielded her children too much. Doris tells her mother she still knew from the other girls at school. The mother decides she and Doris will go away and resolve it together. She questions who could ever do such a thing to Doris, but Doris reassures her mother she was not assaulted, and that neither of them meant for it to happen. Doris says that he came in to kiss her goodnight once when her parents were out to dinner, and it happened suddenly. She says it was Donald, and the mother begins to freak out and say she's lying. Doris clarifies it was Donald Vance, not their Donald, but her mother still says she is lying. Doris panics and tells her mother that they didn't mean to and they never even talked about sex before. She says that Donald is wonderful and that she herself is actually terrible, not Donald. The mother holds Doris's hand and tells her she just needs some time to think of some solution.