On Main Street, Saint sees Dick Lowell and other men recovering from their Super Bowl celebrations and feels newly alienated from the town. Saint cannot understand how ordinary life continues when Patch was attacked and Callie is still gone, and the winter around her feels endless and drained of color.

Because Norma urges Saint to find another hobby and even suggests seeing a therapist, Saint borrows a library book on knitting. Saint begins spending her evenings by the window making hats and scarves, copying her grandmother’s habits, but the activity does not truly ease her grief. Norma watches Saint with concern, sensing how prematurely burdened and withdrawn Saint has become.

One Saturday, Jimmy Walters comes to visit. Norma welcomes him and serves hot chocolate while Saint resents the intrusion, but she sits with Jimmy on the back porch. Jimmy talks eagerly about animals and nearby marshland, and when he suggests they walk there, Saint hides the fact that the place matters because she once went there with Patch to sail paper boats.

Later, Saint and Norma share a rare moment of warmth while watching George Foreman fight Ron Lyle, with Norma cheering so fiercely that she makes Saint smile. The mood shifts when they watch news coverage of devastating tornadoes and widespread death. Norma then changes the channel, pours bourbon, and gives Saint a worn paperback, telling Saint that she needs to escape more, but Saint realizes she no longer knows how.

On another snowy Saturday, Jimmy returns with frost flowers tied in purple ribbon. Saint initially refuses to see him, but Norma pushes her out of bed and sends her along. As Jimmy and Saint walk in the snow, Jimmy names the winter plants and explains that he brought them to show that some things endure even in harsh conditions, offering Saint a quiet lesson in survival and hope.