
Turtle points out a picture of wisteria vines-which she still calls "bean trees"-and Taylor reads the caption to her.
What better way to kill time than going to the library? Almost-legal mama and daughter sit in the reference section and read the Horticultural Encyclopedia. Taylor and Turtle have to wait for some final pieces of paperwork to be processed before they can leave Oklahoma City.
Before she hangs up, Taylor tells her Mama that Turtle is now her legally-adopted daughter. Isn't that what you talk about in your gas station stops? The two have a good long chat about life and love. She tells her that she's just lost somebody she loved. Down the highway, Taylor stops at a Shell station to phone her Mama. Taylor says a painful goodbye to Estevan, and then they all part ways for good. After they arrive and get everything unpacked, Taylor wakes Turtle so that she can say goodbye. Michael and All Angels-the new safe-house where they will be staying. Armistead's office is finished, Taylor drives Esperanza and Estevan to the Pottawatomie Presbyterian Church of St.