劳伦又跟在吧台后的米勒告别过后,忍着痛一瘸一拐地走出餐馆,钻进停在前门的黑色福特轿车里,发动车子离开了这里。轿车奔驰在休斯顿的市郊公路上,劳伦打开车载收音机,切到KDKA电台,电台里正放着安德鲁姐妹的Don't Sit Under The Apple (1942)。活泼的曲调化成一个个音符,伴随着德州春天的微风在她耳畔欢快地跃动着。劳伦和其他人一样对她们的每一首热门歌曲都耳熟能详,一听到旋律就能立马哼唱起来:
“Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me anyone else but me NO NO NO Don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Till I come marching home”