Fay & Ivy

Fay's letters, describing the opulence of the city and her blossoming life, lure her naïve younger sister Ivy to pay her a visit. She arrives with her boyfriend Jesse, who teases her for reading a particular letter so many times and snatches it out of her grasp. As she chases him to get it back, he tosses it away - and it lands in Blackie's hand. He reads it wryly and realizes that Fay has gotten into a lot more than she bargained for. She may have forgotten inviting Ivy to visit her, but the cafe won't let her. When Blackie returns to the cafe, Fay expresses her desire to alter her past - specifically, she wishes she'd had a mother that listened to her because then she could have lived her life differently. Blackie hints that surely someone looks up to Fay, but the waitress doesn't catch on to what he means. Ivy and Jesse have arrived in a sleazy part of town on their search for Fay's place of residence, and Ivy is certain that they have taken a wrong turn. They come upon a corner liq