Present Day. After almost four decades old friends are reunited.
"I assumed this was Anthony's yearly Christmas call. Preparing to rub it in about the cold northern weather he and Judy were having in New York while Marie and I were walking on the beach, I asked about the weather up north. He replied it was pretty good, but changed the subject by asking me if I was sitting down, because he had some news to give me."
Marco uses the renewal of an old friendship to discuss the ever-shifting line between family and friends.