The Woman in Suite 11

Writer Laura Blacklock has a nightmare about being imprisoned in a room underwater. She tries to escape her cell, but there’s no way out. When she wakes up, she realizes that she’s in a different prison. Its door is metal; her previous cell had a plastic door and a fake window.

Laura looks over the mess that resulted when her husband, Judah, allowed their children, Teddy and Eli, to dress themselves. Laura, who goes by Lo, was at a job interview and was greeted by the mess when she returned home. After Judah ends a work call, she tells him it’s unlikely she’ll get the job because the interviewer repeatedly mentioned that she was overqualified. While Judah thinks she should apply to higher positions, Lo worries about the five-year gap in her resume that occurred when she was raising the kids. Judah’s job at the New York Times is secure, but they could use more money, living in New York City. Judah has faith that she’ll find something.

Lo receives an invitation to the opening of the Grand Hotel du Lac in Switzerland as a member of the press. Judah says he’ll take care of the kids while she’s away, so she doesn’t mention the mess that resulted from his being in charge of the kids that morning.