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After John takes baby Lucky, Margaret Jean is confirmed as a nun. The final test was keeping watch the night that Lucky was left on the church steps. She never told the other nuns about the baby. The baby’s mother, Valerie Mann, comes back to the church looking for her. Margaret Jean buys her breakfast in a diner and learns her name. Then, Margaret Jean claims that she had a vision of the baby being taken in by a good family. Valerie, a teenager, admits to living in a shelter. She called her daughter Julia and feels guilty about abandoning her. Margaret Jean decides to use the money she made grifting to help Valerie pay for an apartment and for her education. Valerie says that she wants to be a lawyer.
In 2008, Lucky, who is extremely hungover, wakes up in Gloria’s deck chair that she passed out in the night before. Gloria is gone, along with Lucky’s lottery ticket. Lucky calls Reyes and learns that Reyes has been trying to get hold of her to tell her that John was released from prison. When Reyes meets Lucky at the camp, she has Betty and John with her.