IN A CHEAP MOTEL AN HOUR FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, JANET DRUMMOND TAKES HER MEDICATION, AND DOES A RAPID TALLY OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF HER CHILDREN. WADE HAS SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL; SUICIDAL BRYAN IS DUE TO ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT WITH HIS VOWEL-FREE GIRLFRIEND, SHW; AND THEN THERE IS SARAH, ''A BOLT OF LIGHTNING FROZEN IN MIDFLASH'' – HERE IN ORLANDO TO BE THE STAR OF FRIDAY''S SHUTTLE MISSION. WITH JANET''S EX-HUSBAND AND HIS TROPHY WIFE ALSO IN TOWN, JANET SPENDS A MOMENT CONTEMPLATING HER FAMILY, AND WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG. OR DID IT?