In the spring of 1959, all the women meet in San Francisco. Janina joins them from France. They begin making their way to Los Angeles and the women tour the city and go to Disneyland. Caroline films it all with her camera. None of the women liked the child-sized train ride in Disneyland. After California, they visit the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., and finally Zuzanna and Kasia return to New York City. Zuzanna has been recovering faster than ever. At an automat in New York, Zuzanna asks for Kasia to help her choose a child from a dossier of orphans for her to adopt with Serge. Zuzanna has been asked by the hospital to teach a class and she wants to marry Serge. Kasia is furious and she says that their mother never would have wanted Zuzanna to marry a Russian cook and turn her back on Lublin. Zuzanna chooses to forgive and forget.

Early one morning, Kasia wakes and finds Caroline weeding. They admire the flowers together, Abraham Lincoln lilacs that only blossom after a particularly harsh winter. Kasia tears up at the thought. Kasia thanks Caroline for helping Zuzanna in ways that she could not.