richard becomes more withdrawn from ellen and begins sleeping in a guest bedroom at their house. ellen panics as she loses her grip on richard, and she goes in the guest room and wakes him up and they have sex. ellen announces she is pregnant and they seem happy for a little while. ellen tells ruth she hates being pregnant and that richard only cares about the baby, not her. ellen sees her doctor and tells her she wants an abortion and she has not discussed it with richard. the doctor, who also a friend of richard's says she cannot perform the abortion and be expected to keep it a secret from richard, telling ellen she'll have to go somewhere else.