Mimi ends up going to Mount Holyoke College, where she starts to date women. She studies poetry at first, but after reading Edwin Abbott’s book
Flatland, she realizes that she wants to be an engineer like
Winston. She transfers to Berkeley and starts studying ceramic engineering. She thrives there, and after graduation takes a job as a casting process supervisor in Portland. The job requires a lot of travel, and she goes to Korea often. Meanwhile
Carmen and
Amelia also grow up, go to college, and get jobs.