Late one night, they receive a phone call from Cindy’s aunt in Indianapolis informing them that her father has had a heart attack. They make plans to leave immediately to be with him. After hearing the news, Tia, bitter about having been forced to move, accuses Cindy of abandoning her father. Bob suggests asking his brother Buck to come and watch the children, to which Cindy objects while suggesting they ask the Nevilles. They are middle-class suburbanites, whereas Buck is unemployed.