Sadly, we never do learn where he went, because the next scene is set in the kitchen on the morning of Dawson's birthday. The Flash has something on the stove as Bride of Flash wanders in wearing some rather fetching white pyjamas and a perfect (for her) coif. She crosses her arms upon seeing him and crankily utters, "Mitch." The Flash says, "Hey, you remember my tradition of cooking Dawson breakfast on his birthday, right?" She answers, "Well, of course. I just thought that --" At that moment Dawson comes in and greets his "Dad!" The Flash says, "You didn't expect me to forget, did you? The usual, for our regular customer," and hands him a plate. Dawson thanks him, and adds, "I must say, it's nice to have a bit of tradition this morning." The Flash says that reminds him that he has to speak to his erstwhile bride about "birthday present stuff -- highly classified," and they depart for the porch. The Flash starts out reminding the Bride that they usually buy Dawson joint birthday presents, but she cuts him off, telling him that he's "a little late" because she's already bought Dawson his birthday present: "I'm giving Dawson his first car tonight. An Explorer[!]." The Flash tells her that that's a big decision, and asks whether it isn't one they could have made together. Dawson, not so far away, keeps shooting furtive glances in the direction of the porch as Bride of Flash starts nagging the Flash about the bills -- slightly ironic in light of her announcement two seconds earlier of the purchase of a new car, besides which I never really had the impression that the Flash represented a significant cash infusion before the separation, but whatever. The Flash says, "I know that I should contribute more financially." The Bride of Flash scoffs. The Flash goes on: "And I've put the restaurant plans on the back burner, and I've looked into substituting at the high school." Dawson's ears prick up at this, and he kind of smirks. The Flash adds, "I will help out more as soon as I can, but still -- a car? That's a pretty extravagant gift for a sixteen-year-old." At this the scene ends, which I guess means that we're supposed to come away from it feeling like Dawson's parents are so selfish that they've even ruined his birthday with their petty bickering about money. In fact, what I come away with is that Dawson is one spoiled brat and that the Bride of Flash could have at least had the decency to get him a used car, or a Geo or something. [Note: The author, age 24, has never owned a car and currently drives a 1991 Dodge Colt owned by her husband.]