Make a list of the ways Rex and Rose Mary did the unexpected.

• I don't know if I would call it the unexpected, but leaving their children to fend for themselves is "unexpected" of parents.

• Removing Jeannette from the hospital before she is cleared for release.

• Refusing to get medical help for Brian after his fall.

• Running away with their children when in financial trouble, constant relocation.

• Rose Mary jumps out of a moving vehicle because she is angry.

• Rose Mary becomes a teacher.