Chapter Twenty-seven and Twenty-eight Summary

After learning her friend, Lydia, has been sent to a mental institution for shock therapy, Nomi spends the rest of the night at the field behind the city dump. Before visiting the hospital and the dump, Nomi set fire to Travis' truck parked outside the Kyro Motor Inn. She indicates Travis and his "wife" from the museum village must have found a sitter for the Cabbage Patch doll.

Nomi then goes to The Golden Comb's trailer. She tells him she is broke. He gives her a cigarette and she sits on the floor. He begins kissing her, then slips something in her pocket. The two go into his bedroom and close the door. After they finish, he takes her back to her car at Mac's. From there, she drives to the dump. She contemplates living there until...