Chapters 34 through 40 Summary

Harry Stemkowsky prepares for his trip. His wife, Mary, knows only that her husband is working on a business deal but no details. Other Vets with traveling assignments are also boarding their planes, headed toward various destinations with "samples." Nick Tricosas remains in New York City, dispatching for the Vets Cab and Messenger company. Nick wanders downstairs to a locked room that Hudson told him never to open. He does anyway and four and a half billion dollars.

Meanwhile, David Hudson wants to see Billie again and he calls her service, asking for her by name. They meet at a bistro and Billie wants to move quickly to business, saying that an hour "isn't that long." David asks her to stay for a drink first and asks her tell him something personal about herself. She finally tells him she's from England...