Frank heads out to picturesque Haddam horse country, still thinking about the McLeods. He realizes he should have invited them over for a cookout when they first met. He could've plied them with margaritas and convinced them that he had their best interests at heart. Instead, their relationship consists of suspicion and ill will, and he wishes he'd acted more decisively at the outset.
He arrives at Franks, on Route 31, and recalls the first time he came to this homey roadside restaurant, which was then called Bemish's Birch Beer Depot. He had been driving home from the Red Man Club when he fell asleep at the wheel and literally drove into one of the picnic tables. The owner, Karl Bemish, had run out to see what drunken lunatic had just destroyed his table......
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