Part 3, Chapter 1 Summary

1960. Gretchen wakes in her home in Las Angeles, anxious to wake both her son and her husband, Colin Burke, but knowing that it is too early. Instead, Gretchen goes out to get the paper and reads it at the desk in the living room. In the sports section, Gretchen sees an article about a boxer that mentions Tommy Jordache as his sparring partner. Even with as little as she knows about the sport, Gretchen is aware that this means Tommy's career has taken a turn for the worse.

Gretchen wakes Billy and makes sure he is packed and ready for their flight to New York later that day. Then Gretchen wakes Colin. Gretchen and Colin discuss the screening of Colin's latest movie that they saw the night before. There is a scene in the movie that Gretchen did not like and...