Part I: Section 8 Summary

Kathy wakes up around 8 a.m. outside the Corona house, the taste of last night's cigarettes in her mouth. She notices two carpenters on the roof of her house, yells at them, climbs their ladder, and tells them to get off. They don't, and when she steps on some nails, one of the men takes her to the front door. Nadi cleans and wraps Kathy's wounded foot. Kathy thanks her and leaves. She drives over to her lawyer's office: the legal papers have arrived. She learns that the mess might be over by the weekend. She brushes her teeth and changes clothes in the restroom at a gas station.

Part I: Section 8 Analysis

Kathy is now homeless. Although neither Behrani nor Nadi know of Kathy's relationship to the Corona house-called "the bungalow" by Behrani-they have both seen her before...