Part 1, Chapters 6, 7 and 8 Summary

Having arrived in Denver, Sal finds the home of his friend, Chad King, and is told that Chad is at work at a museum studying American Indians. When Sal and Chad finally connect, Chad shares that he is no longer friendly with Dean and Carlo. There seems to be a rift between Chad and his group of friends and Dean and Carlo, and Sal is caught in the middle. Sal stays with Chad's family for a few days and appreciates the hospitality, especially in light of his diminished finances but is anxious to find Dean.

Arrangements have been made for Sal to stay in an apartment owned by the parents of another friend, Tim Gray. Sal is to share the relatively swanky apartment with another friend named Roland Major, who is also a writer and has come to Denver...