Part 2, Chapters 5-7, pgs. 194-236 Summary

Nick is in New York and visits his brother Matt, who lives with their mother. Nick will be staying for two nights. Nick wants his mother to move to Phoenix. After their mother, Rosemary, retires to her bedroom, Nick and Matt discuss the pros and cons of moving her to Phoenix. Then they talk about their father and work. Nick calls a taxi when he is ready to leave.

Chapter Six discusses some of Nick and Matt's childhood activities. Matt is interested in the game of chess and is six when his father disappears.

Matt watches the tape of the Texas Highway Killer again. It is constantly on television. They are broadcasting a phone conversation with someone claiming to be the killer. He makes dinner for himself and Rosemary. When he mentions Arizona, she says...