Chapter 14 Summary

The next morning Kinsey feels better, leaves Needles, and heads to Salton Sea to interview Greg Fife. She remarks on the scenery, reflecting on the beauty of the emptiness, keeping her mind off of Sharon Napier. Greg is twenty-five, which made him seventeen when his father was murdered. He looks a lot like his father but claims that their personalities are not at all alike. He is reluctant to talk to Kinsey about his past, but does not actually refuse. Kinsey is frustrated at his reticence, but finally gets him talking after asking a question about whether the Salton Sea water is ocean water. After being able to expound on a subject that gives him pleasure, Greg allows Kinsey three questions. She asks about his memories from the period just before Laurence died, explaining that she is attempting to reconstruct the last six...