Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

Annie and Dave continue to argue about Dave's desire to be involved in an investigation of the events, even as Dave decides he has squared himself with the nebulous bad guys and can once again withdraw into peaceful life. Dave slowly heals and recovers, and spends some time with his wife and Alafair. He calls Dautrieve on the telephone one night and pumps him for information. Dautrieve, apparently inadvertently, supplies Dave with some information including where to find Keats and the fact that Claudette is bisexual and connected with various figures in the world of crime. Later, Dave travels to Keats' rundown bar and pumps some of the strippers for information and then intimidates them into going home early while he waits for Keats to arrive. Eventually Keats come into the bar and sits and the bar, talking loudly and obnoxiously...