Chapter 18, 19 Summary

Musing about Jamey's past, his strange reaction to medications, potential drug use and Souza's sudden change in heart in needing him, Alex is left with more questions than answers in chapter eighteen. Alex plans on investigating on his own, but first has to go Robin's studio to meet Billy Orleans, a rocker picking up a guitar Robin designed just for him. Billy has connections in San Francisco that Alex asks to be introduced too so he can learn more about the case.

The next day Alex tries to find Gary and instead meets a neighbor, Ms. Randee Bogdan, who tells Alex that Gary has moved. She describes him and his friends as nihilists who consider life meaningless but they do sometimes go to an art gallery where they display their "art". After viewing Gary's apartment, Alex leaves and a homeless man named Mudpie...