Chapter 6 Summary

Jeff spends most of his time after the Kennedy assassination making lots of money. One day, he brings Sharla to a fight, and he realizes that she's just an empty lay, not a woman with whom he wants to share his life. The next day, he gives her $200,000 and a ticket to Rio, ending their relationship with no hard feelings. He goes back to New York to make more money. His life is empty, but he's waiting.

On the day when Jeff meets his wife Linda in his previous life, Jeff goes to Boca Raton, where they met before. Linda is just where he met her the first time, reading the novel Airport. At first, the conversation seems to go well, but then Jeff tries to tell her about his investment company. The story of his multi-million-dollar company on Park Avenue, built from...