Summary

In Chapter 1, when a Delta representative offered passengers on Tim Jamieson’s flight to New York cash and a hotel voucher to give up his seat to a federal agent, Tim suddenly had the urge to get off the plane and hitchhike north. He took $2,000 and a refund of his ticket in exchange for the seat.

In Chapter 2, the first man who picked Tim up told him that no one in his “right mind” (6) would want to go to New York. Tim had been told there were plenty of private security jobs available in New York. He thought about the “Rube Goldberg fuckup” (6) That ended his career with the Sarasota Police Department.

In Chapter 3, Tim was next picked up by a librarian in a Volvo. She asked only that he help her unload the books she was transporting to South...