Book 2 Chapter 2: No Good News in This Chapter (Pgs. 185-195) Summary

Toru asks May to call Kumiko's job and find out if she has come to work yet. She has not been to work in two days. He dreams of being in the hotel room again with Creta Kano, who tells him that she is only borrowing Kumiko's dress. Toru then realizes that the woman wearing Kumiko's pale blue dress is not Creta Kano but the anonymous woman on the telephone. Malta Kano has some news about Kumiko and they agree to meet at one o'clock the following afternoon in the tearoom of the Shinagawa Pacific Hotel. Malta Kano tells him that his brother-in-law Noboru Wataya will join them.

Book 2 Chapter 2: No Good News in This Chapter (Pgs. 185-195) Analysis

Toru indulges his suspicions by checking...