Chapters 13 and 14 Summary

Christine checks for a note from Elgin when she returns to her apartment in Seattle but there is no note and no indication that he had looked for her while she was gone. None of her friends are available to talk on the phone so Christine dresses, re-applies her makeup and takes Rayona with her to a neighborhood bar to find some company. As Christine scans the people seated at the long bar, she spots Elgin's hand on the back of some woman and soon his eyes meet Christine's in the mirror over the bar.

Elgin comes over to Christine's table and tells her he had planned to call and wonders how the trip to Montana went. Elgin also chastises Christine for bringing Rayona to a bar but he and Christine talk for a while and they leave together. Elgin stays...