For Jeremy Cross, Saturday night grilling is not going to go exactly as he had planned. Kelleher will see to that. Hardened and trained, no longer the skinny kid assaulted by the lake, Kelleher takes the initiative. But his revenge is not physical, as he (and I) had imagined, but more nuanced, and designed to hurt in a way no beating could.
Back in San Francisco, Meghan has teamed up with Kat, living in a cold-water walk-up, following the music scene, and partying with the bands. Together they survive Altamont, but cannot beat the odds, when pregnancy once again raises its ugly head.
