- When the plane lands, our MC's luggage went missing in transit. It was vibrating, so the airline suspected a bomb.
- Outside the baggage claim, Tyler steals a flashy red sports car.
- When our MC gets back to his apartment…well, there's no apartment to get back to.
- It's completely blown up, and all his lovely IKEA furniture is smoldering on the sidewalk below. No!!!
- Our narrator finds Marla's number in the wreckage and calls her on a pay phone. She answers, but he hangs up on her. Waste of a quarter!
- Then he finds Tyler's business card for the Paper Street Soap Co., so he gives him a buzz.
- No answer.
- But the payphone immediately rings after he hangs up.
- It's Tyler, and our MC tells him what happened.