December 12, 2007
- And now for P's letter to Jamie, which set this whole Greyhound voyage in motion.
- P and his partner, Jorge, are living in an apartment complex in Memphis populated mostly by old people. They do have a fake Christmas tree, though, so they're attempting to be festive.
- P knows Jamie has run away from Buckner, and he promises not to tell their mom—he understands what it's like to need to escape their parents.
- He says Jamie probably doesn't have to worry about the Buckner people hunting for him. They've got their nonrefundable tuition money, so they can't be bothered. Jamie's free.
- However, P does want to know what Jamie plans to do with his life. He's genuinely curious, and he wants Jamie to be happy.
- And now for the bad news: P has cancer, and he's dying at the age of twenty-seven.
- He wants Jamie to make a trip to visit him, and is enclosing two hundred bucks. He writes his number on the inside of the envelope and asks Jamie to call and tell him if that's possible.
- Also, he's enclosing a copy of Jamie's last letter to him, just to remind Jamie how good a writer he is.