Once he arrives back at his basement apartment, Billy watches the TV news. As expected, his office has quickly been identified as the shooter’s location because of the “shooter’s loophole” he cut in the glass.

Billy talks to Bucky Hanson on the phone. Bucky tells him that Nick wants to know where he is. Billy says he believes he was being set up but that, as he did the job, he expects his payment. He asks Bucky if this payment has arrived: If it has not, it would confirm his suspicion that he was never supposed to walk away from this job. Billy asks Bucky to get out of New York and promises him $1 million of the $1.5 million he is owed. Bucky sends a message to Nick demanding the transfer of the money by midnight.

Billy goes to sleep but is awoken by a call from Beverly Jensen, who is distressed that she was so excited about her inheritance when she should have been grieving for her mother. She is worried that Billy will think less of her and feels ashamed. Billy tells her that he understands how she could both be overjoyed about her windfall and devastated about the loss of her mother.