Overnight, Harriet writes three new chapters.

Harriet goes out to buy a tape-recorder player so she can listen to Robert’s tape. On the subway, she notices a man staring at her and following her.

Harriet wonders if the man in the subway car really was following her. She tries to convince herself that it’s simply her paranoia, a byproduct of the post-traumatic stress disorder she has from the childhood loss of her parents. Harriet pays $140 for a tape-recorder player.

Harriet plays Robert’s tape. At first, it’s all muffled voices, and Harriet wonders if Robert has given her the wrong tape. Just as his voice comes on, Harriet’s phone rings. Amy from Greenville Sinclair is calling to give Harriet a new deadline. Harriet’s new book is due in two weeks. Amy has been told that Harriet has a book nearly completed, but Harriet only has three chapters. She decides to put Robert’s tape on hold so she can get some work done.