Chapter 9;

Billy lost his wife in a car accident. She heard about his plane crash and was hysterical. She was driving to get to the hospital and got into a fender bender. As she took off the muffler came off of the car and by the time she arrived to the hospital she became unconscious and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rooming with Billy was a 70 year old man named Rumfoord. He had a 25 year old fiancé that brought him books. Rumfoord would talk to Billy about his time in Dresden and how horrible it must have been. Billy time travels back to New York where he buys more books that Trout wrote then travels back to tralmafadore to Montana and the baby.