The last dot is over somewhere near Washington D.C. Another dot is in New York State, not near the city, where many potential small towns exist. Two un-ripped dots mark Los Angeles and Chicago and a ripped one marks a borough of New York City. The hole-marks are ripped and vague, meaning it's hard to pinpoint where Margo was planning to go and that she didn't intend this map to be a clue for Quentin to use. In the souvenir shop, Quentin finds a map with holes in it that seem to match those on the wall in the other room. In the morning, Quentin convinces Radar to accompany him back to the abandoned building. However, as he falls asleep he realizes that the empty tack-marks on his wall look just like the ones on the wall of the abandoned building, meaning Margo must have been plotting a discernible route. When Quentin gets home for the night, his mother tells him "I really like being your mom"(p.215) before he heads to bed with "Song of Myself." Quentin becomes infuriated thinking over the fruitlessness of his pursuit of Margo, ripping his maps off the wall and then punching his pillow after accidentally stepping on one of the tacks. Rather than the drunken debauchery of the last party scene, this party turns into a sober but joyfully nostalgic story-telling session. Ben scolds Quentin when he hesitates, so Quentin promises to come over after visiting the last pseudovision and rushes through this visit, finding nothing at all.Īt the party, Quentin helps Radar put away the nicer black Santa paraphernalia and discusses kissing with Ben until Lacey interrupts to quell Ben's fears. Finding nothing, Quentin drives to the last pseudovision on his list, "Logan Pines." When Quentin is almost there, he gets a call from Ben reporting that Radar's parents are abruptly going out of town to buy a newly available collection of black Santas and so he, Radar, and Quentin will be hosting a party that night. This pseudovision is overgrown and impassable by car, causing Quentin to get out and walk through the mud to look around for hiding places. That Friday, Quentin tells his mother that he is going to a concert and instead sets off to visit Collier Farms. Quentin finds a stack of brochures for subdivisions, including one for the pseudovision "Grovepoint Acres" which Quentin had explored previously along with another, "Collier Farms," which is on his list but hadn't been visited yet. The two men flee and Quentin, Lacey, Ben, and Radar continue looking for clues. In the course of this conversation, "The Carpenter" calls Lacey a bitch, which causes Ben to punch him until Quentin and Radar pull him off. However, they note that she never really wanted to explore but rather stay in these abandoned buildings, writing in a black notebook. They go by the pseudonyms "Ace" and "The Carpenter." They reveal that they are "urban explorers" and that they saw Margo here often and took her on exploring trips when she was as young as 13. Two young men enter the room, revealing themselves to be Gus, the security guard from the SunTrust Building, and a friend. They again go directly to the office room, where they suddenly hear footsteps approach. On Tuesday, Quentin, Lacey, Ben, and Radar all go to the mini-mall together after school.
His parents talk about people as mirrors and windows - noting human inability to really see people - and Quentin realizes that he has never really tried to see Margo as a person. At dinner, Quentin's parents wax nostalgic about his upcoming graduation and his mother tries to give him perspective on Chuck Parson and the educational difficulties that might cause him to act out.
It is now finals week, but Quentin is still obsessed with "Song of Myself" and Margo's location clues.