and had vaccinations before leaving for sunny Florida.Markham was suspicious: "You don""t get vaccinated for Florida, but you do for Mexico." Hot on her unmistakable trail left for him to follow, he traced her to Acapulco, Mexico:...How hot can it get, and then in Acapulco, you find out.I knew she had to wind up here because if you want to go south, here""s where you get the boat.All I had o do was wait.Near the plaza was a little cafe, called La Mar Azul next to a movie house.I sat there in the afternoons and drank beer.I used to sit there half-asleep with the beer and the darkness.Only that music from the movie next door kept jarring me awake.Jeff""s first sight of Kathie fulfills Whit""s earlier observation: "When you see her, you""ll understand better.Lowery phoned Claire about the take-over:The board assigned emergency ops to iNGen""s private security division.As he burns the phone message in his hands (Effie wrote down the details of the call as he dictated them), Sam asks Effie to have Miles"" desk moved out of the office and Miles"" name removed from the office door.During conversation at a grotesque banquet feast - of snake filled with live eels, giant fried tandoori beetles, eyeball soup, and chilled monkey brains for dessert, discussion centered around the historical existence of a bloodthirsty Kali Thuggee religious cult (practicing human sacrifice) in the area."Skip complimented "Crash" for his years of professional experience, but "Crash" was initially insulted by being demoted to the Carolina League, and wondered what he was going to get out of it:Skip: "You""ve been around.