Since he didn’t want to take a chance driving his Corvair cross-country, he went with his gut and stored it. Sharon told him he wouldn’t need a car in Washington, and Michael figured if it turned out he did, he could rent one when necessary. Michael arrived at Dulles International Airport around 2:00 pm on Friday, June 10, and took a cab to his temporary home in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The neighborhood looked like a nice area, and there were several people walking their dogs, which made him miss Aunt Clara even more. The apartment was actually the first floor of a townhouse located on Newton Street next to Bancroft Elementary School, and it was all brick with the ugliest blue doors and shutters Michael had ever seen. Eric Sagman said he would be home when Michael arrived to hand him the keys and all the necessary information. Eric had decided to sublet his apartment for a year, even though his assignment in Brazil could be as long as two years. Michael exited the cab, pulled his bags from the trunk and knocked on the door to the apartment.
