In chapter fourteen Danielle is confronted by the 'man in the aviators', again. This time is different though. Since getting chased down the streets of Vietnam by an unknown man, she has been very scared. She stays up all night in her hotel room, unable to sleep because of the thought that the man knows where she is staying. The man comes to her hotel window at night, and tries to rob her.

"Before I had a chance to get out of bed, s sharp pain stabbed through my shin. I rolled off the bed just in time to see a metal hook-attached to a broom handle as long as an arm- jutting from the window ledge. From the floor, I watched it rise and descend, swooping near the backpack I'd left at the foot of the bed...Moonlight caught upon the jeans of the man with the aviator sunglasses as he crawled over the balcony and climbed down to the street."

Danielle was scared of the man before, and now she is terrified. The hook cut deep into her shin, by the bone. She tells the receptionist of the hotel tells her about how he knows the man before, he has been known to steal from tourists. The man is not from Vietnam. The receptionist tells Danielle he will take care of it in the morning.

This chapter also flashes back to a time where Kelly, Danielle's sister, got pregnant. Kelly grew up to be just like her dad, heavy drinking daily, arrogant, and tough. The pregnancy was caused by a one night stand and the father wasn't heard from again. When her dad found out about her being pregnant, he yelled at her. He yelled at her about how she is a slut, immoral, and can't raise a child on her own. When Kelly actually has the baby, her dad changes his mind, in love with the fact that he now has a grandson.

Danielle's dad's friend, Goodman, also dies in this chapter. They were taking turn blowing out tunnels, and he was caught off guard. The irony of Goodman's death; it was really Danielle's dad's turn, Goodman was just closer to the tunnel. When checking tunnels to make sure they are inactive, one has to be very stealthily and quick. Goodman was being careless, and paid the price. He was shot right between the eyes by a Vietcong and the back of his head was blown off.

"Dad picked up Goodman's burned-down cigarette and took a deep drag. He told me this story many times over the years, and every time he said the same thing: 'That bullet had my name written all over it. It was my turn, and Goodman took it.'"

Seeing Goodman die changed him. He couldn't believe it was actually happening. He was instantly filled with hatred, sadness, and fear.