Maybe Not Marrakesh

Summary

• The chapter is set in a quiet suburban neighborhood, McMansionville, in the home of Cameron's friends, married couple Elizabeth and Brad Burnett.
• Cameron's phone has a dead battery and his charging cord is at his ex-girlfriend Katie's house.
• He goes searching for a spare charger in Elizabeth and Brad’s kitchen, reflecting on their life together.
• Elizabeth, heavily pregnant, comes into the kitchen for a late-night drink of water. She and Cameron have a teasing conversation reminiscing about their shared past.
• Cameron finds a phone charger and Elizabeth suggests that he could try travelling instead of looking for a new apartment over Dell's pub, but Cameron dismisses the idea.
• Cameron spends the night scrolling through apartments on his phone, despairing at their inauthenticity and considering his financial options.
• He decides to open a box left to him by his mother. The box contains numerous mundane possessions except for a bag that contains gold jewelry and a photo of his mother with a man he does not recognize.