and then , seeing the hurt in her eyes , and taking pity on her , he examines the golden threads in his mind , watches the matrix , follows the money until he spots a node , and tells her that if she 's outside treasure island at 6:00 a.m. , thirty minutes after she gets off work , she 'll meet an oncologist from denver who will just have won forty-thousand dollars at a craps table , and will need a mentor , a partner , someone to help him dispose of it all in the forty-eight hours before he gets on the plane home .