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Wrecker meets Willi near the graveyard. They use the ladder she has brought to scale the fence, and Wrecker shows her Sarah’s gravesite. Afterward, he leads her to Cabeza’s grave and tells her the story of his lynching. There are fresh flowers on the grave, so Wrecker tells Willi about the girl he saw weeping and singing there. Then, he takes her to the grave Silver Mustache asked him to check on. A name has been chiseled onto the crypt: Bendito Vachs. Willi points out that the mason has added the death date wrong—it claims that Vachs died on April 13, which is tomorrow.
When Wrecker tries to call Silver Mustache to let him know about the error, he gets a text to meet Silver Mustache at the end of his street. He slips out and finds Silver Mustache waiting in a blue Bentley. The man insists that Wrecker get into his car. Silver Mustache claims he will have the date fixed and quizzes Wrecker about whether the grave looks disturbed in any way, addressing him as “Valdez” and making an offhand comment about Suzanne. Wrecker is frightened that the man knows so much about him. Before letting Wrecker out of the car, Silver Mustache gives him a key to the cemetery gate.