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In 1975, Billy's girlfriend, Susan, comes to see him and is devastated at what has happened to him.

She tells him that he has to escape or else he will die in there and leaves him a scrapbook with money hidden inside as " a picture of your good friend Mr. Franklin from the bank ," hoping Billy can use it to help him escape.

Her visit moves Billy strongly, and he begins to regain some of his senses.

He says goodbye to Max, telling him not to die and to wait for Billy to come back for him.

He attempts to bribe the head guard to take him to the sanitarium where there are no guards.

Instead the guard takes Billy past the sanitarium to another room and attempts to rape him.

With a freak stroke of luck, Billy kills the brutish and sadistic guard by pushing him on to a coat hook.

He seizes the opportunity to escape by putting on a guard's uniform and managing to walk out of the front door.

In the epilogue it is explained that on the night of October 4, 1975 he successfully crossed the border to Greece, and arrived home three weeks later.