Grace Wexler bought Hoo's on First and made it very popular. She offers free meals to any sports players that are in Milwaukee. On her wall she has a signed picture of Doug Hoo the famous track star. The Hoo's had moved to a lakefront home, James innersoles started selling in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, he became a wealthy man. In the last chapter, when Turtle is watching Sandy die, Sandy ask how everybody is doing. Turtle goes through the list of heirs and when she reaches James name she tells Sandy that James is business is doing well, when actually he is dead. It does not say how he died, but it said he said he was dead.