I didn’t think I was headed anywhere in particular after my blowup with Ford—the blowup being a hundred percent on my side and zero on his, which only made it more frustrating—but somehow I ended up back at my mystery door.

Everyone else was so entranced by the cute little twists and turns in the market sector, though truth be told, I found it all a bit creepy. Oh, I’m sure it was adorable back in its heyday. Whenever that might have been, and wherever. But now? Now, it’s a cobbled together b...