The unnamed older boy at Camp Montague goes out for a night swim with the other boys and girls his age. After returning, he sees Mr. Lolland taking a young female camper into his cabin; he knows what will happen to her; Lolland abused him, too, a few years ago. He doesn’t act upon seeing the girl enter, but when he sees her leave, he resolves to stop Lolland from hurting anyone else.

Byron Zell, now accused of possessing child pornography, contacted another law firm to try to get these new charges dismissed. He has evidence that he couldn’t have been at his computer when the incriminating email was sent to Lancaster & Jordan. Even so, he’s distraught by the exposure of his child pornography addiction; he copes with this stress by continuing to masturbate to child pornography. After he masturbates alone in his apartment one night, an intruder kills him and throws photos of child pornography over his corpse.

Tracy Carr is sent on assignment to McCormack University to investigate rumors that Laura McAllister’s death might be connected to Larry Chadwick.