This section of the book although short, was packed with important information regarding the story line of the book. At the very start of these pages Alex Cross is back and he is okay. It turns out that all of the official statements at the hospital were all overstatements or just lies. Also, it turns out that Thomas Pierce is really Mr. Smith, but the FBI cannot catch him in the act of one of his crimes. It turns out that Thomas actually killed his girlfriend because she was cheating on him with some other medical school student. Thomas has not slipped up that many times, but one time he was in Germany the same time someone went missing there when Thomas was supposed to be in Rome. Thomas Pierce was also waiting for Simon Conklin to come home. When Simon got back to his house, he was startled to see Thomas waiting for him. Thomas then interrogated Simon very brutally to get the information about the attack on Alex Cross and his family. After a long time and some inhumane tactics, Simon told Thomas that Gary made him attack Alex, and he says that Gary was the leader and not him. After Thomas gets all of this on tape, he than kills Simon the way that Mr. Smith always does. The Police officers that were watching Thomas's apartment, then had to rush over to Simon's house, because they knew that's where Mr. Smith would be. When they all got to Simon's house, they found Simon's dead body and Mr. Smith was no where to be found.
I really liked this section of the book, because most of the things are still coming together. There was also a lot of relief when Alex Cross was still alive at the start of the section. Also, we know that Thomas Pierce is really Mr. Smith. Another piece that is fitting into the puzzle is that we know who attacked the Cross family, it was Simon Conklin. This little section was my favourite because the main character Alex is still alive, although he still has some bruises and lacerations.
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