 After interviewing Conklin, Pierce is not only convinced Conklin did it, but that Soneji had been taking orders from him; he later breaks into Conklin's house, but does not find any evidence.The book resumes in Alex's point of view as he addresses a group of FBI agents at Quantico.It is revealed that Craig convinced Alex to pretend to be more severely injured in order to get Pierce, who is none other than Mr. Smith, involved.