mitch's confession to abby about his sexual infidelity was also unique to the film. in the novel, mcdeere never tells abby about his infidelity. in the book, abby's not knowing about mitch's infidelity is a major "suspense" piece. mitch comes home one evening and finds an envelope addressed to abby, that has "photos – do not bend" written on it. the photos were surreptitiously given to devasher by art germain. mitch thinks it is the pictures he was shown of his infidelity overseas. abby is in the bedroom when he sees the open package. he enters the bedroom and learns that abby opened the package, but it was empty. mitch realizes devasher is toying with him, and this incident in the book causes mitch to cooperate with the fbi. in the film, mitch's confession prompts abby to seriously consider leaving him, but she ultimately helps him bring down the firm.