Chapters 18-25 Summary

Immediately after leaving X/L, Boxer calls Jill for a subpoena. Jill works in the district attorney's office. Jill points out that not enough evidence exists for a subpoena, but insinuates that Boxer could threaten the company with bad publicity.

The next chapters finds Boxer interviewing two women from the nanny service the Lightower's used. Taking the address given by the agency, they enter a house by force where they believe the nanny lives. They quickly realize they are in the wrong place. The next day, a woman finds the Lightower's baby in a restroom at McDonalds.

Boxer feels some reward in finding the baby unharmed. She also receives details of the bombing in Chapter 22. The best lead they find is an inhaler at the scene that must belong to the nanny.

In chapter 23, Jill hides in her office, dreading going...