Part Five, The Second Investigation, Chapters 68-72 Summary

Maggie Rose has been warned not to run away or she will be put in darkness for a year. Maggie Rose is scared, but she continues to fantasize about running away just the same. Cross has become obsessed with finding Maggie Rose even as he is attempting to resume a normal life. Jezzie returns to the city where she and Cross resume their relationship. Cross continues the investigation into Maggie Rose's kidnapping by revisiting the witness who lives next door to the Sanders. The mother speaks to Cross reluctantly, having hoped their part was over. She reveals to Cross that the man her daughter saw with Soneji was not actually with Soneji, but watching him from another car. Cross realizes this changes the idea of an accomplice and decides to go...