Part 3, Chapters 22-23 Summary

Michael is trying to negotiate the purchase of a gun. He has stolen an expensive gun from Professor Graham's house and he is trying to exchange it for an untraceable gun. A man is appraising the gun behind a closed door. Michael waits with Sadrodien in the tiny living room. Michael knows that Vinu had not been serious when she called him Michael the Avenger. The man comes back and says that although he prefers cash, he will do the gun exchange. The gun he gives Michael will be from somewhere else, making it difficult to trace.

Later, riding in the taxi, Michael wonders why he is doing this. Killing Vinu's father will not eradicate his crimes or his guilt. Michael does not acknowledge to himself that Vinu's father is a practice run for his own vengeance. He imagines...