Chapters 68 through 73 Summary

Carroll goes home that night and is greeted by Mary K. She tells him that the kids will come around to his desire to have Caitlin as part of their lives. At 9 a.m. the next day, he's in Washington, D.C. going through additional files. He meets researcher Samantha Hawes who tells him that she's already pulled some files based on his criteria. Then Samantha says that she believes there are pieces of information missing from some files, including David Hudson's. There are no details of many aspects of Hudson's training and no reason given for his leaving the military, despite the fact that he'd been fast-tracked for leadership positions before losing his arm in combat. Everything Carroll reads indicates that Hudson was an all-American boy and excellent at his duties. Samantha tells Carroll that Vice President Elliott had Hudson's...