Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

Spenser begins the following day with a forty-minute jog along the Charles, returning home to coffee that he started before his run, showers, shaves carefully and prepares breakfast. After breakfast, he finishes dressing, includes his gun and dons a white raincoat that someone told him made him appear taller.

Smithfield High School is just out from the center of town in a "neighborhood of expensive homes." He speaks with Mr. Moriarty, the assistant principal. When Moriarty discovers Spenser is a private investigator, he says that he was an MP in the military. When Spenser assures him that Trask knows about Spenser's involvement. Moriarty says that Kevin is from a good family and Roger, Kevin's father, runs a successful business. Moriarty is hesitant to discuss the things Spenser asks - whether Kevin has behavior problems, friends or does drugs. Spenser just wants...