Chapter 19-21 Summary

It is Sunday morning and the case is beginning to heat up. Sampson needs to return to Washington D.C., and Cross gives him a ride to the airport. Later, Cross has a meeting with the Dean of Women, Browning Lowell. He reflects that the time he spent around Naomi when she was a child prepared him to be so close to his own children. Dean Lowell knew Naomi for all five of her years at Duke. They were very close and Naomi considered him a friend. He was tall, handsome man in his mid-30s.

Cross next pays a visit to Naomi's dorm to visit Mary Ellen Klouk, Naomi's best friend. Cross had met her several times before. Mary Ellen had not seen Naomi for six days. Mary Ellen phoned the police about Naomi. Naomi was missing almost two and...