Part 5: Chapters 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124 Summary

The next morning Alex flies back to Quantico in a Bell helicopter with Ned and his crew; he can think of nothing but getting home. He'd told Nana to keep the kids out of school because they'd be celebrating. When he sees his house, he begins to feel almost normal. No one is on the porch, so he decides to surprise them. He goes inside and finds the table set for lunch; lights are on but he doesn't see anybody. He runs upstairs, yelling, "I'm home. Where is everybody?" No one answers.

Alex looks everywhere and starts making phone calls; they'd been expecting him. He feels sick as he finally calls the Hoover Building. The FBI's technical people arrive and tell him that they've found male footprints outside and fresh dirt tracked into the house, but no other clues...