Summary

In Chapter 22, Serena returns to the camp and the workers look on in awe since many had lost women in childbirth, but Serena had survived. Pemberton nurses Serena back to health over the next several days while Galloway remains outside Serena's door. As she recovers, Serena speaks passionately of logging in Brazil and looks over documents and maps of South America she had kept in a trunk. Pemberton realizes she's been planning to conduct business in Brazil for years.

Weeks later, Pemberton is in his office working on the payroll and he sees the name Jacob Ballard in the ledger. The name makes him think of his son and he takes out his photo album to look at the pictures of himself as a child and of his son.

Snipes and his crew talk about the death of Doctor Cheney. There are...