Summary

On Day 24, in Chapter 47, a government spokesperson updates that three people have died from anthrax while several others are in critical condition as a result of the pathogen.

In Chapter 48, Well Farm was vandalized. People stole things. People seemed to forget that Simon was missing. It appeared it was because Simon was not a little boy and did not appear vulnerable. People were told that he might have been injured in the car crash, but that only made them think that he was dead. Cooper, however, had helped with the search. She continued to study the letter found on the island. She kept a photocopy of it in her pocket.

In Chapter 49, it was determined that Alec’s fingerprints on the letters in the crow’s throats had probably been lifted from other sources and placed there.

Officers searched Alec’s home and...