Chapter 26 Summary

Archer heads for the hospital where Jack Lennox was taken. He finds Sergeant Shantz, one of the officers first on the scene at Sandhill, guarding the door. Shantz leaves to make a phone call as Archer moves into the room. Jack Lennox does not remember much of what happened at Sandhill and seems not to understand when Archer says that Harold Sherry is the man who shot him. Jack's wife Marian, however, instantly recognizes the name. Marian asks to speak with Archer in the hall where she asks about Laurel. Archer has nothing to tell her about Laurel but reassures her that he is still working to find her daughter. Archer says that he is meeting with Harold's doctor but refuses to reveal the doctor's name just yet.

Archer asks Marian about Jack's relationship with Laurel. She says that Jack has always had...