It looked like the perfect time for the perfect crime. I could grab the money while getting the divorce and walk out of the law office for the last time. Leave behind a life that was unhappy, to put it mildly.
-- Mack (“Homecoming” Chapter 9)

Importance: Mack describes to Jake how he stole the money that made it possible for him to escape to Costa Rica. Since he was the only one who knew the chainsaw company had settled the cases, Mack reasoned it was an opportunity to escape his unhappy life and start over.

It had to be the FBI. They were on to Mack Stafford and figured Jake knew where he was. / Lucien was startled, then amused. What fun Jake could have knowing the FBI was listening.
-- Narrator (“Homecoming” Chapter 32)

Importance: Since the FBI counted on Jake’s office building being empty on Sunday morning, the agents who wire-tapped Jake’s phone had no idea that Lucien...