Chapters 21-26 Summary

These six chapters are filled with a flurry of activity and violence, moving the reader further along toward the climax. LaChaise, Martin and Sandy are on the move, ostensibly to Mexico. Stopping in Kansas City to rob another credit union, they then decide to return to Minneapolis, hoping to outwit the police and accomplish their goals of revenge. Lucas, unlike the other police, is not convinced that the enemies have truly given up their quest, given that they have obtained automatic weapons and vests, and given their obsession with achieving their goals of revenge. His supposition is proved correct, after he takes Weather to work the next morning and proceeds to his office.

LaChaise and Martin have returned, chaining Sandy once again in Harp's garage and proceeding to the Hennepin County Medical Center, to finish the earlier attempted murders of Franklin...