Summary

In the boathouse, Ben stands before Meg. He is holding a crossbow. He loads it with a fresh metallic arrow. Suddenly, the pieces all fall into place. He fakes his own death. He was the one who removed the radio from The Nemesis. He tells Meg how she almost caught him--twice. The first time when she hooking her laptop up to the internet, the second time after he had killed Nathan and Kenny and was sneaking back into the house. Ben puts the crossbow over his shoulder. He tells her he is "disappointed;" he was really hoping for a "murder-suicide" (268) with Minnie killing Meg and then herself. Ben confesses that he stole Minnie's medicine--that actually he stole them a week ago and replaced them with sugar pills so Minnie would be a "train wreck" by the time she got to he island (269). He...