Summary

In Chapter 25, Valentine is excited about the work he has done on the anonymous email. He gives a technical explanation, adding that it is not really possible. The fact that someone has achieved this means “bad people on internet, they get away with anything, because they are invisible” (140). Devine begins to see how and why this is so serious to Valentine. At the end of the conversation, Valentine takes a brief moment to hack the Cowl and Comely database, providing Devine with access. Devine realizes the person who sent the email killed Ewes.

In Chapter 26, Devine catches the 6:20 train on Monday. Montgomery is at the pool in her string bikini. An older man on the train says a different woman lived there the previous year. Devine thinks about his situation, including that he had captured Mrs. Ewes's attention by visiting and that he...