Summary

Many weeks pass before Meier can secure the international search warrant, as it requires a lot of bureaucratic maneuvering to obtain. Stéphane is only permitted to call the French embassy, which refuses to help him. He has not been assigned a public defender yet, nor have the charges against him been announced. Stéphane is also unaware of the pending search warrant. While he is in jail, Stéphane is allowed to write letters to Anne-Catherine, though they are also allowed to be open and read by the courts. Though Stéphane writes her often, he receives nothing from Anne-Catherine. After many days in prison, Meier returns, and asks Stéphane if he would like to confess to his crimes, which Stéphane, wearied, agrees to.

In a recorded interrogation, Stéphane admits that he stole the bugle. He lies and says...