Summary

In Chapter 12, Day 7, Skarre learned from one of the narcotic officers that Idar had been seen frequenting the Hotel Leon, a place known for drugs and prostitution. When they threatened the owner of the hotel with an investigation, he admitted Idar was a regular, that he rented out the same room twice a week. He was visited by black women, sometimes in pairs. They call him Dr. White and he always has a doctors bag with him. Sometimes the women tried to bring their children with them but the owner would not let them in.

Still scared by the prank phone call she had received, Eli listened to her husband and son talk. She thought about the night she was raped and the prayers that she would not get pregnant. She had never told her minister husband about that night and knew...