Chapter Sixteen - Eighteen Summary

Ethan is still at the shop after Walder departs, and it is a busy day. Joey comes in, but Ethan doesn't reveal anything to him. Joey tells Ethan that he was still so edgy today that he and the rest of the clerks kept the foot alarms close by. Ethan calls his wife to say he'll be late. Ethan begins his sarcastic lecturing to the canned vegetables again, and then feels the talisman in his pocket. He thinks about the strange light in the talisman, and then about Marullo's statement about the light that he doesn't want to go out. Ethan wonders what his payment will be to keep the light from going out. Ethan heads home and realizes he left all the money in the store in the Templar hatbox. He decides not to go back...