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Officer Ginny Risely informs Kyle that Marcie reported a suspicious SUV outside her home. Kyle says he has known Marcie for years. He does not mention that she dumped him, claiming she wanted to leave Hemingway Grove, only to return and marry David. Kyle orders a check of surveillance footage in the surrounding area.

Kyle visits Oliver Grafton, a retired FBI agent who was working on the Cagnina case when the witnesses were killed. Grafton describes Silas as “one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless killers ever born” (152). He recalls that Blair, the lead agent on the case, suggested Silas may have faked his own death. Kyle wonders if David could be Silas.

Fifteen years earlier, Marcie told Howard she realized that she had misheard Silas. Their client had suggested he would “pull a Herrin,” not a “heron.” Liam Herrin escaped prison by killing a prison guard, changing clothes with him, and setting fire to the body. The discovery led Marcie to believe that Silas had similarly faked his own death. Defying Howard, Marcie refused to sign the motion to dismiss the case. She resigned and returned to Hemingway Grove to care for her dying mother.