Part 3, Chapters 52, 53, 54, 55 Summary

Cross doesn't return home until after ten o'clock the following evening and he knows he will get the cold shoulder from his family. Jannie is still awake in her room reading magazines. Cross thinks of his wife Maria, who was tragically killed in an unsolved drive-by shooting. Cross apologizes to his daughter for being late and Jannie assures him that it is okay and that she understands. The two hold hands and she comforts him.

The Wolf goes to Washington, D.C. to meet with an Italian mobster from New York. During a discussion of future plans, the Wolf says he wants to make a billion dollars on one job. After dinner, the Wolf meets with an FBI agent in Potomac Park. The Wolf can buy anything and anyone, even the FBI and he wants to know whether anyone at the...