Part 3, Chapter 30 Summary

Lydia hears of Du Boise's death on television. She is in a hotel room about 500 kilometers south of Johannesburg, heading toward Cape Town. The report says that no one observed the incident and no arrests have been made. She turns off the TV and calls home.

Silas answers. She asks where Mikey is and Silas says he thinks that Mikey is gone. He will look for him tomorrow. In response to her question, Silas tells her that the police have not been around. Lydia wants to tell him about the gun, about how the women at the university will hear about Du Boise's death and the vague descriptions of the young man seen hurrying away and call the police. But she does not. Silas tells her that he saw her and Joao and he thinks that Michael may have as well...