Chapter 23 Summary

Molly screams and Sally Anne kneels by Sam, but Wallace is busy taking photographs of the lifeless body. Aspinall arrives and urges her to leave the scene with him. He takes her to the airport. As the plane leaves Russia, a mist returns in the air. With much venom in her voice, Molly accuses Aspinall of killing Sam. She did not speak or listen to Aspinall for the rest of the flight.

Monk meets them at the airport and on the way home he talks casually about her parents. He has changed out of his usual suit. Molly says the car that killed Sam was the same one she had seen in the parking lot the day she had arrived. Monk questions her, and offers theories as to who may be responsible for Sam's death. Crying, Molly can no longer recall if it...