Chapter 30-31 Summary

Quirk asks Spenser for information about what happened on the jogging trail. Spenser only comments off the record, and once he does he tells Quirk everything. Quirk says that he will let it be known that if Spenser dies, the Boston Police will make Broz's operation significantly more difficult. Spenser knows, however, that if Joe Broz wants to kill him he will keep trying. As Quirk leaves, Spenser's friend Hawk arrives.

Hawk and Spenser are old friends, and they discuss the case further. Hawk agrees to stay at the hospital and watch out for Spenser while he recovers, mostly because he does not want their mutual friends to make fun of him for letting Spenser get killed while Hawk is sleeping. The two men agree that Joe Broz would rather let the issue go than have to deal with Martin Quirk...