Chapter Fifteen Summary

Few people are out and about this Friday morning, and Ethan makes sure to speak to each of them as he is sweeping the sidewalk that morning so he has sufficient alibis. At the appointed time, he will return to the store, set the old faulty toilet to continually flush, don a mask and a raincoat, enter the bank through the rigged open door, be in the bank at the moment that the timed vault is opened, use the old gun to indicate to the bank personnel to put the money in a bag, then return to the store. Anyone who comes into the store will believe him to be in the bathroom, and Ethan would be completely disguised from the bank tellers.

While he is in his final preparations, Ethan continues to rationalize his actions. Just as he is about...