Part II: Section 53 Summary

Lester had confessed everything before his mug shot was taken and he was escorted to his cell. There was no bail for kidnapping. The Chicano officer escorting him recommends he keep the fact that he is "Deputy Sheriff Burdon" to himself. He knows that Esmail's being shot will add a decade to his sentence. He wants to see Kathy. The patrol cars will soon be in Corona, probably to charge her with everything he is charged with.

Part II: Section 53 Analysis

Lester's hope that Esmail is OK is doubtlessly sincere. He now recognizes that it was his fear that deprived the boy of the knowledge that the gun was empty-knowledge that might have saved his life.