Part 3, Chapter 43 Summary

First thing the next morning was Danny's bail hearing. In a scene reminiscent of nine years ago, Danny appeared before the court. Miss Callie insisted on being at the hearing. Willie found himself surprisingly detached from the whole scene. As soon as the judge began to speak, two shots rang out. Everyone in the courtroom got on the floor. Danny Padgitt had been shot twice, once in the head, once in the chest. He was dead. After a couple of minutes, the shooting continued outside. All of the windows in Lucien Wilbanks' office were shot out. Then the sniper turned the gun on himself. When the police were able to access the cupola of the courthouse, they found Hank Hooten, naked again and this time dead. Willie left town to visit the mental hospital that was supposed to be treating Hank...