Mace returned the Infiniti to Alvin and told him about the near miss in Rancho Park. Alvin suggested that the culprit might be Wendell the Wallflower, a convict that Mace had once apprehended who had recently been paroled. After returning home and reporting to 99 about the day's events, Mace made a dinner date with Sylvia. Over the next couple of days, he searched unsuccessfully for Wendell.

Mace received an e-mail from 99 warning him not to look at the Sanctuary's profit and loss spreadsheet if he hadn't done so already. Then an e-mail arrived from Kylie: She had seen the driver of the pickup truck, and would meet Mace the next day at the Big Cup Cafe to tell him all about it.