While Justice Sleeps

At Bethesda Naval Hospital, Avery reads the note from Jared: “Kramers bookstore—the patio. Midnight. Please. JW […] Be careful” (79). Avery talks to Justice Wynn’s doctors about his condition. They tell her it’s likely he will never wake up and suggest that he tried to die by suicide. Avery is adamant that Justice Wynn would not try to kill himself. She also refutes Celeste’s claims that Justice Wynn had cognitive decline.

Back at work, Avery checks the messages on her office phone. She gets the voicemail from Jamie relaying Justice Wynn’s final words:

He said that you have to save us. Then he said, ‘Look to the East for answers. Look to the river. In the square.’ He said it a couple of times, like it was very important. He also mentioned someone named Las Bauer. Said you should remember him.’ The message paused again; then Jamie added, ‘Avery, he said, Forgive me (87).

Avery recognizes some of the message from what she already saw in Justice Wynn’s email: “Ani Is in the River. Dumas Find Ani” (87). Wondering what else Jamie may know, Avery goes to the nurse’s home—only to find her dead. Panicked, she realizes that Justice Wynn’s life may be in danger too and rushes back to Bethesda Naval Hospital.