Latto stayed Santa Cruz the whole two weeks after all. He and Sylvia Koning spent that time together. He watched her at work she showed him how Deborah Spencer had taught her to help patients with Parkinson's Disease. They spent evening and nights together at her house near Twin Lakes State Beach. They took time off and travelled down to Monterey and Big Sur for the weekend. They tried not to think about the time when Latto would return to Scotland.
On Latto's last evening,he and Koning were sitting outside his room. drinking beer and looking over the ocean. Suddenly Martinez appeared carrying a beg in each hand.
'Your laptop,' he said giving one of the begs to Latto. The Salinas police found it at Crocker's house. The scientists have finished with it and I thought you might like it back before you go home.'