Chapters 15–18: Barr is taken on a five-hour boat ride from Florida to meet Mattiece. Barr asks Mattiece if the Pelican Brief is true and Mattiece says that it is. Then Barr is killed. Darby goes to the law firm (White and Blazevich) and asks to see Morgan. She is told that Morgan was killed in a mugging. Gray gets in contact with Morgan’s wife. She gives Gray a key to a mysterious lock-box at the bank. Inside the box, there is a document from Morgan that explains his work with Mattiece. Morgan writes about finding a note from one law partner to another (Marty Velmano to F. Sims Wakefield) that notes the benefits of Rosenberg and Jensen retiring. Wakefield showed concern that Morgan had seen the note and took him off Mattiece’s case. Morgan hid a copy of the note with his written statement in the lockbox. Darby and Gray go over the details of their story with Keen and the Washington Post’s lawyer at the Post building. Meanwhile, the men with guns are looking for Darby outside that building. Gray writes the story and then calls the FBI. Voyles arranges to come to the office to meet with Keen. Then Gray calls Coal at the White House. Coal agrees that Mattiece had given money towards the President’s election but denied slowing down the investigation of the Pelican Brief. Then Gray calls White and Blazevich and speaks with Velmano. Gray tells him he has the Pelican Brief and the note that Velmano sent to Wakefield about the two judges. Voyles tells them about the FBI’s investigation and says he has a recording of the President asking him to stop working on the case. Voyles tells Darby that he can arrange for her flight out of the country. At White and Blazevich, Velmano talks about hiding out in Europe. Wakefield shoots himself. The story ends with Darby on a relaxing beach in the Virgin Islands. Gray has just arrived. They discuss what has happened to some of the people involved in the case and they talk about spending time together.