Chapters 7–9: Nate risks his life to find Rachel, traveling along narrow rivers in a broken down boat, and when he finally manages to locate her, she doesn’t want to accept any of Phelan’s money and refuses to sign the papers. However, Nate doesn’t give up because he is determined not to let Phelan’s money-hungry family get the estate. He talks to Rachel about his own problems, and she tries to get him to accept God into his life. Meanwhile, back in the United States, the lawyers are trying to figure out how they can prove that Phelan was crazy when he signed his last will and testament. They need to make sure that Rachel doesn’t get Phelan’s money so that they can get paid themselves.
Chapters 10–12: Nate agrees to tell his partners that he didn’t find Rachel, and then he leaves the village and starts back to Corumbá. However, he soon becomes feverish with dengue fever. After recovering, he goes into a church and prays. He stays in the city and tries to find Rachel, because he thinks that she visited him in the hospital, but in the end he decides that it was just a dream. He returns to the United States, where he agrees to work on one last case—protecting Rachel’s interests in the hearing involving Phelan’s will. He moves to the country and starts to attend a local church, where he helps the minister to build an addition to the basement for classrooms. He is starting to find peace in his life, and happiness. He sends a letter to Rachel’s boss in Brazil, who tells him that she will forward the letter to Rachel in a month’s time.