Responding to the address of Monte Kim, the writer of the article concerning Fox, Bosch learns that Kim wrote the article on Fox's death, ignoring the illegal activities in his past in order to obtain a job with Conklin.

Kim had photos of Conklin and Fox with two women (Meredith Roman and Bosch's mother) and used them to blackmail Conklin to obtain the job.

Believing that he finally has enough information to confront Conklin, Bosch visits him in his nursing home.

During their conversation Bosch discovers that Conklin was actually in love with his mother.

Conklin advises Bosch that on the day that she was murdered, they decided to go to Las Vegas and get married.

Conklin also advised Bosch that he had called Mittel to ask him to go with them to be his best man but Mittel declined and told Conklin that marrying Marjorie Lowe would ruin his career.

Conklin reveals that he suspected Mittel as having something to do with Marjorie's death based on a commit Mittel stated years later.

As Bosch was leaving Conklins, he was attached and knocked out where he dreamed of a coyote and the feeling of loneliness.