Bosch awakes at Mittel's house with his head bleeding, locked in a game room.

Before Mittel's enforcer can arrive, Bosch pockets a billiard ball that he hopes to use as a weapon.

Mittel tells Bosch that Conklin has conveniently jumped out of the window of his room right after Bosch left.

Mittle ask why Bosch cared some much about an old murder to he replied, “Everybody Counts”.

After Bosch tells him that he left his briefcase with his evidence in Conklin's room, Mittel nods to Jonathan to finish off Bosch.

Bosch makes Jonathan miss, hits him with the billiard ball, and eventually knocks him out.

Mittel runs off, and Bosch follows. Mittel attempts to ambush Bosch and in the struggle, Mittel falls off a cliff and dies.

Bosch returns to the house but cannot locate Jonathan. The police arrive, and Bosch next wakes up in the emergency room.

Bosch runs down the whole investigative effort to Irving explaining that Mittel murdered Marjoie Lowe to keep Conklin in politics.

Before leaving the hospital, Bosch gives an interview with The Times Reporter Keisha Russell, outlining his investigative efforts.

Upon leaving the hospital, Bosch conducts a drive by his home but finds it demolished.