NIK SLOWS a block from the restaurant. “Out front. I’ll . . .” Jeremy doesn’t finish his thought, which he’s expressed on autopilot. He’s looking at the iPad screen, the results from Program Princip. At the top. Princip (most relevant): Jeremy Stillwater. Then, below it, other headings and names: Potentially highly relevant: Lavelle Thomson Evan Tigeson Potentially relevant: Andrea Belluck-Juarez In other words, Jeremy understands, the computer has determined that he is most responsible for the upcoming attack, but also that the other names have relevance too. Potential relevance. “This is not helpful.” “I don’t see them.” Jeremy looks up to discover they’re in the middle of a U-turn. Nik steers the car into a red zone in front of the Seal Rock, a motel with a restaurant of the same name. Jeremy sees a man walk out holding the hand of an ambling toddler wearing a red hat with earflaps.
