Jason Sanders is placed under arrest for fraud after a report from another victim of the Z forgeries. Darius Morgan states that accomplice Cher Young has also been arrested and has confessed. Marius questions Jason, but is rebuffed again, with Jason insisting that he only wants to make money and that the only thing he has to hide is his reason. The main character offers to be Jason's defense lawyer in his fraud case, but is refused; Jason wants no legal representation at all. Marius suggests they work the case through Jason's ex-wife instead.