CHAPTER 17Bannister arrived at the American Airlines ticket counter an hour before his flight. He received a weapons carriage permit, got a boarding pass, and checked one bag. The only things he carried were a digital camera, which was in his sport coat pocket, and a copy of Michael Connelly’s Two Kinds of Truth. Madison’s photograph and the letter from her mother were inside the book’s jacket cover. He still didn’t know what he would say to either of them. He hoped his thoughts would come together by the time his flight landed.
He rang the buzzer at the checkpoint door used by law enforcement officers to bypass the TSA screening lines. The officer checked his identification and ticket and logged him in. As he walked around the side, a voice said, “Hey, Bannister.” He turned to see a fami
