The invoices Scott Richards brought back from Paxton, Tennessee are at first thought to be totally useless except to catalogue the latest theft, but the sensitive fingers of a blind man, John Couch, discovers the evidence solving the mystery of how and who was bringing SLATE ENTERPRISES down in a slow death spiral. Once the thieves have been clearly identified and their location known, Jack forms a band of loyal friends and employees into a modern day posse and heads west to confront the outlaws in their newly created headquarters in Laredo, Texas where they are arrested, later tried and convicted of their crimes Upon returning home, Jack's mental picture of a hospice is finally brought to a reality, going far beyond any and all expectations. The facility promises to be remembered as long as hospice remains open to receive guests. At approximately the same time, Scott begins to feel troubled because he can't shake the feeling he is being followed and watched everywhere he goes by men of oriental extraction which puts him in a panic mode for some unknown reason. When Scott and Kelly Sanderson are kidnapped on the way to a special dinner honoring them both by a small group of oriental men, the scenario proves to be so close to the original state of affairs causing his total amnesia, a crack begins to open in Scott's recalcitrant memory. As the events continue to unfold, the memory of his past finally begins to become crystal clear at long last.