Saint arrives at Miami International Airport and immediately pushes into the hunt for Eli Aaron. Moving through the heat and traffic, she collects her Ford Crown Victoria and drives north, focused entirely on the case rather than the city around her.

Before coming to Florida, Saint coordinated with Himes and the FBI after Eli Aaron was seen again at the church where he had previously appeared. Surveillance cameras placed outside the church captured Eli Aaron picking up another set of rosary beads. Sister Cecile reports that Eli Aaron then entered the chapel, lit a dozen candles, and told Sister Isabelle that he was doing God’s work and heading south, "where it was hotter in many ways."

That information gives investigators a usable trail. They identify the van’s make and model and obtain license plates, then track Eli Aaron through the city before losing him, likely because he changed either the vehicle plates or the vehicle itself. In response, law enforcement expands the search with roadblocks, checkpoints, and extensive review of surveillance footage.

Agents reconstruct Eli Aaron’s likely route from Philadelphia down the coast through Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, then inland through Virginia and Charlotte before the routes converge again in Jacksonville and continue down Interstate 95 toward Miami. After hours of uncertainty across a huge search area, a tollbooth worker about fifty miles from Boca Raton reports seeing the same van with different plates. With that confirmation, Saint looks toward Miami and vows that she is coming for Eli Aaron.