Art decides to find the coffeeshop from the crumpled receipt. Camille rejects his idea of her staying behind, and Art is grateful for her support. McClain spots the children in the street and calls his teammates, Nigel Stenhouse and Regina Cash, for backup. As Mary joins Detective Evans in her patrol car to look for the children, Detective Evans receives a call reporting the car accident and a sighting of Camille.

McClain positions his teammates around the block to corner the children. Art spots McClain crossing to the street and notices a nearby black SUV. The children dash into the nearest building, the Hotel Monaco.

McClain chases the children up the steps to the hotel entrance, and Camille narrowly escapes his grasp when she slides out of her jacket just as he grabs her. The children run into the lobby, and before darting up the grand staircase, Camille blocks the entrance door handles with an umbrella. McClain attempts to break down the hotel’s doors just as the hotel manager, James Appleton, removes the umbrella. McClain crashes into the lobby’s Christmas tree, and a hotel guest yells “Timber!” to the amusement of the other guests in the lobby (173).