Famous Last Words

Cam, now using the last name Fletcher, sits at dinner with her new boyfriend, Charlie. She’s disappointed in herself for the person she has become. With Charlie, she pretends to be extroverted, while complaining about her job and making fun of books. She has hidden her past from him and tried to put her past behind her but has changed herself in doing so.

Cam sits in the restroom. She signed paperwork to sell the house yesterday, fighting to have Luke declared legally dead. She receives a text from an anonymous number with a string of digits and a time: 9:00 pm. She assumes it is spam, puts her phone away, and returns to the table.

Cam tries to reengage in conversation with Charlie. However, she receives an email with the same digits and time. She realizes that the numbers are coordinates. She becomes certain that the message is from Luke. She excuses herself from dinner, lying and saying that Polly is sick. She can tell Charlie knows she is lying, but she can’t bring herself to feel sympathy.

As Cam makes her way to the coordinates, she thinks of Luke. All this time, she has held onto hope that Luke is still alive somewhere and that there is a plausible explanation for everything.