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Paul picks Lucy up, playing the song she recommended on CD. They banter, and when Paul parks at the rehab facility, he kisses Lucy and then holds her as she cries on his chest before he leaves her in the car to check in. Nurse Rebecca leads Paul to Ira, who waits in the garden. They embrace, and Ira asks about Paul’s job. He questions why Paul is back in Lucy’s life, since he broke her heart. Ira is adamant that Camille died with the others, but Paul knows he’s lying.
Ira starts leaving the property, leading Paul into the nearby woods. Paul explains how Gil Perez turned up alive (and then murdered), which Ira already knows. Ira confesses that he recognized Gil right away. Like Paul, Gil wanted more details about what happened that night. Ira evades Paul’s questions, telling him that the truth doesn’t matter because the killer is in jail and pleading with Paul to move on. When Paul refuses to let the issue go, Ira pulls out a gun and shoots at him.
Sheriff Lowell and Muse sit in the police station, pondering their predicament. Lowell doesn’t want to definitively identify the skeleton until Doctor O’Neill compares it with Camille’s dental records.