After packing up the dead woman’s belongings at the Bernards’ house, Evie and Ryan return home in silence. As Ryan collapses on the couch, Evie weighs two possibilities about the fatal wreck—tragic accident or a deliberate hit by Mr. Smith—and, given the timing and Lucca’s unfinished assignment, suspects the latter.

Evie uses their coded Instagram protocol to arrange a 5 p.m. meeting with Devon at a coffee shop. Leaving a note for Ryan, she arrives early and sits beside Devon, who works a puzzle with his headphones on. He says he’s tapped into the coroner’s office and confirms the body is the woman posing as Lucca. Evie shares the final instructions she found: Mr. Smith had ordered Lucca to make contact and search Evie’s room.

They assess motives and fallout. Devon believes it wasn’t an accident; if Lucca failed or finished, Smith may have removed her. He calls James a pawn—addicted, manipulable—and even suggests Smith could have engineered James’s father’s injury to bring him home. On Ryan, Devon doubts complicity: Ryan is too rooted locally for Smith’s usual recruits, and they lack facts pointing to his involvement.

Evie admits she confronted Lucca in the kitchen and revealed she also works for Smith; Lucca’s surprise seemed genuine. They note Smith’s tactic of keeping operatives blind to each other, and Evie adds that police now know the name Evie Porter from their earlier questioning, increasing exposure.

Devon urges bailing because he can’t read Smith’s next move, but Evie refuses, reasoning that running won’t protect her and the Lucca identity is now dead. Committing to stay the course, Devon passes details on a major Thursday shipment through Glenview (hidden in a magazine). Evie plans to keep reporting to Smith, quietly altering data to give Ryan a chance, and to drop the intel at the mailbox. As she leaves, Devon reminds her Ryan’s place is not her home, and asks her to be safe.