The crash slams Tegan into her airbag and crushes the front of her car, pinning her thighs beneath the collapsed dashboard. She checks herself for a head injury, confirms her identity, and realizes her left ankle is severely injured, likely broken, while the engine dies and the wipers freeze mid-swipe.

Terrified her baby has been harmed, Tegan feels no movement at first, then a flutter that reassures her the fetus is still active. With the phone call to Jackson disconnected and repeated 911 attempts failing, she calculates that Dennis may alert authorities when she doesn’t arrive, but the storm and her location make rescue unlikely.

As the temperature drops in the stalled car, Tegan tries to free her legs and considers walking for help, but the agony in her ankle makes escape impossible. Struggling to breathe and fighting panic—and a flash of trauma recalling Simon—she faces the prospect of freezing or suffocating before anyone finds her.

Then headlights appear. Tegan leans on the horn to flag the vehicle. A green pickup stops behind her and switches on high beams, flooding her car with light. Unease replaces relief as a very large man steps out and approaches, holding an unidentified object, leaving her fate uncertain.