Sue watches the viral video of Kayla Halfpenny's death confirmation on her phone while standing in the grocery store, surrounded by everyday produce. The juxtaposition of ordinary life and sudden death hits her hard. She remembers Kayla from the check-in line — how the young woman dropped her phone, how Max picked it up, and how Kayla mentioned her flying phobia. Sue reflects that she may have thought, if not said aloud, that one is more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash, a tragically ironic thought given Kayla's fate.

Sue's mind turns to her husband Max and the countless safety warnings they gave their sons over the years — from bike helmets to careful driving in the rain. She reflects on how parents toss out advice "like hopeful lifebuoys," knowing their children often ignored it and took unknown risks. She acknowledges that it was pure luck her own sons survived their youthful recklessness.

Though she briefly thinks of Kayla's parents, Sue deliberately limits how much of their grief she absorbs, drawing on her years of ER experience. She knows she cannot function if she takes on everyone's pain, and she knows nothing she could offer would help them. She returns to her grocery shopping, but the video's images linger behind her eyes.

The chapter ends with Sue acknowledging that Kayla's death doesn't necessarily mean her own prediction — cancer — will come true. Yet the confirmation of one prediction has shaken her enough to resolve that she will make the medical appointments and complete the tests as soon as she gets home.