Saint asks Marty Tooms about Callie Montrose, knowing the answer will be devastating. Marty breaks down and finally admits that Callie died in his care from a hemorrhage he could not stop. He explains that on the same night Saint first came to his house, Chief Nix returned with her, saw what had happened, and realized from Marty’s face that Callie was dead.

Marty says he told Nix to report the death, but Nix refused and instead made Callie’s death disappear. As Marty speaks, Saint understands more clearly that Nix’s actions came from love: Marty and Nix had been together since meeting at school, keeping their life private but real. Marty also confirms that Nix did not know about the pregnant girls Marty had been secretly helping, because Marty never wanted to place Nix in a position where duty and loyalty would collide.

Marty explains that after Callie died, Nix repeatedly urged him to tell the court the truth about the clinic and the blood evidence, which could have helped save Marty. Marty refused because he believed exposing the truth would betray both Callie and Nix. He then reveals the central secret: Callie was pregnant, and as she was dying she told Marty that the father was Richie Montrose.

That revelation reframes Callie’s disappearance as the result of incest and rape. Marty says Callie had previously gone to Nix for help, traveling far to find a police officer not connected to her father, but Nix sent her back, wrongly believing her father should handle it. Later, Marty wrote Richie a letter to make clear that someone knew what he had done, and he gave the letter to Patch to be mailed. When Saint asks where Callie was buried, Marty says he never asked; he only told Nix that Callie deserved a beautiful, undisturbed resting place. Saint leaves after embracing him, haunted by the cost of trust, love, and silence.