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Content Warning: This section contains graphic depictions of violence and mentions of death by suicide.
At the hospital the next day, Nora has the sensation of someone watching her. She is greeted by Henry Callahan, the former patient who made advances toward her at Christopher’s. Nora is shocked, having believed that Callahan was severely injured in an accident while following her. Callahan apologizes profusely for upsetting her and denies being in a car accident.
Nora confirms his story using medical records, then discovers that a man named William Bennett Jr. was admitted the night of the crash with severe trauma. She decides to visit him and discover why he followed her.
Nora visits the surgical intensive care unit at her hospital, prepared to lie in order to see William Bennett Jr. She tells the nurse in charge that she promised to check in on Philip’s patients but doesn’t know which beds they’re in. While the nurse retrieves the information, Nora walks to the bed she knows is Bennett’s. He is badly bruised with a tube down his throat and a broken ankle. Nora notices that he is heavily sedated. She recognizes the man but can’t determine how she knows him.
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