Sadie is nervous about the murder, so she compulsively checks the doors and windows. She cannot sleep and decides instead to check on the children; Tate and Otto are safely asleep, and Imogen is behind a locked door. Still too restless to sleep, she picks up Will’s book and finds a picture of his dead fiancée, Erin, tucked inside. Sadie wonders how she can be jealous of a dead woman but then remembers Erin’s breathtaking beauty and how Sadie was Will’s second choice.

Sadie goes to the backyard because the dogs are barking, and she becomes frightened at the thought that the murderer might be there. She lures the dogs back into the house with treats. Imogen’s door is now open, and she is sleeping inside, but it is cold in her room. Will wakes up and tries to convince Sadie that it is probably coyotes that are causing the dogs to bark.

Sadie drops Otto at the ferry the next morning and sees that he goes on deck and stands alone in the rain. Officer Berg is waiting at the ferry station to talk to her, and she learns more about the murder investigation.