Need to escape

Aria’s curiosity gets the better of her and she turns around to see Minion pull Emma out from under the bed. She clamps her hand over her mouth to prevent herself from screaming and Oliver helps her. Intensely, he says that he told her not to scream, Emma. Aria remembers seeing Emma at the department store. I guess the same face woman legend is true, then, since Emma saw Aria first.

They wheel the gurney down the hall with a sheet covering Emma’s face. Oliver is pulling Aria along because it’s painful to walk. What with being in a car accident where she basically slammed into a wall. Aria gasps and tells them to wait a minute. She grabs her chest and weakly says that she doesn’t think that she can do this. She asks to use the restroom. Oliver sighs, irritated, and tells her to hold it. She whines that she really doesn't think she can hold it. She really doesn't feel well. Why aren’t they wheeling her in a wheelchair? That would make sense. Then she wouldn’t have to walk. Oliver frowns but gives the nod to Minion to go ahead.

In the bathroom, Aria desperately looks for a way out. A woman exits a stall and she tries to borrow the woman's phone – looking desperate. Woman just glares at her and leaves, leaving her body mist behind. Seeing it, Aria knows what she has to do. She sighs to prepare herself and then chugs the body mist. So gross. Smart and you're in a hospital, so you wouldn't end up dying.

Leaving the bathroom, she is in pain. Oliver grabs her arm and tells her to hurry. She tells him to wait. As he asks why she’s like that again, Aria starts vomiting. She moans that her insides feel queasy and says that she shouldn’t be released yet. There’s a crowd of concerned patients and hospital staff. And yet not one of the nurses or doctors have come to help yet. Just gawk. Oliver has no choice but to take her back to her room.

After the nurses leave, Oliver pulls out her keys and tells Aria that they’re the keys to her house. She rushed toward the cliff with the car in which a loan shark was riding, because she thought "if the creditor dies, the debt must disappear." He holds up the note. Aria sits up, worried. He continues that the car couldn't stop before hitting the edge of the cliff, and when the man next to her tried to get away, she stabbed him in the neck with her keys. Other people fled, but she and that man... both of them died. She can report it to the police if she wants, but proving that she didn't kill him and that she was framed is going to be really difficult. Not really. Considering what he’s doing, it wouldn’t be that hard to get anyone to believe her. Oliver adds that it will be difficult because the words of the strong are the truth and the words of the weak are lies. Ouch. That’s telling. But in many ways, true. The victors write history. Aria knows she has no way out.

Charlie arrives at the hospital and parks, but his OCD bugs him because he’s not quite parallel to the lines. He almost fixes it but leaves to go see Emma… just missing Minion pushing Emma on the gurney. Then Charlie changes his mind because he can’t just leave it. Minion quickly tries to pull Emma out of Charlie’s sight line, but he’s not quite successful. Charlie sees the gurney but before he goes to investigate, Oliver calls and tells him that Emma woke up. He acts like he called because he wanted to make sure that Charlie could sleep well. Charlie says that he’s at the hospital right now and is heading up to see her.

Camera pans and we see that Oliver is watching the whole thing. Innocently, he acts like he has no idea that Charlie is at the hospital. He says that it probably wouldn't be good to meet her right now. When Charlie questions that, Oliver says that she can't remember what happened at all. Charlie wants to know what he means. And he still hasn’t moved, so the gurney is still in his sight line. Oliver knows this. Oliver says that it’s probably the same reason as him. The shock must have been too big.

A security guard arrives in the parking lot, which makes things even more precarious. Oliver sees it but keeps his cool. He tells Charlie to go home tonight. Wouldn't it be best for today? Charlie disagrees and decides to head up. He hangs up the phone and starts to walk toward the body lying on the gurney. Oliver yells at him and waves like he’s happy to see Charlie. He tells Charlie to come up. This distracts the security guard as well, giving Minion time to pull the body out of sight.

Charlie heads up to the room. Aria pretends to be asleep. Oliver nicely says that she must have just fallen asleep. It might be better to come back tomorrow. Charlie remembers what he recalled during hypnosis, including the marks on Emma’s neck from where the purse was strangling her. He can’t tell if Emma has them. He declares that he’ll wait there until she wakes up. Oliver says that Emma won't be able to remember anything when she wakes up. She can't speak properly either. Not looking away from the sleeping Emma, Charlie repeats that he said he’d wait. He'll watch this place now, so Oliver can go.

Oliver doesn’t move. Charlie turns to look at him and asks why he’s hesitating. If it's just the two of them, does Oliver think he’ll do something to her? Oliver looks like he’s going to reply but Charlie adds that if that isn't what Oliver is thinking, then please leave. Boxed him into a corner, there. Stay so he can control the encounter with Aria and protect his master plan, and show that his support of Charlie is all fake. Leave to keep up the charade and Aria could blow things before they're really even begun. Oliver has to nod and go.

After Oliver leaves – with the dramatic, sinister look back – Charlie goes to pull down the covers, but Aria is gripping them. He notices this and tells her that he thinks she’s awake. She opens her eyes and looks at him. He asks if she’s okay. She nods. He asks how much she remembers. Perhaps having an argument with him... No, right? It's not like that. There’s a touch of desperation in his voice. Aria doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t know what she’s supposed to say. I would say ‘no.’ Especially since he's seeming desperate for her to say no.