Police Station

Oliver announces that he’s coming back the next day so she should make everything hers. He starts to leave, but Minion is staying. Aria hurries after Oliver and asks about it, since a man being in a house where a girl lives by herself... Minion glares at her. Oliver grabs Emma’s purse and starts to strangle Aria with the straps. He tells her that if it wasn’t for him, she’d be dead. She’s breathing because of him. If she wants to return as Aria, she should just die. If she’ll be Emma, he’ll let her live… because he has that kind of power. Doesn’t she agree?

Aria moans and he squeezes tighter. He repeats that he asked if she agrees. She nods. He releases her. So much for her not having any marks on her neck. He throws the purse on the floor and says that he knows what she’s constantly thinking. This situation is already too big. She can't turn back now. Aria catches her breath and says that she’s not thinking what he’s thinking. And take that person out immediately. Oliver replies that Emma was this type of person, too. She always got what she wanted and did whatever she did. Aria says that Emma probably thought this too, “I don't want to be with this guy all night.” Oliver announces that he’ll trust her and he and Minion leave.

Loan Shark is having his surviving Goon try to collect the money that was in the van out of the ocean. He screams in frustration that it’s lost. Doesn’t Goon know how he collected that money? Give his money back! The police arrive and arrest them.

Aria looks to see if Minion is waiting outside the door. He isn’t, but the front door won’t open. How'd they manage that? Aria checks out the front and Minion is watching the apartment. She goes back inside and finds a phone.

Aria’s family is worried. Phone rings and Papa answers. There’s a pause as the person on the other end of the line doesn’t say anything.

Aria sadly says that a person is dead. It was an accident. All of it. It just happened like that. She hangs up and starts to cry. What does she do now? As she cries, we see that the phone has been disconnected from the wall, so she wasn’t talking to anyone.

The person on the phone with dad isn’t Aria, but someone calling about money. Dad hangs up his phone and puts on his jacket. He’s going to the police to report Aria missing. Archie still thinks his sister is just drunk somewhere. Mom wants to believe that, so she agrees with Archie and tells Papa to wait until morning. Even though movies and TV police shows like to say that it has to be 24- to 48-hours that someone is missing before they’ll do anything, in real life, you don’t have to wait if you have a serious suspicion that something is wrong.

Charlie writes in his journal, asking him mother, why he thinks that she’s alive? Is she really alive? That would be a trip. This is does have makjang elements to it. Is he really crazy? Did he really strangle his fiancée? It’s the murder board again. If he really did that... What should he do? Please tell him that he didn't do that, mom.

Night. Minion is not leaning against the hood of the car anymore. Aria takes some sheets that she has fashioned into a rope and ties it to the balcony. She slowly lowers herself down the sheet. Minion is in the car, listening to classical music. Wouldn't picture a sociopath liking classical music. Aria makes it down to the floor below her. A little boy is sitting by the window and looks at her when she knocks.

She’s able to make it to the police station. It is very busy. As she walks forward, she hesitates. She thinks about everything that Oliver has said. She steps inside and when the police man asks, she says that she came to report something. He gets a call and tells her to wait. It’s about the accident and they’ve found the victim’s body. The computer screen has a picture of her on it. They’re still looking for the assailant’s body.

Aria is stunned to see herself and staggers backward. Oliver walks into her and drops her keys, which are now in an evidence bag. He tells her to pick them up. She remembers what he said and hands them back. He smiles and walks away. She sees him respectfully greeted by several officers and remembers how he said that the words of the strong are the truth, and the words of the weak are lies. She staggers out of the station.

Charlie is now waiting with Luca outside of Emma’s apartment. Luca wonders if it wouldn't be better to come back in the morning, but when Charlie glares at him, he changes his tune. He spots Aria walking slowly back to the apartment. Charlie walks over to her. She steps back a little when she realizes it’s him. He asks if she’s feeling okay? She nods and then changes her mind. She's not okay. She says that she wants to rest so please go back home.

She starts to walk away but Charlie reaches out his arm to block her. He tells her that he just wants to verify one thing and reaches for her scarf. She steps backward and asks what he’s doing. He tells her to just wait a second. Then crazy eyes comes out as he says that it'll only be a second. He grabs at the scarf and she falls to the ground. But the scarf falls off, revealing the marks from where Oliver strangled her with the purse straps. Charlie, of course, thinks that he made them. He’s horrified and staggers backward.

Trying not to cry, he reaches down and picks up the scarf. He tenderly drapes it around her neck and ties it. She looks up at him and he looks broken. He apologizes. Sincerely. He stands and tells her that they should meet again at the dinner meeting. He walks away with Luca hurrying after him. She watches him go – a little puzzled.