The Coworker

Dawn is alive and relishes watching Natalie’s arrest on the news. However, hiding in a motel room with a lumpy mattress and mismatched bedding is challenging for her. Dawn largely survives on food from the vending machines, and on the rare occasions that she leaves the room, she wears a wig. Her arm is bandaged and still painful from where she cut herself deeply enough to soak her living room carpet with blood. Dawn’s room is on the second floor, and she anxiously watches from the window as Caleb McCullough pulls up in the car park. Caleb visits reception before knocking on her door.

Caleb hands Dawn an all-white sandwich and gleefully describes watching Natalie being arrested. He announces that they must leave because Natalie has traced a call back to the motel. Dawn admits that she could not resist making the calls. She enjoyed taunting Natalie, just as Caleb did when he placed the turtle figurine on Natalie’s desk. Caleb remarks on the coincidence that a woman was found dead just as Dawn went missing. The woman’s body was not immediately identifiable because she was so severely beaten and all of her teeth were missing. However, Caleb points out that the police will eventually discover that the body is not Dawn’s.