Emma has passed out and does not remember how she got to the windowless basement where she wakes up and is confronted by her rescuer, a guy named: XTC. She turns the tables on him and interviews him. He leads her to meet Dr. Lark whom Emma has met before and who knows Ashley. The townhouse itself holds a vital clue in Ashley’s whereabouts as does Emma’s intensifying dream. She knows where Ashley must be and she knows why.