"Listen to me..." before I could intervene, the phone was called, and a familiar voice echoed  -

“Trista?”

The kidnapper was overjoyed, but —

"Why do you keep calling? Isn't the existing situation complicated enough?" On the phone, Emos became enraged and accused, "Ashley is still in the hospital. I'm not sure if she's living or dead. Why? Why aren't you the one in the emergency room? Why are my wife and son going through all of this for you? I genuinely want you to perish, Trista! Why did you not perish in the crash? Why! What a pro you are! If you die, my Ashley will not have to...