Zero Days

Jack is woken by something, and she listens carefully to figure out what. Gabe always told her that the reason she is so good at her job is that she “notice[s] stuff” other people don’t. She hears it again, a police radio, and she looks outside to see Malik, waiting for reinforcements. Jack wrenches her sleeping bag out from under Cole, packing her belongings as fast as she can. She goes out a back window just as reinforcements arrive. Running through the darkness, she hears Malik on a loudspeaker, telling her that they know she’s innocent and that she should help them catch the real killer. Half a dozen officers pursue Jack across the dunes. She finds a boarded-up concession stand and figures out the key code based on which buttons feel smoothest. Hearing Malik and Jeff just outside, Jack hopes they won’t figure out how to get in. They don’t, and after they leave, she quietly exits the building and walks into the darkness.

Jack finds a diner. She researches Sunsmile on her laptop using the diner’s Wi-Fi. She finds a photo of someone’s security badge as well as information about a woman who works at Sunsmile but is home with a sick child.