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“First Day Missing”
Julia texts Lewis the name of a diner but doesn’t answer when he calls back. He goes there. The diner is on a side street, and though it is open, it looks deserted. Lewis wonders if he’s being set up. He hears the bathroom door open, and he turns around to find Sadie, thinner and with dyed hair, crying.
Emma tells Matthew she heard a commotion when talking to Julia on the phone. He surprises her by becoming concerned, saying that if Julia is trying to find Sadie, she is in danger. He wants to make sure she’s safe, and Emma realizes he didn’t kill Sadie. He tells her he is protecting Sadie, and her, and when she asks from whom, he says the police.
Sadie tells Lewis that she is in danger. The previous summer, she met a woman who was going to be deported, so she gave her one of the duplicate passports they accidentally made. She did it for more people, and eventually began creating duplicate passports for that purpose. Someone found out and forced her to keep doing it, for profit. When Lewis asks her who, she says a police officer named