He’s stranded in a remote area, caught in a sudden snowstorm. Lucy is with him.

Despite everything, Sienna bundles up her son, Benjamin, and sets out into the cold to find them.

On the drive, Benjamin, usually quiet and observant, admits something that makes Sienna’s hands tighten on the wheel. He had tampered with his father’s car—not enough to cause harm, but enough to delay him.

In his young mind, it was a last-ditch effort to bring the family back together, to stop the drifting apart he felt but couldn’t fully understand.

They find Cameron and Lucy, cold and shaken.

Once home, Sienna demands the truth—no more vague excuses or half-answers.

Cameron, remorseful and raw, finally admits to everything. He hadn’t been unf:ait:hful physically, but emotionally, he’d stepped far over the line.

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