Cooper wakes at three in the morning feeling violently ill. At first Cooper blames the french fries Cooper shared with Debbie, but the explanation feels inadequate because Cooper ate only a few. When Cooper sits up, Cooper notices Debbie is not in bed or in the master bathroom.

Cooper becomes dizzy, vomits, and instinctively calls for Debbie, but Debbie does not answer. As Cooper heads downstairs, Cooper reflects on Debbie’s recent strangeness: Debbie stopped making the bed months ago, forgot Cooper’s lunch, and tied Cooper’s tie badly. Cooper senses an expanding distance between them and admits to himself that Cooper has also been keeping secrets.

Because that distance now feels urgent, Cooper decides Cooper needs to come clean to Debbie, even if Debbie becomes angry or leaves Cooper. Cooper searches the dark first floor, expecting Debbie might be making tea or resting somewhere, but Cooper finds no sign of Debbie.

Cooper checks the garage and discovers Debbie’s car is gone, proving Debbie left the house in the middle of the night. Cooper’s nausea is replaced by dread, and Cooper realizes the dizziness feels less like ordinary sickness and more like being drugged, though Cooper cannot explain how that could have happened.

Cooper returns upstairs, uses the Findly app, and confirms the children are home while Debbie’s location appears at an unfamiliar Weymouth address. Cooper writes down the street name, wonders whether Debbie could be having an affair, and considers calling Debbie. Before Cooper can act, Debbie’s location starts moving, so Cooper decides to wait for Debbie to return and confront everything honestly. Instead, Cooper passes out and does not wake until morning.