Falling: A Novel

Theo rushes to LAX, only to realize he is attempting to reach the beach from the wrong angle. He flips a U-turn and passes an SUV with other agents inside, and he assumes Liu has sent these agents after him.

As Sam walks Carrie to an area where she can use the bathroom in relative privacy, she asks him what he had planned to do with his life before his father died. Sam explains that he and Ben planned to travel to the United States together, but when he realized he couldn’t go, he urged Ben to go alone. Carrie asks about Sam’s family, but he refuses to answer.

Theo leaves the interstate and tries to remember how he and his family would get to the beach. He makes a turn, certain he is on the right course, when he is hit by another car. The accident breaks glass and cuts Theo. He must break the back window to get out. Theo steals a nearby motorcycle to both escape the approaching FBI agents and to continue to the beach. Theo finds a neighborhood changed by new construction but is able to locate the right road. Unfortunately, beach access has been blocked.