The Drowning Woman

After seeing Jesse’s body, Lee grabs Hazel’s purse and runs for the beach via the backdoor. She goes into the water to wash the blood off and then runs toward the woods. She wonders why Jesse was killed and whether he knew Hazel. Opening Hazel’s purse, Lee finds a note from Hazel saying that she needs to leave and start over and that Jesse isn’t who Lee thinks he is. Also inside is the money Hazel promised and a passport with the name Kelly Jane Wilcox, as well as a plane ticket to Panama. Lee thinks that Hazel wants to be rid of her but decides that she won’t disappear without finding out what happened to Jesse.

Walking toward Jesse’s apartment, Lee passes Trader Joe’s and is surprised to see her car there as Hazel had agreed. She finds the keys where Hazel said she’d leave them, but the netsuke and her knife are gone. She wonders if she’ll be framed for Jesse’s murder. Lee sneaks into Jesse’s apartment to search for clues about who he was.