Thief River Falls

As Lisa walks toward her car, her phone rings. Noah’s name is on the caller ID. Lisa lets the number ring twice but doesn’t answer the phone. After a moment, she sees that Noah left a voicemail. Lisa gets in the car and starts driving toward Denis’s cabin near the river. She kept driving until “the pavement ended and turned to rough gravel under her tires” (218). Finally, Lisa arrives at Denis’s land near the riverbank. Before Lisa gets out of the car, she listens to the voicemail from Noah. In the voicemail, Noah tells Lisa about his fiancée, Janie, and explains, “Ever since I met her, I’ve been thinking about coming home and trying to make things right with you, but I wasn’t sure that I had anything to come home to. I don’t know if I have a sister anymore. And I know that’s my fault, not yours” (219). Noah says he knows Lisa is in trouble. After listening to the message, Lisa “told herself that it meant nothing. It changed nothing” (220) and turned off her phone before getting out of the car.

In Fargo, Noah stands on his balcony. Janie sits next to him.