They discover Abby covered in Oliver's blood, and assume that Henry tried to kill the baby and then abducted his wife and fled.Īfter a failed attempt at stopping the van, Emily is put in the back and calls Joe. He tells her it's safe and she lets the police in. Meanwhile, police head to Emily's house and Abby calls Joe, afraid of the banging on the door. implying that whatever Joe did, he and Rick plan to lie on the stand to exonerate Joe.
He also realises Rick has been drinking and begs his friend to sober up in time for the trial the following day and to remember to 'stick to the story'.
Unable to get anyone working to help, Joe calls his former partner Rick (Eli Goree) and asks him to check out the husband's house for clues. He gets in touch with Emily again, but she can't give Joe any more information. Also calling his mobile is a reporter from the LA Times, asking for his side of the story before an article runs the following day.įrantic to find and rescue Emily, he calls the husband Henry's phone from his own personal one (presumably so it's not recorded by the dispatch) and threatens him.
Joe calls the police precinct and his sergeant (Ethan Hawke) is on phone duty, and the two share a tense conversation in which it is revealed that Joe was reassigned pending a trial – though we're still unsure why. Abby gives Joe her father's mobile number, and Joe tells her to wait with her brother, who Abby says is sleeping, until he can bring her mother home safely. Using the 911 data from her mobile phone, he calls her house and her daughter Abby picks up, revealing to Joe that her parents – who are separated – had a fight and the father ( Peter Sarsgaard) took her mother Emily, and left her and her little brother Oliver alone.