There, a stranger who calls himself Simon tells Will that he represents an organization that deals with criminals who have evaded the justice system, and that Hodge, who had raped three other women before, had been paroled shortly before his attack on Laura.

A distraught and grief-stricken Will consents to the deal, knowing this will spare Laura a drawn-out trial that would prolong her suffering.

Will initially complies, until Simon demands that Will kill the man on a pedestrian walkway under a high overpass, by "accidentally" bumping him off it to his death, making it look like suicide.

Will becomes increasingly paranoid and earns a suspension from Jimmy, his best friend and the school's principal, after hitting a rebellious student.

Will runs home, where Detectives Rudeski and Green arrest him for murdering the man, whose name is Alan Marsh.

He learns that Jimmy joined the organization years ago after his brother was murdered and the killer could not be found, and that Simon's real name is Eugene Cook.

Will offers Cook to trade the disc with the stolen security camera footage that proves his innocence in Alan's death.

Will gives up the disc, but Cook reneges on the deal and orders both Will and Laura killed to tie all loose ends.

As Will and Laura walk away, Durgan arrives and promises to arrange the crime scene to make it look like they were not present and the dead merely killed each other.