Complete story — includes the ending
Needing money for drugs, Charlie courts a rich woman, but genuinely falls in love with her and finds work with her father. His withdrawal symptoms kick in on his first day and ruin the job, and she leaves him. In the present, Claire has no memory of anything after the crash and Ethan approaches Charlie, threatening to kill survivors until she is returned. Jack plans to use Claire as bait to ambush him, getting guns from Mars's suitcase. The plan works, but Charlie kills Ethan before they can interrogate him. Claire remembers a moment she and Charlie shared together and decides to put her trust in him.
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