26. July 27, 2021

Summary

• Holly Gibney receives a call from Emilio Herrera about a customer named Cory or Cameron, a regular at Jet Mart who vanished years ago, who used to buy snacks, soda, and was known as a stoner.
• He rode a noisy moped covered with stickers, including a Grateful Dead sticker, and visited Drive-In Rock to watch movies without sound because he knew the dialogue.
• Holly gets excited about the lead and notes down information, thinking that Cory or Cameron may be another victim of what she suspects to be the Red Bank Predator.
• Holly calls Yardley McGuire at the city impound yard to ask about the moped which had been at the impound for over a year and later given to Jerry Holt's kid.
• Holly leaves a voicemail for Jerry Holt asking about the moped and convinces herself that Cory or Cameron is another victim of the potential Red Bank Predator.
• Holly visits Strike Em Out Lanes, a bowling alley and speaks to the owner Althea Haverty to inquire about the mysterious bowling guy.
• Althea provides Holly with details about Cary Dressler, an employee who disappeared around 2015, and she shows Holly photos of Cary.
• Holly takes photos for reference and Althea shares Cary's last known date of employment and his good work ethic despite his use of marijuana.
• Holly wonders whether Cary confided his plans to leave to anyone and she theorizes that the predator picks his victims deliberately, a theory grounded in her insecurities and low self-esteem making her a good detective.
• After getting contact details for a Hugh Clippard, possibly a friend of Cary’s, Holly thanks Althea and leaves, internally angered by Althea's dismissal of COVID-19 as "fake flu."
• As Holly heads toward the exit, she has a sudden realization or sees something that astonishes her, provoking an emotional response of disbelief.