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As tensions rise, Jamie's relationship with Danny deteriorates further. Danny, feeling overwhelmed, confronts Matson about her grading but ends up in a secretive kiss with her. Jamie, witnessing this, feels hurt and deceived. The stakes escalate when Matson confesses to an emotional struggle of her own—her difficult past, which is later revealed to harbor darker secrets.
Determined to resolve the conflicts in her life, Danny decides to break up with Matson but finds his life upended in a horrifying twist. In a reckless act, Matson, overwhelmed by her emotions, runs Danny over with her car and tries to cover it up, laying the blame on Jamie by planting evidence.