Elin receives a text, waking her up. The text is from an unknown number and reads “I want to explain. Please meet me in the penthouse. 9 a.m. There’s a separate lift so you won’t be seen. Don’t tell anyone or bring anyone. I’m sorry. Laure” (231). Elin cross references the phone number with the one on the phone records she found in Laure’s desk and confirms that this is Laure’s second number. She believes Laure is going to confess.

Elin weighs the option of bringing someone with her to meet Laure or going alone. She considers bringing Cecile and Lucas, but she’s afraid to scare Laure off. She considers waking Will to get a better idea of the situation, but she knows he’ll just tell her not to bother with it. Instead, she decides that she should go alone to at least hear what she has to say. Elin recalls that she had stopped even being there for Laure following Sam’s death. She feels that she owes Laure a chance to explain.

Elin arrives at the corridor that leads to the special lift (or elevator) to the penthouse. She gets a text from Berndt informing her that they have intelligence on