Robert spends the night drinking and sleeping in his car. The next day, he ignores Catherine's calls and skips work to read The Perfect Stranger. Catherine leaves a voicemail for Stephen sympathizing with his grief but asserting that the book is a fiction. Stephen learns that the book has gained popularity since its publication. In 2001, Jonathan befriends Catherine by helping her bring a young Nicholas and her belongings back to her hotel. Catherine invites Jonathan for a drink in the hotel restaurant and aggressively flirts with him. She brings him to her room and guides him through how to pleasure her, culminating in passionate sex. Days later, the police inform a devastated Stephen and Nancy that Jonathan died of an accidental drowning at the beach. The couple travels to Italy to identify their son's body, and Nancy secretly collects the film stock in Jonathan's camera.
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When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story - one that exposes her darkest secret.