Goodbye Days

Georgia and Carver pick up their parents from the airport. It’s an emotional reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs are thankful that Carver wasn’t in the car with his friends; they clearly realize that their son could well have been killed, too. That night, Carver wakes up in a panic. He’s drenched in sweat and gasping for air, experiencing some sort of night terrors. 

Carver is trying to write his college admissions essay but can’t concentrate. He thinks about the night of the accident. He was at his summer job at a bookshop, waiting for his friends to pick him up. That’s the only reason he wasn’t in the car with them. He texts Jesmyn and reveals that he’s been texting her casually over the past weeks.

He's interrupted by his mother calling him into the living room. Judge Edwards is on television. Carver watches with his family as Judge Edwards tells reporters that he wants the district attorney to open an investigation into the accident and consider weighing criminal charges.

The entire family is stunned. To be safe, his parents call a family member who is a business lawyer to see if he can recommend a criminal lawyer in Nashville. In shock, Carver goes to a park to take a walk.