 In her recorded message, Sarah Pearson reveals that she is still alive, and instructs Vaughn to leave the pendant in the device so that she will know that he received the message.Josie suggests that the sender of the device may be an impostor, but Vaughn chooses to follow his mother's instructions.When Josie is about to leave the school following the disintegration of her relationship with Professor Z after his rapid personality change, Vaughn expresses his true feelings for her in order to make her stay, although it is comments from Principal Durst that finally convince her.