 Protesting innocence at first, Mendell calls his co-conspirators on Lumen's cell phone, confirming her suspicion and prompting Dexter to kill him by snapping his neck.They later meet at Dexter's house, where Lumen reveals that his death brought her a sense of peace, stating that the only way she will be able to find that peace again is to kill all of her other abusers.Dexter recognizes this as being her own "dark passenger", and agrees to help her.