 Joshua and Stephanie escape from the flooding Geo City and attempt to evacuate Del Ray by bus, only to be stopped by a collapsed highway, forcing them to find an alternate route; meanwhile, Stephanie tells Joshua about her stepmother, Claire Wyatt.Stephanie recounts how she met her stepmother a few years before, but she had rejected her after Claire accidentally donated her late mother's favorite dress without realizing it.Stephanie fled in anger, but when she was about to be struck by a car, Claire pushed her out of the way and was seriously injured and rendered bedridden.