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You see, what had happened was that Philippa never actually left the city. I can only speculate as to her thought process here, but having spoken to all the parties involved except for Philippa, what I’ve gathered is that she assumed Arthur and/or Yves would eventually come after her, so she decided to go to the nicest hotel in San Francisco to have a little spa day and relax. She was on the phone with her credit card company at the time she was stepping out of the cab, arguing with them about how they needed to lift the hold on her account, because yes, she was out of the country, and the airport charges for Sour Patch Kids and Vitaminwater were definitely her. I’m not sure what they said back, because none of the witnesses to her accident were paying attention to anything except the slightly bitchy sound of her voice (RIP).

As you know, total darkness fell suddenly. So suddenly that the driver on Pine didn’t see a woman stepping furiously out of her cab, so busy was he staring at the sky, wondering if this was the end. Ironically, the only person who wasn’t wondering if it was the end of the world was Philippa herself, for which it actually was the end. Which is funny, if you think about it, if only because in these types of situations, all you can really do is laugh.