Final Girls: A Novel

When Quincy returns to the apartment, she rushes to the guest room, taking a Xanax to quell her panic. Sam is in the shower, so Quincy goes through her knapsack, discovering the Time issue on the Nightlight Inn massacre. Quincy realizes that everything Sam has told her about her experience has been lifted from the news story.

Quincy grabs a bottle of grape soda and goes to her laptop to look for Sam’s interviews on YouTube. Once again, Quincy recognizes quotes from the interview as lines Sam has fed her. Quincy starts to lose consciousness and realizes that the grape soda was spiked with Xanax, a trap set by Sam for Quincy. Quincy tries to defend herself with a knife. She calls Sam “Tina Stone” before passing out.

Tina has been a patient at Blackthorn for over three years. When the hospital is forced to close down, Tina is allowed to leave. She takes her knapsack, a keepsake from Joe, and remembers that she isn’t allowed to think about him or the murders he is accused of committing anymore. The attending nurse, Hattie, gives Tina the name of a social-services agency that will allow her to reacclimate to life outside Blackthorn.