New York: October 2018. Izzy goes back into the apartment and tells Serena about Nate’s proposal. Serena asks if Izzy loves Nate. When Izzy confirms that she does, Serena insists that she go after Nate. She does, but she cannot find him.

Kabul, Afghanistan: August 2021. Receiving word that Mazar-i-Sharif has fallen to the Taliban, Izzy watches the news coverage and asks Nate to translate. Nate tells her that the city fell quickly, with the government forces and militias fleeing without a fight. This leaves only two cities under Afghan control: Kabul and Jalalabad. Izzy believes that she has failed her sister, but Serena calls and assures Izzy that she made it safely out of the city. However, Serena still needs to drive to Kabul, so it will take hours for her to arrive.

Izzy wakes early in the morning and goes to Nate’s room. He is just coming out of the shower. Izzy explains that she turned down his proposal because he was highly emotional at the time, and she feared that he might regret it later. She also admits that she agreed to work for Senator Lauren because she believed it was the only way she could help him to survive the war in Afghanistan.