The following day, Ruth left several voicemails begging Ethan to open the box, saying it was very important. Ethan, filled with shame and anger, ignored her calls. The next morning, he received a devastating call from the hospital: Ruth had suffered a heart attack and passed away.

Overcome with grief and guilt, Ethan attended her funeral, but his thoughts kept returning to the mysterious toolbox. Desperate, he rushed back to the restaurant to find it, only to discover it had been discarded. In a frantic search, he retrieved it from the dumpster just before it was taken away.