 According to Carol, she was back in town to reconnect with her ex, whom she had been talking to for months until her move back to Los Angeles.In each scene, she is, as Carol deduces, preparing for the big date with her ex.In the first scene she is in, she is probably looking for a place to rent; the second, she is seen carrying her ill-fated red dress; the third she is shopping for toiletries; the fourth she is seen walking back to her place, in which she looks visibly heartbroken, and final scene, in the coroners lab, echoes the beginning of the film, where she is found dead.