Alex is a sociopath who has only one thing on his mind...revenge. He kidnaps Steph in order to get to Ryan. Ryan in the meantime has no idea what is going on with Steph when his sister Lauren brings to his attention that she is missing. Since he last saw her, they got into an argument and broke up. So instead of trying to find her, he goes about his cocaine addiction, until he finds a videotape indicating to Steph's whereabouts.