Louis couldn't shake the feeling that Alicia was covering for Chuck. On the day of Véronique's funeral, he'd spotted Chuck Hanson twice with his own eyes. Chuck had been casually hanging around the village house and across the pond, gazing at Alicia from a distance with unmistakable fondness.
As soon as Alicia injured her hand, Madelyn's hand got crushed too – also her left one, with four fingers to boot. Madelyn slapped Alicia, and that night she also got assaulted and her face blew up like a pig head. If Chuck Noland was truly dead, then there'd be no other explanations to these odd coincidences.
The only plausible explanation was that Chuck Noland hadn't died. Instead, he'd assumed a new identity and become Chuck Hanson.
Or, Alicia was lying.
Between the two options, Louis would rather believe the first.
