A DESK OFFICER ANSWERS and Beth explains to him what has just happened. The officer seems concerned, asks if she wrote down a license number. Yes, she says, and reads it to him. He puts her on hold.
She notices a bright light—or lights—further on up the road. She shakes a cigarette from her pack, proceeds to light it. The BABY ON BOARD sign flaps in the wind. She glances at it ... and lowers the lighter.
The desk officer returns to the line. He says they'll investigate but downplays the event’s importance. "At worse he was just a dirty old man. At best, someone who thought you needed help. We'll send out a car, just to be safe."
Beth feels herself calm down considerably; indeed, a kind of post-stress euphoria seems to have set in. "You can't very well send the helicopters for every Peep
