Man gives hitchhiker a lift home-and is shocked by the news the next day

 After the call ended, Carter sat motionless. The silence around him was suffocating. His thoughts raced, desperately trying to understand who could have made such a horrifying threat. The voice was unfamiliar, and the tone was sharp and menacing, sending waves of anxiety through him.Who could be watching him? And how could they have linked him to Avery so quickly? Questions flooded his mind, each one fueling the growing mystery and deepening sense of dread that now gripped him.