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

 "I didn't want to get you into this," the anchor confessed, his voice dripping with genuine regret, "but now you're just as much a part of this as we are."Carter felt the weight of his words. What had been a random act of helping someone had become a horrific web of danger and secrets. His once separate life was now caught up in an unexpected battle for survival and protection.