Ronald Adams tells his mom that he will be back right before he leaves and that he will be fine.
Rising Action 3
Ronald, for the first time, meets the hitchhiker on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Climax
He goes to the gas station and when asking if people hitchhike in the area, the man responds by saying they would be a fool to hitchhike in this area.
Falling Action
After almost dying on the train tracks, Ronald thinks the hitchhiker wanted him dead. So, he tells himself he will kill the hitchhiker the next time Ronald sees him.
I will kill him!
After being left by a woman almost immediately, he calls his mom for comfort. Then, a random woman, Ms. Whitney says that Mrs. Adams went into shock after finding out her son died on train tracks.
Mrs. Adams went into shock after her son died.
He gets disconnected from the phone and is left alone, only with his car, his mind, and the hitchhiker.