joyce noticed that roman is killing the people who did not support their relationship. she sought the help of dante (dante rivero), an anting-anting vendor and at the same time a witch doctor. dante asked joyce if roman is doing any occult activities and asked for some of roman's possessions. joyce breaks into roman's room but was caught by edith (bing loyzaga), roman's mother and also blamed joyce for the death of her son. joyce received another message from roman showing an image of her best friend and next target, ida (julia clarete). joyce asked ida to apologize to roman for not supporting their relationship in an attempt to persuade roman not to kill her instead, ida berates roman in his grave. later, joyce was arrested for trespassing and under edith's request to detain her for the night. joyce was able to bribe a policeman with a cellphone in order to escape and also asked help to protect ida on her impending doom. joyce was able to reach ida in the latter's home and wait for the police to arrive. as the police is en route to ida's house, their chief (most likely roman's manipulation) ordered them to respond to a nearby accident. joyce, in a panic as the police is diverting away, left ida alone in her room and to be killed by roman.