Who is lumen

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That is the future direction, where the company sees the greatest potential for growth and new revenues. Public Sector. Trust Center. Adaptive Networking. Connected Security. Edge Computing. Hybrid Cloud. Our Platform. Self-service Products. Customer Portals. Customer Stories. Customer Success.

Edge Trends. Network Maps. Not all products and services are available in all regions and countries; please contact a representative near you for details. Astor reveals to Dexter that she knew about Olivia and asks him not to be mad at her. She adds that he only hits her in places that don't show. Dexter assures Astor that he will take care of it. He asks her to relay a message, saying that Dexter needs to schedule an appointment, adding, "Tick, tick, tick. That's the sound of his life running out.

She gasps and hangs up, terrified. Dexter lets her stay in his apartment after Sonya takes Harrison to his grandparents in Orlando. Lumen says that Chase needs to be taken out now, but Dexter states that it will be difficult since he knows about them. Lumen notes that she looks like her and the girls in the barrels, only older. He leaves for work, telling her not to open the door to anyone.

Emily warily answers the door and denies knowing Jordan. When they show her the old photo of five men, she also denies knowing them and shuts the door. The place is a mess and he has gone missing. Joey Quinn shows them a lock box holding thirteen numbered DVDs. One of the discs, playing on a screen, is of the brutal rape of a woman. At the station, Masuka is printing out photos of the victims on the DVDs and putting them on a whiteboard.

So far, he has yet to watch disc Dexter returns to his apartment where Lumen has been searching for info on Emily. To her surprise, he gives her the DVD of her rape and torture. Lumen asks if anyone watched it, and he says he only watched enough to make sure that he had the right one. Dexter says that they "met each other at the right time.

Lumen goes to see Emily Birch again, this time alone. She shows Emily footage from her DVD and asks if this is what happened to her. Emily reluctantly lets her inside, and tells Lumen her story. Twenty years ago, Emily says she was a counselor- in-training at a summer camp.

A teenager, Jordan Chase called Eugene Greer then drugged her one day and she woke up in a cabin, naked and tied to a bunk. Emily confirms the identify of the guys in the photo, and points out Jordan Chase and Alex Tilden.

Lumen meets with Dexter and tells him about her meeting with Emily. He warns that it will change her, but she says that she is already changed. Dexter gives Lumen a pair of black gloves as a gift in preparation of her first kill. Inside Tilden's house , Dexter and Lumen look for evidence that he was involved in her abuse. They find a gun and a box of jewelry, which holds a necklace that Lumen recognizes as her own.

Dexter allows her to take it. Together, they choose a kill room. He says they have a bond that no one could ever break, and she made him who he is today.

Emily reaches out to touch him, but Jordan pushes her hand away, which clearly hurts her. Jordan tells Emily that she is special to him, but avoids eye contact. Lumen impresses Dexter with her kill outfit which is similar to his own. Lumen uses Dexter knife to practice her stab, with Dexter telling her to be careful. Liddy continues to listen and watch as they plan the murder. When Tilden arrives home, he is greeted to Lumen's DVD footage as she appears standing in front of it.

He runs for his gun, but Dexter injects him with M They take him to the kill room which is in the vacant house next door. Dexter creates a blood slide and shows Tilden the photos of his rape victims. Tilden puts the blame on Jordan and denies wanting to hurt Lumen or the other girls.

He tries bargaining for his life, asking for a number to pay them off. Lumen says, "13" and Dexter gags him. Lumen then stabs Tilden in his heart. Outside, Deb finds a small partial footprint, noting that it likely belongs to a woman. She wonders if the thirteenth victim escaped and is taking out the men as revenge.

After disposing of Tilden's body in the ocean, Dexter and Lumen return to his apartment. She kisses him, which leads to them having sex. Dexter and Lumen find it difficult to plan Jordan 's murder because of his security. She suggests they lure him out by using her as bait. Dexter says no because too many people might be watching, including his sister.

Lumen asks him if Debra has ever suspected what he does, but Dexter says she has a blind spot for him. As they kiss, Dexter notices surveillance footage of himself and Lumen on a baby monitor, and he realizes they are being watched. He quietly warns Lumen, then goes outside to find out who is behind it. Although he spots many vans in the area, he decides the perpetrator could be anywhere.

Dexter finds a Miami Metro recording device in a lamp and he tells Lumen that someone at his department is watching them. Lumen is upset that it could end with them being arrested and Jordan going free. At work, Dexter discovers that Quinn logged out the surveillance equipment under a false case number.

Dexter decides that Quinn is investigating him on his own. To learn what Quinn has on them, he and Lumen break into Quinn's apartment. Dexter buys a pocketknife for Lumen from a vendor. He wants Lumen to leave Miami until its safe, but she refuses. Emily sounds terrified and says that Jordan called her and he knows about their conversation. Emily wants to call the police, but Lumen objects and promises that she and Dexter are going to house.

He congratulates Emily on her acting. Stan Liddy has kidnapped Dexter, who is tied up in the back of his van. Liddy calls Quinn to meet him at the fuel docks and help with his bust. Lumen arrives at Emily's house alone, which causes Emily to panic. She insists that both Lumen and Dexter need to be there. After a struggle, Dexter overpowers Liddy and slowly stabs him in the heart. As Quinn is standing outside the van, a drop of Liddy's blood leaks out and falls on his shoe.

After Quinn leaves, Dexter tosses the video surveillance into the water and takes the rest of the recording equipment with him. Jordan orders Emily to shut up and retorts that it is her fault. Emily and Jordan disagree on whether to kill Lumen, after which Jordan knocks Lumen and Emily to the floor.

As Lumen watches in horror, Jordan beats Emily to death with a fireplace poker. He concludes that she put up a fight. In trying to find Lumen, Dexter tracks down the address of Jordan Chase 's camp. He speeds to the scene in a stolen car but, in his haste, flips his car over a backhoe on the road. Jordan opens Dexter's knife kit, only to notice that one knife is missing. Dexter immediately stabs Jordan in the foot, incapacitating him, and frees Lumen.

They strap Jordan to a table; after he taunts Lumen, she stabs him in the heart. Meanwhile, Debra has tracked Jordan to the camp. She walks in as Dexter and Lumen are cleaning up behind a plastic sheet that conceals their identities. Feeling sympathy for the Barrel Girls having gone through a similar ordeal , Debra advises the two to be gone within an hour to avoid the police.

She leaves without arresting them or realizing who they are. Having killed the final member of the Barrel Girl Gang , Lumen realizes that her darkness is gone and she can't stay with Dexter any longer, He takes this hard, but understands.

Dexter solemnly walks across the beach to Harrison 's one-year birthday party. He sits with Astor who asks about Lumen.