Released from Detective Stark’s interrogation at three-thirty, Molly returns home shaken and hungry, her nerves frayed by what she has concealed about Giselle and the cash she carries from pawning Charles Black’s ring. She resolves to act, pays Mr. Rosso the overdue rent in cash, and accepts his admonition to get her life in order, deferring receipt until tomorrow.

Back inside, Molly seeks calm in routine: tea, biscuits, and tidying. Handling Gran’s curio cabinet and a photograph of her mother triggers a memory of being thirteen, when Gran, distraught, told her that her mother had died. Gran described years of sporadic, painful contact, her daughter’s addiction, and a bad partner, extracting Molly’s promise to avoid drugs. They stabilized themselves with tea and cleaning and never spoke of Molly’s mother again.

The memory intensifies Molly’s loneliness. Admitting, “I think I’m in trouble,” she decides she needs help and calls Rodney. She reports that the police suspect her and possibly Giselle and mentions Stark’s uncertainty about cause of death.

Pressed by fear, Molly confesses key secrets: Giselle had her retrieve a gun from the suite, which Molly hid in her vacuum by her locker, and Molly pawned Charles’s wedding ring to cover rent. Rodney reacts with urgency—first to secure and make the gun disappear, then to recover the ring—and tells Molly to leave everything to him.

Rodney confirms she is at home and instructs her not to go out. After he abruptly hangs up to “take care of everything,” Molly clings to gratitude and the hope that his help will resolve the growing mess, even as her reliance on him deepens and her exposure increases.