Molly wakes to memories of her grandmother and determines to work, help Giselle, and see Rodney. Before leaving, she gives Mr. Rosso $200 toward rent; he demands full payment by day’s end or eviction. At the hotel entrance, Mr. Preston quietly offers help, which Molly declines.

Downstairs, Cheryl needles Molly, claims oversight of Giselle’s new room, and assigns Molly the former Black suite. Mr. Snow notes the surge of morbid tourism, confirms police are finished in 401, and, despite earlier plans for Cheryl to handle it, allows Molly to clean it when she insists it will ease her stress.

In the Social, Rodney acts unsurprised that Giselle visited Molly and pivots to Juan Manuel’s safety. He asks Molly to ready 401 as a temporary hideout and to stash Juan Manuel’s duffel there. Molly agrees and leaves with the bag and the morning papers.

Inside 401, Molly confronts the chaos left by investigators: drawers agape, fingerprint powder, stripped bed, empty safe, and missing items. Thinking of Giselle’s bruises and her own rent crisis, she methodically restores the suite to order.

In the bathroom, Molly opens the fan and retrieves Giselle’s hidden gun. To move it discreetly, she slips the weapon into a new vacuum filter and zips the machine closed. She slides Juan Manuel’s duffel under the bed as planned. When discarding the dirty filter, a clump falls and reveals Charles Black’s jeweled wedding ring. Holding it, Molly realizes she now knows what to do.