Ava confronts her father after learning he sold her into marriage to Mr. Warren to secure a crucial investment for the family company. In retaliation, she destroys a valuable antique heirloom belonging to him. During the heated argument, she accuses him of cowardice and declares he is no longer her father. Enraged, he locks her in a room to be starved for three days until Mr. Warren arrives to claim her, leaving her fate hanging in the balance.