Mom finds Lena hiding in Willowglen to avoid a forced marriage and drags her back, insisting the chief's son will wed her today. Lena refuses, saying she's already married, and villagers mock her husband as a cripple while demanding a large dowry. A man even claims he needs her dowry to build a house because his girlfriend is pregnant. They seize Lena and shove her toward a car; she struggles and tries to call Syrus. Cut to Mr. Barber meeting Mr. Ericsson, who asks to hire his son-in-law, then Mrs. Barber calls, screaming, "Save me!"