Alba chokes on a candy while Florence, her stepmother, insists on harsh discipline. Family members fetch water and cry foul as onlookers accuse Florence of abusing the child. Julian and others try to stop her—Julian shouts, "Let my sister go!"—as Grandmother Old Mrs. Redford rushes in, forces Alba to cough up the candy and scolds Florence for almost killing her granddaughter. Mrs. Redford declares Florence unwelcome and orders guards to drag her out. The episode closes with Florence being seized and the household stunned by the public humiliation and threats of divorce.