Finley Sharps, recently adopted into the Sharpe family and caring for a troubled younger brother, meets a man demanding she marry him for a hefty sum of $500,000 a month to ease her family's financial burden. Meanwhile, Cynthia, the heiress of the Holt family, is pressured into a politically motivated union with the Shaw family's only son. Finley also proves her integrity by returning a lost black card with unlimited spending power and delivering purchased fish despite risks. The episode ends with mounting tension over the forced marriage and Finley's uncertain choice.