After Julia rejects a man's advance, he confronts her, accusing her of sleeping with strangers just because he was turned down. Julia, reflecting on her life, reveals she was raised by her uncle Tim, a non-blood relative, after her parents' death. The scene shifts to a flashback of a night when, after a business dinner, Julia helped an intoxicated Tim to his room. They were both drugged, leading to a confused, intimate moment that Tim resisted. Realizing they were being framed, Julia fled. Desperate and disoriented outside, she is mistaken for a sex worker and propositioned by another man. As she tries to rebuff him, she notices two women observing her and pointing her out.