At Katie's birthday dinner Quinn returns from prison with a broken hand, triggering a family confrontation. Quinn accuses someone of harming her; relatives immediately accuse her of faking the injury to gain sympathy and frame Katie. Jared, a commander and Quinn's brother, sides with the family, insisting he arrested the attackers in Stanton and calling Quinn's claim a recycled lie. Insults fly, their parents call Quinn a homewrecker, and Quinn insists the person they knew is dead after three hard years. The celebration collapses into open hostility—"No one gets to eat, then!"