A woman vows to free her father from prison and tells her mother she will save him. Her plan is to win Joey Phillips' help by pleasing him at his birthday banquet — he is after her body and she needs his power to get her father released. Carroll suddenly appears, using her past to threaten her and demanding she break up with Joey tomorrow. She pleads, "Please don't push me," insisting love isn't everything and that reuniting the family is her priority. With Carroll's ultimatum and the banquet approaching, her plan is compromised and the choice hangs unresolved.