A pregnant woman is publicly confronted at a family gathering about sleeping with more than one man. She admits she promised Sean and refuses to tell Henry that the baby is his, while relatives alternately accuse and defend her. A sister-in-law asserts her new status and warns that betraying Sean will be punished; another woman bitterly claims she cannot bear children and calls the pregnancy a family blessing for Sean. Henry and the sister-in-law exchange an intimate, tense moment that family members overhear. The scene ends with outrage and the paternity secret still unrevealed, escalating consequences to come.