Dr. Sallen arrives at the Bell household with the wife's checkup and tells Mr. Bell, "The baby was already dead long ago." Mr. Bell explodes, threatens exposure, offers money and asks whether his stepmom paid. The doctor refuses bribes, cites conscience and prepares records. Accusations escalate into insults and a claim that someone planned to "get rid of a 280-month-old baby," with Scarlet shouted at and blamed. In the final beat someone admits, "I wrongly blamed you," but who arranged the cover-up and the stepmom's role remain unresolved, forcing further investigation.