At a wake, family tension explodes when Grandma's heirloom earrings are left to Isabelle, the adopted sister. Celia publicly accuses Isabelle and Lena of staging the gesture to humiliate her and expose Nicholas's feelings. Lena lashes back, mocks Celia's dependence on her financial support and taunts her with a suggestion to sell herself. Nicholas intervenes and threatens to break off the engagement if Celia continues. One family member recounts sacrifices and shouts, "I gave you a hundred chances—but today is the last," then storms out, leaving the engagement and family ties hanging.