Celia abruptly tells Aidan, "Cancel the wedding." He lashes back, naming past humiliations she caused—forcing a girl to strip, dragging a sister into a pool—and accuses her of melodrama. Celia counters that he forced the engagement by going to her uncle and says her uncle threatened punishment if she refused. She calls Uncle Sterling to announce the cancellation and waits as Mr. Holden arrives. In a brief meeting, Sterling appears with a swollen face. Celia asks, "Was it Nicholas?" The episode ends on that accusation and the unanswered question of who attacked him.