At breakfast a young woman refuses to eat strange food and threatens Ethan when he won't help. She's rushed to school; she asks Ethan to drive "my sister" and admits she expects Ethan to hate her when the true heiress returns — she thinks he'd rather exile than imprison her. Later Zack and Yvette meet; the woman recalls a past life when Jewell Stevens spread rumors and vows she is no longer the poor girl who protected the family's ties. Her sudden hardening guarantees immediate fallout once the heiress appears.