At a tense Ford family meeting, Demi's pregnancy triggers a scheme: Uncle Edward and Kevin insist the family must hide an illegitimate child and propose having Zoe, Gabriel's legal wife, raise the baby while they pass it off as part of the marriage. Gabriel insists, "My wife will only ever be Zoe," but Edward warns the family would be disgraced. Zoe refuses to be complicit. She rejects Kevin's plan, publicly accuses Dad of keeping mistresses and fathering other children, and angrily rejects being treated like a fool. She dares them—"Bring it on"—leaving the cover-up plan unresolved.