Yale faces family fury after breaking off an earlier relationship with Wanda to marry Stacy. David and the Nord elders demand he cancel the new engagement, but Yale insists Stacy saved him in an accident and he promised to marry her. The Nords order guards to hold Yale until the engagement, while Wanda and her allies celebrate — the called-off match lowered Stacy’s guard and gave them an opening. Mr. and Mrs. Nord then receive a Lake family proposal and find the engagement party moved up to tomorrow, creating an immediate, unresolved deadline.