At a company dinner Quincy is pressured to drink and seduce Mr. Warren so Calvin can recover a lost client. Colleagues openly accuse her of costing the Lewis Group deal and insist Calvin earned his status alone. Calvin humiliates Quincy in front of peers; she rejects being their "sacrifice," vows to live for herself, and refuses alcohol. Mr. Warren arrives and flatters her, insisting she drink to seal favors. When someone grabs her at the table, a voice erupts, "Who dares to touch my sister?"—leaving the dinner on the edge of a public confrontation.