During an exam with twenty minutes remaining, Joanna Gilbert is jolted awake and later meets Erick Anderson, a new transfer who reveals he's been delivering packages as a part-time job. Joanna assures him she won't tell other students, worried they might look down on him, but is pulled away—her mother has arranged IELTS lessons with the city's top tutor and gives Joanna a business card. Joanna refuses the card, saying she won't let her mother's arrangements control her life. They leave for the IELTS class with the driver waiting, leaving Joanna's choice about the tutor unresolved.