Ivy submits her resignation after hospital staff—led by the director and jealous colleagues—accuse her of faking illness and threaten her career, framing Dr. Blake as the superior. The director humiliates and expels her, while Leila's nervousness and a leaked home address turn public opinion against Ivy. Megan defends her and urges her to retreat to Dandi City. After Leila's stomach cancer surgery, Ivy finds she feels no transferred pain once outside the hospital and decides distance will stop it. She boards a flight, but mid-flight a passenger shouts, "Ma'am! Are you okay?"