A young girl pleads with Aunt Shannon not to sell her, clinging to the hope that her parents still care despite harsh insults and abandonment claims. Aunt Shannon dismisses her cries, insisting her parents have forsaken her and plan a new family without her. When the girl resists, Shannon threatens violence but is stopped by another person warning that injuring the girl will reduce her selling price. The girl is then tied up. Later, Shannon is instructed to send the girl to the Royal Hotel before an engagement party, preparing to move her quickly while planning the next steps, leaving the girl's fate uncertain.