Five years after her divorce, Helen meets ex-husband Alan Blake at a luxury store; he offers her a ride. He notices her address — Harmony Residence — and Helen flashes back to her mother’s suicide ten years earlier after the mother refused to attend Helen’s wedding to Alan. At an art gathering she learns the exhibition slot went to Polly, recalls vandalizing Polly’s entry and serving three days' detention, and feels humiliated. When Alan asks whom a tie is for, Helen replies, 'My husband.' Alan’s wife confirms both are married, leaving Helen at Harmony Residence with old wounds unresolved.