A frightened girl pleads, "Dad, please, save Mom." At Mr. Bacon's home a man is accused of falsely claiming fatherhood while the girl shows a matching jade pendant as proof. Medical staff say they need his signature on an application to authorize her mother's surgery, forcing an urgent choice. Bystanders remind him he broke Mr. Bacon's flute and warn him to leave; another says Nancy has been gone six years and couldn't have left children. Called upstairs, the man hesitates as the girl begs him not to go, leaving the mother's fate pending.