Joseph announces he is moving to a remote mountain to focus on his crop breeding research, telling his guardian it's not right for the woman, Holly, to always care for him. Holly confronts her father, Joseph, suspecting he pressured the man to leave. The father denies it and asserts his authority over the household. Before departing for a construction job with Ben, the father sternly instructs Holly to look after the man and warns her against mistreating him in his absence.