Chloe Summers arrives at Veridian University and delivers a speech as the national top scholar from Stonefall Village. Rival Yara resents her and vows to teach her a lesson. After a recurring nightmare, Chloe learns her pitch for the Single Women show was approved. Vivian Scott, the anchor who hired Chloe as her ghostwriter, invites her to an investor dinner with Mr. Lloyd and offers a $100,000 bonus to fund Evan's treatment. Reluctant, Chloe accepts, gets reprimanded for parking at the club, and is confronted—"You on the scooter, why are you here again?"—leaving her night and the campus clash unresolved.