Ms. Tate confronts Leon with divorce papers—"Just sign them, and we can part peacefully"—ordering the Tate family's live-in son-in-law out. Leon quietly prepares to leave that night, returns his wedding ring, tells her "Take care of yourself," and walks away. Staff inform Ms. Tate that Mr. Clark is actually leaving. She counts to three expecting him to come back, but he doesn't. Shock ripples through the household as she tells them to let him go while refusing to believe he would truly abandon his place in the Tate family; his absence remains unresolved.