Tessa desperately pleads with Caleb to release her mother, offering to drop their lawsuit and do whatever he wants, but he cruelly refuses and demands she sleep with him to reconsider. Nearby, a witness questions the morality of Caleb's actions, but another dismisses the concern. It is revealed Caleb and his partner have a son in the army, easing some worries. When Tessa's relative Theo returns home, he finds no one there and learns from a neighbor that Tessa and her mother were beaten and have not come back after a court confrontation. Theo vows to retaliate against those who harmed them.