After surviving dinner without another attack, Avery tells Alisa that she needs air but avoids going outside because she cannot face the press. With Oren following as protection, Avery wanders into a closed museum wing and finds one brightly lit exhibit room with Jameson inside.

Jameson stands before Cézanne’s Four Brothers, a painting on loan from Tobias Hawthorne’s collection. Jameson confirms that Avery found the Davenport clue before he did, then says the Black Wood tree was only a tree and that the real clue is a number: eight, one, one, with one more still missing.

Avery challenges Jameson’s treatment of her, asking whether Jameson sees Avery as a person or only a tool for the game. Jameson admits he may deserve the accusation and says Tobias used to describe Jameson as having laser focus, unable to care about more than one thing at a time. Avery declares that she is done with Jameson and with whatever existed between them.

Jameson stops Avery by saying that he does not care that Avery is wearing Emily’s braid because Jameson no longer cares about Emily. Jameson reveals that he broke up with Emily the night Emily died, saying he had grown tired of Emily’s games and that Emily died hours later. The confession exposes Jameson’s guilt and makes Jameson’s obsession with the puzzle feel more personal and wounded.

Jameson asks Avery to come with Jameson to the Black Wood, insisting that Avery does not have to kiss or even like Jameson but asking not to be left alone. Grayson then appears in the doorway and sees Avery with the braid. After Jameson leaves, Grayson asks what Jameson said, and Avery repeats the breakup confession. Grayson reacts with extreme tension and asks whether Jameson told Avery that Grayson killed Emily.