Nash leads Avery quickly through Hawthorne House to the source of the crash. Instead of finding visible damage or a brawl, Avery enters a stunning circular library lined with towering shelves and centered around a massive tree-stump desk. Grayson and Jameson are on opposite sides of the room, tense but composed.

Nash immediately takes charge, teasing his brothers while making it clear he is there to keep them in line. Grayson treats Avery coldly and implies she should leave, while Jameson needles Grayson and dismisses his severity. Xander arrives in his school uniform, realizes there has been some kind of fight or confrontation, and complains about missing it because he went to school.

The brothers’ banter turns physical when Xander tackles Nash, and Nash easily pins him. Watching the four Hawthorne brothers together, Avery feels their closeness and her own outsider status sharply. Grayson then bluntly says Avery should not be there at all, but Nash counters that Tobias Hawthorne’s decisions cannot be undone.

Jameson reveals that Avery solved the keys faster than any of the brothers. The mood changes instantly. Grayson realizes Jameson gave Avery not just a required key, but the full set of keys, suggesting that the puzzle is part of a deeper Hawthorne tradition or rite of passage. Grayson angrily confronts Jameson, while Jameson frames Avery as special and continues pushing Grayson’s buttons.

Avery refuses to keep being treated as an object of debate and insists that Jameson stop calling her Mystery Girl. Jameson responds by calling her Heiress and pointedly refers to Avery as the brothers’ new landlord, using Avery’s inheritance to provoke Grayson. Grayson says he is trying to protect Jameson, but Jameson accuses Grayson of only protecting himself, leaving Grayson visibly shaken.

To stop the conflict from escalating, Nash sends Xander to show Avery to her wing. Xander tries to lighten the mood by offering cookies, but Grayson objects, still strained by Jameson’s accusation. Xander cheerfully compromises by suggesting scones instead, leading Avery away from the charged confrontation.