To break the anxious cycle of thinking about Toby’s abduction and the threat hidden in the photo, Avery joins Xander, Max, and Eve for an extravagant fondue spread in Hawthorne House’s chef’s kitchen. Xander turns the meal into a performance, and Max joins in, creating playful chaos that leaves Xander and Max covered in chocolate and Eve’s only shirt ruined.

Avery takes Eve to her enormous closet and offers her any replacement shirt she wants. Eve is stunned by the luxury and admits that Toby never wanted Eve to be part of Hawthorne House, its wealth, or its family. According to Eve, Toby hated the place and warned her that the Hawthornes had dark, possibly dangerous secrets.

Eve’s comments force Avery to think through the many Hawthorne secrets she already knows, including crimes, betrayals, cover-ups, and deaths connected to the family. Avery also recognizes that she has helped preserve some secrets herself, which leaves her wondering how many more remain hidden and whether Toby’s current danger is tied to him, to Avery, or to the Hawthorne family as a whole.

After leaving Eve to change, Avery returns to Toby’s photo and studies his eyes, questioning how many enemies they have. A knock interrupts her: Mr. Laughlin arrives with a cart full of old blueprints, explaining that Tobias Hawthorne had new plans drawn up every year after his birthday for another expansion of Hawthorne House.

Mr. Laughlin suggests Avery might want the plans if she is considering an addition of her own, implying that the house’s history and structure may hold new significance. Eve enters wearing the green silk shirt, visibly struck by the blueprints, but the moment is cut short when Jameson appears in the doorway covered in mud, with a torn shirt and a bleeding shoulder. Mr. Laughlin immediately ushers Eve away.