Late at night, Lauren receives a $10,000 PPV request from Junior on her cam platform asking her to attend his cousin's barbecue, with a message insisting he isn't ashamed of her. Despite her conflicted desire, she has Ryan deny it, citing her violated request for space. Moments later, Junior shows up at her apartment door. Her roommates Taylor and Ryan arm themselves while Walter barks. Lauren agrees to talk to him outside on the stoop, with her roommates watching from inside.

On the steps, Lauren confronts Junior about his decade of interference. He freely admits to keeping tabs on her, planting the tracker after their church encounter, slashing the tires of mean old women, fixing her smashed mirror, paying off her parking tickets, pressuring her former landlord into making repairs, and blackmailing Councilwoman Blackwell using a video of her son. Lauren is horrified, fearing her political achievements weren't truly hers and worrying Junior will target Patrick McKinney next.

Lauren begs him to stop interfering, but Junior refuses, insisting she built her platform herself and that he only nudged corrupt politicians who deserved it. He pulls her into his lap, and she lets him, recognizing the vulnerable boy she once knew beneath the criminal exterior. She realizes she has a white knight kink for him. Junior tells her he's not ashamed of her work and doesn't want to clip her wings.

Junior again asks her to attend his cousin's engagement party, admitting he doesn't know how to talk to normal people and fears ruining the event with intrusive thoughts about his violent work. Touched and amused, Lauren agrees to go.