From Junior's POV, he tracks Lauren via the device he planted in her purse, racing through city traffic on his motorcycle, energized and obsessive. He reflects on his decade-long fixation, recalling that he'd been aware of her since age twelve, and that the two weeks of their teenage fling were among the last times he'd felt alive before becoming numb in his criminal life. Since killing Tommy, his obsession has darkened into a sense of possession.

The tracker leads Junior to Velvet, a building he discovers via Reddit is an underground kink/play club. Furious at the thought of Lauren being there with someone else, he calls Mack, his father's tech guy, to confirm his fake ID will pass a background check, then enters the members-only club using the false credentials.

Inside, Junior dons a courtesy mask, navigates the rules briefing (cracking an off-color joke about strangling people), and observes the club's tight security. A submissive woman offers him a collar, which he awkwardly declines. Following the tracker upstairs, he enters the "Watch" room, where Lauren sits in the front row chatting with a man Junior immediately resents.

Junior coerces the mild-mannered man into giving up his seat by feigning ownership of it, then sits beside Lauren. She recognizes him despite the mask via his "La Famiglia" knuckle tattoos. They trade barbs; she insists he leave because Velvet is her personal sanctuary. Junior apologizes for their past, revealing that he denied her to protect her because his father's world was dangerous, leaving Lauren stunned by the implication that she had been in danger.

The show begins before Lauren can fully respond. A couple takes the stage, and the man kneels to remove the woman's shoes with intimate devotion. Junior refuses to leave, declaring he'll stay if she stays. Lauren puts physical distance between them, but Junior is intrigued and unable to look away from the tender scene unfolding onstage.