Ziggy is still sobbing when the babysitter Chelsea arrives. Other children have told Ziggy they are not allowed to play with him, and he is devastated because they ran away while he wanted to play Star Wars. Seeing Ziggy inconsolable, Jane decides she cannot go to book club and cancels Chelsea, offering her fifty dollars despite receiving no babysitting.

Jane calls Madeline to say she is not coming, claiming Ziggy is not well. Madeline immediately connects Ziggy’s distress to the Amabella situation and the petition against him. Madeline calls the petition outrageous and promises Jane that they will fix it, but the background laughter at the gathering makes Jane feel excluded and painfully aware of the social divide forming around Ziggy.

Chelsea’s mother, Irene, comes upstairs to return the fifty-dollar note, saying Chelsea should not be paid so much for walking up a flight of stairs. When Jane explains that Ziggy is being accused of bullying, Irene dismisses the accusation. Drawing on her years as a primary school teacher, Irene says she can recognize bullies and does not believe Ziggy is one, though her attempt to minimize the problem irritates Jane.

Jane returns to Ziggy’s room and sees that his crying has become quiet, adult-like grief. His pain triggers fierce protectiveness in Jane, who briefly no longer cares whether Ziggy hurt Amabella or whether he inherited violence from his biological father. Jane imagines striking Renata and then decides to remove Ziggy from the situation for the night by taking him to visit his grandparents, promising pajamas, chips, chocolates, and treats.

In the later interview fragments, Samantha insists that her joking is a defense mechanism and describes the funeral as devastating, especially when a little boy put a letter on the coffin. Thea also calls the funeral distressing and compares the image to Princess Diana’s funeral, emphasizing the emotional aftermath of the death at the center of the investigation.