That night, Madeline and Ed discuss Jane while getting ready for bed. Ed says Jane seems impossibly young to be a parent, while Madeline observes that Jane feels oddly old-fashioned despite having had Ziggy after a one-night stand. They joke about Jane’s gum chewing, her appearance, and Madeline’s impulse to give both Jane and Celeste makeovers.

Madeline notices a similarity between Jane and Celeste but cannot identify it. Ed says the similarity is that both women seem “damaged,” a judgment based on his own past experience with troubled girlfriends. Madeline resists the idea, especially regarding Celeste, because Celeste appears beautiful, wealthy, and happily married.

The conversation shifts to Abigail’s decision to spend time at Nathan and Bonnie’s house. Ed tries to reassure Madeline that Nathan is not stealing Abigail and that Abigail is simply acting like a teenager, but Madeline remains unsettled.

Madeline remembers seeing Jane and Ziggy leave together earlier that day, which brings back memories of her own years as a single mother with Abigail. She recalls living in a small flat, reclaiming her maiden name for Abigail, and resenting Nathan for abandoning them while he went off with another woman.

Madeline admits to Ed that she once believed Nathan’s punishment would be Abigail loving Madeline more than him. Instead, Nathan now has Bonnie, another daughter, and Abigail’s affection, making Madeline feel that he escaped consequences. Her anger breaks into hurt, and Ed comforts her by joking that he could kill Nathan and frame Bonnie.

In the later police investigation, Detective-Sergeant Adrian Quinlan says no arrests have been made but believes the police have probably already spoken to the person or people involved. Stu doubts that anyone, including the police, truly knows what happened.