At Celeste’s house the morning after trivia night, Celeste sits on the couch with her twin sons watching cartoons. The boys have cried over Perry’s death, but Celeste is unsure how much they understand; their stunned quietness mirrors her own. Celeste’s mother tells Celeste that Bonnie has arrived with a vegetarian lasagna and wants to speak to Celeste.

Celeste goes to the living room and sees Bonnie looking out at the ocean. Celeste thinks of Bonnie as the woman responsible for Perry’s death, but Bonnie approaches Celeste with sadness and remorse. Bonnie apologizes, though she says the word is inadequate, and Celeste tells Bonnie that the fall was an accident.

Bonnie asks about Celeste’s sons, then announces that she is going to the police to give a truthful statement. Bonnie tells Celeste not to keep lying for her when the police return for formal witness statements. Bonnie explains that although she was prepared to lie, she has spent much of her life hiding domestic violence and keeping secrets.

Bonnie describes visiting her mother’s home and suddenly remembering the last time Bonnie saw her father hit her mother. Even though Bonnie was twenty, she instinctively hid under the bed as she had done as a child, then realized she was a grown woman and called the police. The memory makes Bonnie decide that she will no longer hide, keep secrets, or let other people keep secrets for her.

Bonnie also points out that the truth is likely to emerge anyway because not everyone can lie convincingly to the police. Celeste says she would have lied for Bonnie because Celeste can lie too, and Bonnie acknowledges that Celeste is probably very good at it. Bonnie touches Celeste’s arm and tells Celeste that she can stop now, linking Celeste’s history of concealing Perry’s abuse to Bonnie’s decision to confess.