Aubrey drives to the same gas station she stopped at 12 hours prior on her way into St. Francisville. She puts her phone in a plastic bag and walks into the gas station bathroom, where she removes her wig and changes back into her own clothes. She meets Camille Bayliss outside the bathroom and gives her the plastic bag of her possessions and the Chanel purse she carries. Camille asks how it went, and Aubrey says everything went according to plan. Camille notes that Aubrey took a few wrong turns, and Aubrey lies that she got turned around.

Camille was unsuccessful but promises to try again. Aubrey can tell something within her has changed, though she isn’t sure what. Camille leaves in her Range Rover after giving Aubrey back the keys of the Honda that she drove up in from Baton Rouge.

Aubrey drives home to her apartment in an old house that’s been converted into four units. Aubrey posed as Camille, taking Camille’s phone and car that can both be tracked by her husband, Benjamin Bayliss. Ben has a secret that impacts both Aubrey and Camille; Camille sought proof of it while Aubrey impersonated her to keep Ben off her trail. Aubrey refuses to impersonate Camille a second time.

When she returns home, a handful of people wait in her kitchen for her. She asks Deacon if he’s had any luck, and Deacon replies, “he’s still there” (14). Aubrey says it’s time for plan B.

On Sunday, October 11, Ben’s law partner, Hank Landry, drives to Camille’s house. Camille is outside, crying. Hank notices a 1970 red Mustang in the driveway and asks Camille if anyone else is home, but she claims to be alone. Hank enters the house and finds Ben on the floor of his office, appearing to have been shot or stabbed. Hank looks around the office and notices one chair knocked over, but nothing appears stolen.

Hank comforts Camille outside and asks what happened. She tells him that she came home from her trip to find Ben murdered and didn’t touch anything in the house, except for setting her bags down in the kitchen. Hank coaches her to be honest with the police but not to agree with any speculation they make.

The police arrive, and Hank introduces Camille as his client. The police search the house, and Hank thinks about how much Ben would hate everyone ruining his landscaping and impeccably organized home. Detective Sullivan, also known as “Sully,” arrives as nosy neighbors congregate. The police declare the house clear of any intruders and tape it up like a crime scene.

Hank tells Sully that he needs to take possession of Ben’s client files, as confidentiality still applies after Ben’s death. Sully collects the files and presents them to Hank. Sully wants to question Camille and Hank, and Hank insists on being present for Camille’s questioning as her attorney. Sully thinks Hank is too close to the case, but Hank insists he must be her attorney at least for now.

Sully questions Camille about her weekend. She tells him that Ben booked her a room in a hotel in St. Francisville, a town half an hour outside Baton Rouge, because Camille runs an Instagram account and posts about food and old restaurants and likes to explore little towns. Ben was out of town for the weekend with Hank at a continuing education conference in New Orleans. The duo meant to see a Saints NFL game, but Ben needed to return home early. They drove back to the Bayliss house together before Hank left.

Ben didn’t tell Camille he came home early, which Sully finds odd. Hank knows that he and Camille both had the most to gain from Ben’s death, as Camille would collect his assets and Hank would gain sole ownership of the law firm. Camille offers to show Sully the receipts of her time in St. Francisville and goes to find them in her bag. Both Sully and Hank think it’s strangely convenient she has all the receipts, as if she worked to construct an alibi.

The narrative jumps back to Saturday, October 10. Camille struggles to believe that she’s free from Ben’s prying eyes, as her phone, smart watch, and car are with Aubrey. Camille bought the old Honda in cash days prior, as she didn’t want to use her credit card to rent a car. She plans to sell it as soon as she can. She keeps her iPad to answer any texts from Ben and drives back from St. Francisville, where Aubrey poses as her at the festival near the St. Francisville Inn. She parks the Honda at a convenience store near her house and jogs home, hoping the neighbors don’t notice her.

Ben slowly escalated his obsession with tracking Camille, and Camille developed her own obsession in turn: Finding out Ben’s secret. Camille always felt there was something wrong in her relationship with Ben, though she couldn’t pinpoint what. When she married Ben, Camille signed a prenuptial agreement that only grants her money in a divorce if Ben triggers the “bad behavior” clause with infidelity, abuse, gambling, or criminal actions (30).

Camille and Ben were high school sweethearts. Camille’s parents initially opposed the relationship, but they later pushed Camille and Ben together. After his law school graduation, they married. Camille realized her parents and Ben expected her to be a dutiful wife with no career of her own. Ben and others began to pressure her to have a child, but Camille knew a child would trap her in the marriage.

Camille fell out of love with Ben, but she couldn’t leave because of her financial dependence on Ben. She searched obsessively for evidence of behavior that would trigger the prenuptial clause, and eventually she found it. The secret hurts both her and Aubrey, but Camille isn’t sure if she’s willing to face the scandal of making it public. She can divorce Ben privately and take his money without sharing information with Aubrey, which she knows isn’t fair, but she considers it anyway.

The narrative jumps back to Thursday, September 3. Hank brings Ben home drunk after a charity banquet dinner, and Camille wonders why Ben drank, as Ben’s insistence on control means he seldom drinks.

Ben tells Camille that he messed up, but he plans to fix it. Camille notices that Ben’s briefcase is unlocked. Camille quickly helps Ben to bed before sneaking back downstairs to look through Ben’s briefcase. She finds a napkin from Doug’s Tavern with a woman’s name, address, and number: Aubrey Price. Camille finds Aubrey on Instagram before taking a picture of the napkin and carefully putting the briefcase back together.

On Wednesday, September 9, Aubrey works at Doug’s Tavern during a slow shift. Camille enters the bar and drinks a negroni. The bar closes, and Camille works up the courage to ask Aubrey if she’s sleeping with Ben. Aubrey doesn’t know Ben’s name and becomes agitated when Camille shows her a picture of the napkin with her information on it, telling her that she tracked Ben’s car to her house. Aubrey wants to make Camille call Ben and demand an explanation, but Camille is afraid of Ben’s reaction.

Aubrey asks if Ben’s interest is connected to a man named Paul Granger, and Camille looks pale. Aubrey’s housemate, Deacon, the cousin of a prominent bookie, appears to back Aubrey up. Camille apologizes and leaves, and Aubrey tells Deacon what happened. Deacon drives her home. Aubrey’s other housemate, Serenity, is smoking marijuana outside. Aubrey tells Serenity about Camille, Ben, and Paul Granger, and Serenity admits that Camille came to two of her yoga classes in a row. Aubrey thinks Ben will regret coming to their house.

On Sunday, October 11, Hank leaves the Bayliss house after Camille’s brother, Silas Everett, and his wife, Margaret, pick up Camille. Sully lets Camille take her bags to stay with her parents in Corbeau, 20 minutes away from St. Francisville. Sully wanted to question Camille further, but Hank convinced him to wait to give Camille time to recover.

Hank thinks Camille is innocent, but he knows his friendship with Camille taints his objectivity, so he must still consider her a suspect. Hank stays at the house until the coroner takes Ben’s body away and sends an email announcing his death to their employees at the Bayliss and Landry Law Firm. 

Ben and Hank met during their freshman year at Louisiana State University, or LSU. Hank dreamed of playing football in the NFL before he became injured. His knee aches after pacing around Ben’s yard. He goes into Ben’s office and drops off the files. He looks around the office, at the photos of him and Camille and the evidence of Ben’s accomplishments. Ben beat the head District Attorney in a case at just 27, cementing himself as one of Baton Rouge’s leading defense attorneys. Hank joined the DA’s office out of law school, but he joined Ben after Ben recruited him to start their own firm.

Hank logs onto the computer to pull up Ben’s will and is surprised that he’s still listed as executor. Ben told Hank that he was dissolving their partnership the week before, kicking Hank out with no clients. Hank notes that he feels grief at the loss of Ben, but also relief.

On Saturday, October 10, after meeting at the gas station, Camille drives back to Baton Rouge in the Honda, while Aubrey drives the Range Rover toward St. Francisville. She has Camille’s phone, but the phone remains locked.

Aubrey veers off of Camille’s planned route and meets up with Eddie, one of her housemates who’s driving a 1970 red Mustang. Eddie plans to meet up with Shane, his former foster brother and current housemate, afterward. Eddie attaches a tracking device to the Range Rover and downloads the Range Rover app, which lets him continue to track Camille and even track Ben’s car. He takes Camille’s garage door opener as well, which will let them into the house. Aubrey notes that it’s time for step two.