Maven hears an indistinct whispering through the walls, which stops when she exits her room In the bathroom mirror, she sees her nose is bleeding, cleans herself, and decides to leave the house.

Though she intended to walk in the forest, Maven finds herself at Ronan’s door. He opens it wearing only a towel, and she asks if his apologies were sincere. She proposes a single “hate fuck,” insisting that they will be enemies tomorrow. She clarifies that she was not engaged, but she had ended a relationship before arriving in Solstice. Ronan pulls her inside, kisses her, and removes his towel. Ronan carries Maven to his bedroom.

In his bedroom, Ronan tosses Maven onto the bed. She praises his body, noting new tattoos on his wrists and ankles. They kissed passionately, and Ronan performs oral sex on her, saying he has dreamed about them having sex for years. She climaxes as a thunderstorm begins outside.

Maven’s old feelings resurface, recalling the excitement of their teenage relationship. They have sex, and Ronan commands her to take her hair out of its braid. He whispers that she is beautiful, and her chest tightens. Maven reflects that they were never truly enemies. They both orgasm, and she tells him this cannot happen again. He suggests they leave issues for tomorrow, but, Maven gets dressed and leaves.

On Friday, with no news about her grandmother, Maven extends her time off and arranges to get lesson plans from Bea’s teacher. She theorizes that her family has been targeted by townsfolk, possibly with Croft involvement.

Saturday morning, Maven notices her red roots showing and brings Bea to the store. Maven tries to avoid Ronan, who is also shopping, but he intercepts and introduces himself to Bea. Ronan demands that Maven unblock his phone number. Maven complies, and he directs her to the back of the store.

In an employee lounge, Ronan reveals that he called Dr. Lattman, claiming to be Bea’s principal, and Lattman denied having any children. Maven says she had never told him about the pregnancy and brings up how Ronan was negligent during their teenage relationship. Ronan suddenly realizes that she was in love with him, and he thinks she could love him again. Maven denies her feelings, he calls her a bad liar, and he kisses her.

Maven kisses Ronan back and says this is the last time they will have sex. They have sex, but Ronan threatens to take her to court if she does not let him into Bea’s life. Disappointed, Maven pushes him away and leaves. Ronan texts her saying she and Bea belong to him.

Maven calls a private investigation firm in Burlington and speaks to Cole Walker. She tells him everything involving her grandmother’s body going missing and their family history of accidental deaths. Walker hesitates when Maven mentions Solstice, noting the Croft family’s bad reputation. He agrees to take the case, suggests she exhume relatives for postmortem examinations, and advises Maven to be careful with the Crofts. Maven tries to dye her hair, but the color does not take.

Maven finds Esme smoking cannabis, and she tells Maven her aura is dark. Maven sees Bea and Quentin in the greenhouse and feels that Bea needs a father. She suggests exhuming ancestors to investigate their suspicious deaths, but the aunts dismiss her theory.

Ezra calls and asks for another chance, but Maven reaffirms the end of their relationship. She asks the odds of a family having only female children for over 300 years, and he tells her the odds are astronomically low.

Maven signs the PI contract and researches exhumation, finding it would cost around $20,000. She calls Ronan and asks why he was attracted to her as teenagers. Ronan admits he lied about taking her to court and says he wanted to be Bea’s father. Maven says Ronan’s wealth cannot make him or Bea happy. Ronan agrees and tells her he is sick. He refuses to elaborate unless she admits Bea is his daughter. Ronan asks if Maven wants to come over and have sex, so Maven hangs up, reflecting that she will leave Solstice soon, which now makes her sad.

Maven spends the weekend obsessing over Ronan’s illness. Bea mentions that the man from the grocery store had pale blue eyes like her real eye color, just like the old man in the wheelchair at the viewing, Elijah Croft. Bea asks if she could stop wearing her contact lenses, and Maven struggles to deflect from Bea’s questions about her father.

Cole Walker calls and reports that Anderson’s Funeral Home has a history of citations, including improper body storage without refrigeration, neglecting to embalm bodies, and even burying a casket filled with sandbags, the body never found. Maven speculates about black-market sales of body parts.

Maven asks Ronan to fund the exhumation of some deceased Blackthorns. She implies his father, Elijah, was involved in Elspeth’s death but does not reveal why. Ronan says Elijah is capable of murder. Maven sees Bea walk outside and sit beside the fox, which sleeps next to her. Ronan agrees to pay for the exhumations, telling her to come to his house at midnight.

Ronan immediately calls Elijah and asks if he was involved in Elspeth Blackthorn’s death. Elijah attempts to deflect, but Ronan persists. Elijah demands to know why Ronan suspects him of wrongdoing.

Elijah denies involvement, stating he would never have harmed Elspeth because she was different. The tenderness in his voice makes Ronan suspicious that his father and Elspeth had an affair, which would make him and Maven half-siblings. Ronan asks if his father had been sleeping with Elspeth, but Elijah tells him to never speak of this again.