Power comes back on at the hotel. Lizzie realizes that Katie is Rebecca’s nanny, and Katie has been hiding Alice in her hotel room. Alice is frightened and suffering from severe pain due to an ear infection. Confused and overwhelmed, Lizzie goes in search of ice for the child. She stops in the lobby where many of the guests are gathered; Cricket explains that Veronica’s sister, Betty, fell from the rock during the storm but was found alive and hospitalized. Since Lizzie no longer has her phone (it was confiscated at the dinner party and then left behind during the chaos of the storm), she goes to her room and emails Peter. She also emails Rebecca, demanding to know her location.

Rebecca waits in a motel room for news from Katie (who goes by the nickname “Kiki”) about Alice’s ear infection. Her other children are safe with Juan Carlos (Kiki’s partner) and his mother. The motel owner knocks, and Rebecca opens the door. She is stunned to find that Marsden is standing there: He threatens the other man, who rushes away. Marsden orders Rebecca to get into his truck, stating that he knows where her children are. Terrified, Rebecca complies. They begin driving as Rebecca demands to know how he learned the location of her children. She is afraid because she angered Marsden by confronting and threatening him when they met for lunch. Rebecca also reveals that she has additional reason to fear Marsden: She watched him murder her husband.

Lizzie returns to Katie’s hotel room, where Alice is resting. Lizzie and Katie step out to the balcony to talk in privacy. Katie admits that she knew Rebecca was hiding in a motel, but she has not been able to get in touch with Rebecca for hours and is becoming alarmed. Katie reveals that the other children are with her husband and in-laws; she brought Alice to the hotel with her because Alice was sick and needed to rest in a quiet place. She flatly denies that Rebecca killed Grayson. Katie explains how she began working for the family. Grayson never wanted anyone to help with the children, but Rebecca had a difficult birth with her second child and was incapacitated afterward. Katie was dating Juan Carlos (whom she later married); he worked on the ranch and suggested that Katie sometimes visit and help with the children. Since the arrangement appeared casual, Grayson agreed. Katie quickly bonded with the children, especially Alice, and has worked for the family ever since. 

Katie describes Gray’s escalating abuse and confirms that he recently physically assaulted Rebecca, leaving injuries that the children witnessed. Katie was privy to Rebecca’s plan to announce her new business deal and leave Grayson: She had taken the children beforehand, since both she and Rebecca suspected Grayson would become violent. According to Katie, Grayson’s death disrupted everything. Katie admits to leaving the keys for Lizzie and says that, in addition to providing Lizzie with the clues, Rebecca wanted her to watch Veronica. Katie gives Rebecca the number for the new phone (which the former has been using to contact her). She explains that she is leaving with Alice first thing in the morning. 

Lizzie heads back to her room, but Veronica stops her in the hallway. She returns Lizzie’s phone and suggests that the two of them talk the following day. Veronica explains that she has read Lizzie’s article, can confirm that Grayson was abusive, and believes that Grayson “deserved everything he got” (327).

In Marsden’s truck, Rebecca grabs the steering wheel, causing the truck to swerve onto the side of the road. The disruption gives her just enough time to secretly redial Katie (the last person she spoke with). Rebecca leaves the call active as Marsden forces her out of the truck, and it records her saying Marsden’s name and asking if she is being taken to the ranch. Rebecca manages to get the phone under the truck while Marsden is tying her up, so he does not catch her with it. With Rebecca secured in the backseat, they continue driving to the ranch.

Marsden mentions that since he and Veronica are already the godparents to Rebecca and Grayson’s children, they will become the children’s legal guardians (implying that he is going to kill Rebecca, and the children will be orphaned). Rebecca thinks back to the night of the murder. She was still desperate to get proof of what the men had done to her, so she orchestrated a meeting between them in the barn on the ranch. She sent each of them a message, posing as the other, arranging the meeting. Then she placed hidden cameras there so she could record the confrontation and secure her evidence. 

Before the meeting, Rebecca sent Marsden a legal agreement in which he waived all parental rights to her children, as well as copies of the DNA tests and the sexually explicit emails Grayson had sent to Veronica. She knew the latter would provoke conflict. Marsden responded with a furious text (this is the message Lizzie saw and erroneously assumed to be from Grayson). After leaving Lizzie’s room, Rebecca went to Dan’s room, had sex with him, and then returned to her hotel room to watch the live stream of the meeting in the barn. Marsden arrived drunk and furious and immediately confronted Grayson about emailing Veronica. The two men got into a physical fight, and it was clear that Marsden was going to overpower Grayson. As the struggle continued, Marsden noticed the camera and broke it, causing the live stream to cut out. 

Panicked, Rebecca tried calling both Marsden and Grayson, but neither answered. She then phoned Olivia, explaining what happened. Olivia picked up Rebecca and the two women drove to the ranch, where they found Grayson’s body in the barn. Convinced that the fight had escalated and Marsden killed her husband, Rebecca immediately suggested phoning the police: The camera footage automatically saved to the cloud, so she can access what was recorded prior to Marsden breaking it. Olivia, however, cautions Rebecca not to be hasty since her actions make her look suspicious. Rebecca planted the photos for Lizzie to find, and the two of them fled. Grayson’s body was found the following morning.

Lizzie is asleep in her hotel room when someone begins banging on the door. Katie is outside, panic-stricken: She plays the voicemail that has been left on her phone. They hear Rebecca scream Marsden’s name, ask if he is taking her to the ranch, and the sounds of a violent struggle before the line goes dead. Katie insists they cannot call the police because local police are loyal to Marsden. With Katie unable to leave Alice and Juan Carlos too far away with the other children, Lizzie realizes she must be the one to go to the ranch to see if Rebecca and Marsden are there. 

They call Olivia and explain everything; Olivia agrees to go but insists Lizzie accompany her. Lizzie sends Katie back to care for Alice and prepares for Olivia to pick her up.