Fragile Sanctuary

After installing security cameras, Anson hesitates on the porch of Rhodes’s guesthouse, but she invites him in for dinner. He notices she bought ginger beer for him. As she bottle-feeds orphaned kittens, she explains how she channels pain into purpose, and he reflects on his grief for his sister, Greta. Sensing that she fears being alone, he offers to sleep on the couch, and she agrees.

He spends a restless night. They collide in the hallway in a moment of charged tension, and Anson brings Rhodes to orgasm with his hand just as a car horn announces Shep’s arrival.

Rhodes panics when Shep arrives, and Anson goes to handle him. Shep confronts Rhodes, hurt that she didn’t call him for help, and they discuss her closed-off coworker, Thea. Anson returns covered in mud after Biscuit chased a rabbit. After cleaning himself up, he heads out for work.

Later at a local bakery, Rhodes chats with the owner, Sutton, and others. Outside, her ex-boyfriend Davis corners her and demands to know why Trace questioned him. Rhodes warns Davis to back off or she will involve her brother Kye.