The next morning, Jill meets Lara. She is consumed with suspicion, convinced that Lara will never admit to being the blackmailer. Lara becomes more alarmed about her friend and expresses sincere concern for Jill, noting how tired she looks and offering her support. After the coffee meeting, Lara reunites with Ben and tells him that she is worried about Jill, believing that the stress from Greg’s death is taking a heavy toll on her. Later, as they shop on the island of Murano, Lara watches artisans make delicate glass sculptures and reflects that Jill seems just as fragile, as if she is about to shatter.

Meanwhile, back in New York, John Burnley has become more curious about who is blackmailing Ted, and why. He has spied on Ted and Jill’s home and seen them leave for the airport. He also saw Nadya letting herself into the home to clean, confirming to him that someone else has access to the house. It is revealed that he also observed the encounter when Lara ran into Nadya, and the latter told the former that Jill and Ted were in Venice. Burnley followed Lara home, confirming her home address. Then he returned to the brownstone and followed Nadya home after she finished cleaning. 

Burnley investigates both women, since both could plausibly have planted the cameras. After the text exchange with Ted, John hires Billy, an ex-convict, to inspect Lara and Ben’s townhouse and report on the best way to break into the home. Billy reports back that the house does not have an active security system and should be easy to access; he also confirms that Lara and Ben will be away in Venice for several more days. Bill presumes that Burnley wants to break in while Lara and Ben are out of town, but Burnley is actually impatiently waiting for them to return.

The blackmailer watches on a hidden camera as Ted and Jill arrive home from Venice, observing that they look miserable. That evening, Ted sits alone, drinking and feeling a deep paranoia that he is still being watched. Feeling he has no other choice, he decides to ask John Burnley for help in identifying the blackmailer and sends him a text message asking to meet. Upstairs, Jill’s resentment grows, and she blames Ted for their precarious situation. When he finally comes to bed, she pretends to be asleep.

Ted meets John Burnley the next morning; the latter admits that he bluffed and does not have any footage from the hidden cameras. Ted asks for his help finding the person blackmailing him. John agrees, telling Ted that it is better if he does not know the methods he will use. He leaves abruptly, promising to notify Ted when he has information. John, however, has no intention of helping Ted; he plans to obtain the digital files for himself and continue the blackmail.

After the meeting, Ted returns home. He and Jill continue to discuss the blackmail and speculate about whether Greg’s ex-wife, Minerva, could be behind it. They decide to visit her to see what they can find out. Jill continues to be extremely jumpy and stressed.

Lara and Ben return home after their trip to Venice. Suffering from jet lag, Lara is unable to sleep and gets out of bed around two o’clock in the morning. Outside of the bedroom, at the top of the stairs, she is confronted by a masked intruder dressed in black. He grabs her and holds a knife to her throat. Ben hears her scream and rushes out of the bedroom to find the intruder holding his wife hostage. The man forces them both back into their bedroom, where he ties up Lara and Ben with zip ties. Ben offers the intruder money, but he refuses and states that he wants digital camera footage. 

Lara and Ben are both confused and explain they don’t know what he is talking about, angering the man. He lashes out, stating “You planted cameras in the Westcotts’ house, and I want everything you downloaded from them” (238). Ben guesses that the man has been sent by Jill and Ted and that they may be guilty of murder. When Ben and Lara continue to deny any knowledge of the recordings, the intruder tortures Lara by cutting her arm with his knife. He beats Ben when he tries to intervene, and Ben loses consciousness.

The narrative reveals that John Burnley is the man who has broken into Lara and Ben’s home. He is surprised and frustrated that Lara and Ben truly don’t seem to know anything about the recordings from the hidden camera. He forces Lara to open their safe, from which he takes $10,000 in cash. As John prepares to leave, Ben manages to free himself and chases him down the hallway. John lashes out and as the two men grapple, Ben falls over the stair railing, and plunges to his death. John then knocks Lara unconscious and flees the scene. Lara later awakens to find her husband’s body.

Lara calls for help. When the police arrive, she tells them about the intruder. However, fearing the man’s threat to return if she told anyone, she claims the motive was simply robbery and that he tortured her to be cruel. She does not mention his demand for recordings. When the police ask where she would like to go, Lara briefly thinks about going to stay with Jill but then realizes she no longer trusts her. She opts to stay with Ben’s parents instead.

The next day, Lara goes to Ted and Jill’s brownstone. She explains that someone broke into their house and that Ben is dead. Lara openly accuses them of being the cause of Ben’s death, and of killing Greg. She reveals that the intruder was looking for camera footage and that she thinks they sent him. Jill and Ted do not admit to killing Greg. Lara explains that she protected them by telling the police the home invasion was a robbery but threatens to change her story and reveal that the intruder was seeking camera footage linked to them. Cornered, Ted asks Lara what she wants, realizing she now intends to blackmail them.

Meanwhile, the actual blackmailer watches Lara’s confrontation with Ted and Jill via one of the remaining hidden cameras. The blackmailer is intrigued by whoever was seeking the footage (which he currently possesses). 

Lara comes to an agreement with Jill and Ted; the details are not specified. She leaves, and Jill lashes out. She demands to know if Ted had anything to do with the home invasion; he admits that he knew John was going to attempt to get the footage, but that he didn’t know how John would go about it. Ted arranges to meet with John and confronts him. John says he was trying get the recordings and that he never intended for Ben to die. Ted informs John that Lara created a cover story with the police (claiming the home invasion was a robbery) but he is angry that he now must pay her. He tells John he doesn’t want any more assistance from him, even though he still doesn’t have the recordings. 

When Ted goes home and confirms to Jill that John Burnley was the man who broke into Lara and Ben’s home, she is unsurprised. Jill is increasingly disgusted by Ted but realizes that she can never leave her marriage because of their secret and shared guilt. Meanwhile, John Burnley secretly decides to see if Nadya is the one with the camera footage.

Jill and Ted go to visit Greg’s ex-wife, Minerva “Min” Westcott. They want to investigate if she is the blackmailer. Min is cold and openly hostile, telling Ted she knows there was no love between him and his brother. She directly accuses Ted and Jill of pushing Greg off the boat for his money. Minerva also knows that Ted knew about the inheritance before Greg died.

Minerva reveals that Ramirez has already questioned her. Min then delivers a shocking revelation: Greg had terminal pancreatic cancer and only had months to live. After they leave, a horrified Jill rages at Ted, realizing they committed murder for nothing. Ted insists that Minerva must be lying. Neither of them knows if she planted the camera. Meanwhile, Nadya reads a news story about a home invasion but it is not revealed whose home it was. 

When she stops by a local shop, the owner reveals that her son Peter recently had a copy of a key made. Nadya confirms that the copied key was her key to the Westcott house. She concludes that Peter must have copied the key, taken the security code from her phone, and accessed the Westcott home. She assumes he is the one who planted the cameras, and the one who is now blackmailing Jill and Ted.