Joyce has been busy with her daughter’s, Joanna’s, wedding preparations. Joanna met Paul online six months ago, and Joyce and Joanna have argued about many aspects of the wedding. Joyce is very excited for all her friends to come and see how nice she looks in her new hat. Joyce’s husband, Gerry, is deceased, as is her friend Elizabeth’s husband, Stephen. Elizabeth “still needs a bit of time” (7), according to Joyce, and hasn’t been her usual self since Stephen passed. Joyce is determined to enjoy the day on which she will become a mother-in-law.

Elizabeth is starting to feel again, she thinks, but she’s not sure exactly what she’s feeling. She, Ibrahim, Joyce, and Ron discuss the best man, Nick Silver, and Elizabeth thinks there’s something off about him. The moment her thoughts turn to Stephen, Joyce sees it and reaches out. Elizabeth is struck by Joyce’s emotional intelligence, something Elizabeth knows she lacks. Elizabeth sits by herself for a few minutes before Nick comes over. He tells her that someone tried to kill him, and he has photographic proof. Elizabeth feels herself beginning to come alive again. Nick doesn’t want to go to the police, and he has heard about Elizabeth’s detective skills from Paul. She can tell that he’s genuinely afraid, and she tells Nick that she can help him.

Connie Johnson, a local drug dealer recently released from prison, is coaching Tia Malone, an 18-year-old criminal, on how best to pull off a heist in a Rolex shop. While Connie was in prison, Ibrahim, a psychiatrist, encouraged her to “give something back to society” by passing on her wisdom (16). Connie and Tia met in prison, and Ibrahim thought Connie would find being a mentor very rewarding; he did not anticipate that Connie would counsel Tia to become a more thoughtful felon. Ibrahim sends her a picture from Joanna’s wedding, and Connie notes Ron’s presence. She has promised Ibrahim she will not kill him, though he played a part in her arrest, but she’s not sure she’ll keep that promise. Connie encourages Tia to think bigger, and Tia has a breakthrough: Instead of robbing the Rolex shop, she’ll rob whoever supplies all the shops with Rolexes. Connie is proud, and she feels she understands why Ibrahim enjoys his work so much.

Ibrahim dances with Joanna, and she asks if he thinks she married Paul too quickly. He asks her if she’s asked Joyce this question; she hasn’t. He explains that the answer to every personal dilemma can be found in whom it is one asks for advice. One asks the person who will give them the answer they already think is true. He believes she asks him because she wants to ask her deceased father, and Ibrahim is fatherly. He knows her father would have told her that it’s not too soon. Joanna can tell Ibrahim is lonely.

Elizabeth looks at Nick’s pictures. They show a bomb attached to the bottom of his vehicle, which he left at his house because he had to get to the wedding. Nick says that whoever is trying to kill him wants something he has. He and his business partner, Holly Lewis, own a security company that specializes in cold storage. Each of them has a secret security code, both of which are needed to open a safe that holds very valuable contents. Nick says that only he knows his code, only Holly knows hers, and only two other people know the codes exist: Davey Noakes, a former drug dealer, and Lord Townes, a banker. Elizabeth says that they have three suspects who might have planted the bomb: Davey, Lord Townes, and Holly. Holly is not a guest at the wedding despite being an old friend of Paul’s. Nick asks Elizabeth to meet him tomorrow, and she agrees.

Joyce was surprised that Joanna wanted Joyce to walk her down the aisle, but Joanna said that she sees her father when she looks at Joyce, so Joyce agreed. Joyce is proud of herself, of what she’s accomplished, including having a son-in-law. She thinks Elizabeth is being “mysterious,” which is a relief because Elizabeth hasn’t been mysterious since Stephen died. Elizabeth has told Joyce they are taking the bus to the town of Fairhaven tomorrow.

Danny Lloyd, a small-time criminal, was not expecting his wife, Suzi, to pull a gun on him. He had given her a black eye but assumed this would be like every other time he had beaten her up; she’d cry, he’d apologize, and everything would go back to normal. Danny doesn’t think she’ll shoot because their son, Kendrick, is upstairs. Suzi tells Danny that he needs to leave. The house is in her name, and she’s packed him a bag. Danny silently vows to make her pay for this. She says she just sent a picture of her bruises to her brother, Jason, and he’s on his way. Danny knows Jason will kill him. He considers taking his son with him, but he doesn’t like his son. When Kendrick comes downstairs, Suzi tells him the gun is a toy, but that his dad is leaving.