The Prayer Box

In the hospital emergency room, a doctor informs Tandi and Paul that Zoey has West Nile virus and prescribes home care. Tandi feels guilty for needing Paul’s help again, and she expresses her gratitude to him. They affirm their strong friendship, and he lightheartedly tells her she can repay him with beignets.

Concerned about work, Tandi calls her boss, Sandy, who mobilizes the women from the Seashell Shop to organize a schedule to care for Zoey, allowing Tandi to keep her job.

After, as Zoey begins to wake up, she confusedly asks if she made it to her Aunt Gina’s house in Texas. Tandi realizes Zoey was trying to run away to her estranged sister, Gina.

A few days after Zoey’s diagnosis, Geneva Bink brings a casserole to the cottage. She explains the community’s long-standing resentment toward Iola Poole, who they believed cheated them out of the valuable Benoit estate. Geneva adds that the county plans to use the property for storm-water management.

Later, Tandi brings Zoey with her to the Seashell Shop, where she refuses Ross’s phone request that Tandi skip work to spend time with him and run his errands. To lift Zoey’s spirits, Tandi begins crafting a driftwood box as a birthday gift.