Lotte is upset that she’s late for Northmere Park’s Big Gig, an annual community event run by the PTA. Grace assures her she doesn’t have to worry. She adds that Lotte doesn’t need any more makeup. Lotte gets upset. Grace feels guilty. She knows Lotte “is nervous about [...] her first-ever live solo dance performance” that night (189).

At the event, Grace watches Lotte dance. She is glad Lotte can experience the joy of music the way Grace did when she was young. Then she catches Nate watching her watch Lotte. She feels something intimate pass between them again.

Grace can’t find Lotte when she is ready to go home. She sends her a text asking Lotte to contact her when she wants to be picked up. On her way home, Grace is shocked to see Lotte and Nate kissing in an alleyway. Grace and Nate make eye contact. She is furious and disgusted.

Grace returns home to London from LA. Seeing Ben makes her heart race. When Lotte sees Grace, she races into her arms.

Ben asks Grace if she is back for good. She assures him she is and Ben reaches out to her. Grace jerks away. Ben gets angry at her for refusing to talk about what happened (a reference to Bea’s death).