Maggie calls Daisy and arranges to go blackberry picking with her. Daisy instructs Maggie to come in the back door when she arrives but later calls to cancel their meeting. That night, Claude comes to the house with a torn shirt and a wound on his head. He saw Daisy at the bootlegger with another man, and when Claude questioned her activities, Daisy attacked him. On another occasion, when he objected to her going out drinking, Daisy held a gun to Claude’s head. Although Maggie and Hubert are upset, Claude says if Daisy wanted to do him real harm, she would have done so already.

Claude, believing Daisy is sorry, decides to return to her house. Maggie calls Daisy, who says that Claude apologized for making her mad. They arrange to go blackberry picking the next day, but Daisy asks that Maggie not tell anyone about it. Daisy admits she was ready to make Claude cut all ties with his family, and Maggie feels murderous.

Maggie has never been the type to hurt someone, not even the kids who picked on her at school, but she sees killing Daisy as the only way to protect her son. She is convinced Claude is not a healthy love and he is looking for a way to leave Daisy.