The housewarming party is for a colleague of Dr. Upendra’s named Oliver. Oliver and his wife, Betty, live in a custom-built home in a nice neighborhood of the Charter, though not quite as upscale as Mister Leo and Miss Cathy’s lavish mansion. Oliver has just signed and completed the documents for a transfer of a patent he owned to a major pharmaceutical company. He is a blood specialist, dealing with cancer, and since the C-therapy industry is the number one richest and most powerful industry, this transaction will make Oliver an extremely wealthy man, even by Charter standards.

Vik acts a little strangely when they arrive and hands a pie to Betty; it is implied that perhaps the two had some secret affair. This awkwardness is quickly forgotten as they enter the party and enjoy some conversation with some of Vik’s colleagues. Vik introduces Fan as his niece-of-a-friend, and she is generally ignored by the party-goers. Oliver joins the group, bringing with him expensive champagne, and has his servants pour some for his friends. He looks at Fan strangely, the only person seemingly not believing Dr. Upendra’s story about her being the niece of a friend.