Daphne thinks back to her last Christmas with Julie and compares it to the exorbitant Christmases with Jackson. They open presents, including a necklace from Jackson engraved with “YMB” that he lies about and says were the initials of Daphne’s grandmother. Amber arrives and they exchange gifts. When Daphne opens a turtle statuette from Amber, she is filled with the feeling that Amber does not know her at all.

Daphne goes to the city for Meredith’s husband’s surprise birthday party. She puts on a dress that Jackson dislikes and meets him for drinks. He forces her to spill, making them late as they must go to the apartment to change. There, he forces her to have sex. At dinner, Jackson contradicts Daphne’s story by claiming she had a massage, embarrassing Daphne and hurting Meredith’s feelings.

Daphne reflects on first meeting Amber and their fast friendship, admitting that she probably was too quick to accept the woman into her life. In exchange for securing Daphne a job with Jackson’s firm, he forces her to cancel plans with her mother, demanding she say hurtful things as part of the deal.