The next morning, Jeremy suggests putting a lock on the outside of Lowen’s door. She agrees. Lowen struggles to work for the rest of the day and decides to read another chapter of Verity’s manuscript.

Six months after the twins’ birth, Verity still grapples with her jealousy. She contemplates running away, but she does not want to live without Jeremy. She has a dream one evening of Harper smothering Chastin and is overcome with heartache. Verity finally feels connected to one of the babies. Convinced that her dream is a premonition, Verity attempts to kill Harper by forcing her to choke on her own vomit. Jeremy enters and stops her before she is successful.

Horrified, Lowen skims the remaining chapters of Verity’s manuscript. She sees that Verity excludes any mention of Harper in the future chapters and focuses only on Chastin. Lowen has dinner with Jeremy later that evening. They watch a meteor shower in the backyard. Lowen learns of Jeremy’s childhood growing up on a farm and about Verity’s estranged relationship with her religious family. As they continue watching meteors, Jeremy asks Lowen for her opinion over whether to place Crew in therapy. Lowen shares her own positive experiences with therapy following her sleepwalking incident at age 10.