Bree ignores texts from Order members, eventually blocking her new friends’ numbers. She also takes off Nick’s Page-coin necklace. Trying to blend in like her mom, Bree studies and spends time with Alice. Patricia calls her dad, ending their therapy and recommending someone else.

After a week of laying low, Bree tells Alice she’s not going to the Gala because she is leaving the secret society. Alice unsuccessfully tries to convince her to go. Bree misses her dad and Nick, and the next morning her dad is at her dorm to meet for breakfast; Alice called him.

Bree’s dad, a mechanic and manager of his shop, takes her to Waffle House. He thinks Bree’s sudden study habits are inspired by the Dean. Bree asks her dad about her maternal grandma; she died of cancer and her dad didn’t know much about her. Bree’s dad offers his support of her being in Early College and shows her a prayer her mom wrote in her Bible about Bree. Her dad gives her a jewelry box Bree knows holds her mom’s favorite charm bracelet. He encourages Bree to follow her heart, saying her mom would have wanted it that way.