Vicky calls Christian in a panic and asks to meet somewhere besides his office. At his condominium, she tells him that she has discovered Simon’s diary and his affair, and that he is planning to divorce her. She and Christian will lose all the money. Christian reads the green notebook and thinks that Lauren is a con artist, like him. He tells Vicky not to panic and that he will help her think of a plan. He asks her to look for the burner phones. After she leaves, he calls Gavin to ask for help.

Christian tells Gavin everything, using names instead of the usual number aliases he gives his mistresses. Gavin comes up with two scenarios that Christian dislikes: injuring Simon so that he is out of commission until after November 3, or coming between Lauren and Simon. After Gavin agrees that neither plan is practical, he asks Christian how badly he wants the money and what he would do for $20 million.

Vicky meets Christian at his apartment, and he dramatically announces to her that they might need to kill Lauren. She is secretly relieved that he came up with the idea but thinks it is ridiculous that it took him six hours to think of it.