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It is the morning after the barbecue, and Clementine is at the hospital. She longs for a moment of relief where she and Sam will reconnect, glad their daughter is okay, but that reconciliation doesn’t happen.
Dakota, wrapped up in her guilt, sees her father smash up the fountain with a crowbar and is terrified by his actions.
Back in the present, Tiffany brings her daughter and Vid to see Ruby, even though she knows Clementine and Sam don’t want to see them. The visit helps them and Clementine move through some of their guilt about the events of that night.
Clementine’s mother, Pam, holds a celebratory dinner for Erika and Oliver because they are the heroes who saved Ruby. However, she invites Erika’s mother, Sylvia, who makes things difficult for everyone. Sylvia is known for “her outlandish comments, her meandering stories, and snarky, sly little digs.” Sylvia instigates, and Sam explodes and has to leave the dinner.
Tiffany runs into the wife of the man from her past and discovers that they’re moving to Dubai.
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