Content Warning: This section includes discussion of animal cruelty, graphic violence, racism, and child death.

Avery contemplates how hard it is to declare what she wants in life. She is usually not afraid to speak up, but she is reluctant to tell her parents that she wants to study psychology. Her parents will think that she has a responsibility to her family legacy. Avery reflects on that last night with Henry and reflects that she and Ebby might have been friends.

Ed talks to Soh. He reflects on the fact that his colleague, Tucker, was interested in the jar and wonders if Tucker might have said something to someone who decided to commit robbery. Ed confesses that he got insurance money for the jar but never told Soh about it. He shows her the piece of wood with the X that always sat in Old Mo.

It is the year 2000. The robbers have always been careful planners. No one is supposed to be at the house. This is supposed to be their last job as the guy who hired them is close to the insurance industry. They force the boy to show them the jar, but when he shouts at them, one of them is frightened into firing a weapon.