Kat reveals how Meg’s tip and Nate’s crime changed the trajectory of her life, as she shifted away from real journalism into writing fluff pieces to pay the bills. She knows she’s a stereotype: a bitter want-to-be novelist stuck in a mind-draining job writing pieces for content mills. She blames Meg for ruining her life and has spent a lot of time investigating her, including asking Meg’s former neighbor what transpired at her childhood home. To compound her troubles, Kat’s fiancé, Scott, has a history of gambling that has made her want to postpone the wedding.

Kat, under the false name Kat Reynolds, decides to try to con Meg by pretending to have gotten Meg’s name from Ron Ashton and wanting to look at real estate. She lies and says her rich Aunt Calista left her a tremendous inheritance. Meg opens up to Kat about some of her honest wounds around her family house, and later, at a Japanese fusion restaurant, Kat asks Meg for her opinion about Ron, and they bond over the need to hold people accountable. On the drive back, Meg suggests Kat doesn’t seem actually interested in buying a house in Los Angeles, and Meg says that LA is too expensive.