Nick drives aimlessly from Nina’s house and ends up at Jessie’s seaside apartment in Hastings. Presenting himself as "André," he fabricates a story about his mother’s decline, homelessness, and needing only a short stay until a friend’s flat becomes available. He frames their relationship as friendship to trigger Jessie’s desire to help, and she reluctantly agrees on the condition that he remain discreet with neighbors.

Alone in the spare room, Nick seethes. He fixates on how Martha could have found Nina’s house, recalling the dog tracker he previously discovered in his car and destroyed, and worries Martha may have followed him and suspected an affair. He blames Martha for jeopardizing his plans and laments his dire finances and lack of options, spiraling into anger and tears.

Jessie hears him crying and offers a hug, reassuring him he will recover. Nick clings to her, taking comfort. Over an unremarkable lasagna and wine, Jessie talks about her distant adult children; Nick outwardly consoles her while inwardly fantasizing about accessing her money to escape both Martha and Nina and start over.

After dinner, Nick tidies up to ingratiate himself and goes for a walk in the cold night, obsessing over Martha’s visit to Nina and her silence since. His agitation escalates until he notices a young woman ahead of him. He deliberately follows at a calculated distance to unnerve her, closes in to invade her personal space, inhales her scent, and moves past, leaving her frightened and uncertain.

Feeling empowered and calmer after the encounter, Nick buys a pint at a pub, drinks it slowly, and then returns to Jessie’s flat and the spare room, resolved to regroup under her roof.