Outside their house, Nina spoke to Nick Radcliffe through his car window, laughing and inviting him in. Nick declined, citing work on a Sunday, and suggested taking Nina out or even away for nights, explaining a recent “busy stretch.” After a tender goodbye kiss, Nina returned inside looking relieved.

Ash, who had hoped Nick might disappear after a week of silence, asked Nina what Nick wanted and pressed about his absence. Nina repeated Nick’s explanation that work at the bar had kept him busy. Ash challenged this, saying her friend Lana had visited the bar and staff did not know Nick, implying he might not work there.

Ash then presented a screenshot of an old web page for “Justin Warshaw,” a life coach whose photo matched Nick, pointing out a wedding ring and mentioning a source who said he lived with a wife and two young daughters at the time. Nina downplayed the ring as connected to Ruth and framed Nick’s past as a colorful career, but asked Ash what was really going on.

Becoming emotional, Ash insisted she was grieving but lucid, that something felt off about Nick, and that she wanted to protect Nina and Paddy’s legacy. She urged Nina to show Nick the screenshot and to insist on visiting his wine bar to test his reactions.

Nina agreed to ask Nick about the screenshot and the bar visit, saying there would likely be a benign explanation given his dramatic, trauma-filled past. Ash accepted the possibility while remaining wary, and she sent Nina the image to use in the conversation.