Millie runs a grocery errand under Nina’s new regime of micromanagement, texting photos of specific brands and waiting for slow approvals. The task drags as Nina changes requests from sourdough to brioche to French bread, which Millie finally secures.

While shopping, Millie notices a heavyset man watching her. As she waits on Nina’s texts, Millie reflects on her feelings for Andrew and how Nina’s public revelation of her prison history has driven Andrew away.

At checkout, the watcher grabs her shoulder, identifies himself as supermarket security, and escorts her to an office. He says a customer reported she was shoplifting. Millie, terrified of a parole violation and suspecting Nina would benefit from such an arrest, watches as he matches every item to her receipt.

Everything checks out; the guard apologizes and mentions a phone call describing her and warning of theft. Millie leaves shaken, convinced Nina engineered the false tip, and anticipates that the harassment is only escalating.