Junior narrated his intense arousal during the live show, noting how the experience made him feel alive after years of emotional numbness from his work. He focused more on Lauren than the stage, observing her visible excitement while he struggled to control his urges and avoid hurting her. He also registered the surrounding audience’s sexual activity as the onstage couple, identified as Morgan and Steph, moved to the bed and had sex while interacting openly with the crowd.

Junior realized Morgan and Steph were married, challenging his assumptions about relationships and public sex. The performance culminated with Steph asking for Morgan to finish on her chest, followed by audience applause and clean-up beginning. In that distraction, Lauren left her seat and tried to slip away, prompting Junior to follow.

In the dim hallway, Junior pursued Lauren, noting she did not run toward the main crowd but toward an exit. He called after her to run, letting her get ahead before catching the exit door with his boot. In the stairwell, he grabbed her, covered her mouth to stop her scream, and pinned her against the wall, admitting he wanted her alone and recognizing her arousal as she pressed back against him.

Junior apologized, removed his hand when Lauren indicated she would not scream, and listened as Lauren angrily detailed how his past actions had ruined her life—she lost friends, was labeled crazy, and had to change schools. Junior said he believed he had been protecting her at the time and offered to make amends in any way she wanted, even by repeating past retaliations.

When Lauren questioned him, Junior revealed he had orchestrated violent and criminal reprisals back then: he beat Principal Michaels, causing a hospitalization, and planted drugs on Kelly, leading to charges. Lauren, disturbed, said she did not want anyone hurt on her account, and rejected public confessions as well. Pressed on what she did want, Lauren told Junior she wanted him to grovel.

Junior’s pride and temper flared, but he forced himself to confront his patterns of control and avoidance. He resolved that if he truly intended to be with Lauren and escape his father’s world, he needed to commit and accept consequences for past harm. Acknowledging Lauren as his first love and believing he owed her, he turned her to face the wall, whispered that this was only for her, and dropped to his knees to grovel.