At Molly’s apartment, Charlotte pursues leads by phone while Mr. Preston arranges contact with Juan Manuel, believing he holds missing pieces. Despite Molly’s anxiety, Juan Manuel arrives, reassured by Charlotte’s representation, and the four gather over food he brought from the hotel.

After brief pleasantries, Charlotte prompts Juan Manuel to explain. He admits Rodney manipulated his expired work-permit crisis, funneled him to a bogus lawyer, drained his savings, and then coerced him into nightly drug work. Using hotel rooms opened with Molly’s keycards and a bag Molly unknowingly placed for him, Juan Manuel processed cocaine under Rodney’s orders.

Juan Manuel details escalating threats: Rodney’s men beat and burned him to keep him compliant and threatened to kill his family in Mazatlán. Molly recognizes the truth in his account and acknowledges how she was unknowingly drawn into the scheme.

Pressed about links to Charles Black, Juan Manuel recounts Rodney delivering stacks of fresh cash for meetings with Black and returning once with a cigar burn like Juan Manuel’s, implying Black’s involvement in punishment. He then shows a photo of Rodney and Giselle kissing at the hotel, revealing their secret relationship.

Charlotte concludes that Rodney and Giselle had strong motives against Charles Black, though Molly insists Giselle did not kill him. Seeing a path forward, Mr. Preston proposes that they work together on a careful plan to outsmart those responsible and prove Molly’s innocence.