Molly returns to her apartment, secures the door, and resumes her nightly cleaning routine, invoking Gran’s sayings and the structured schedule they once shared. She avoids entering Gran’s room, mops meticulously, and lets memories surface of life with Gran, their shared Columbo rituals, and the belief that cleanliness leads to a clean conscience.

She recalls Gran’s years as a domestic maid for the wealthy Coldwell family and the savings they called the “Fabergé.” Gran encouraged work, thrift, and routine. Through a doorman, Mr. Preston, Molly interviewed with Mr. Snow at the Regency Grand and began as a maid, later being accepted into a community college hospitality program.

At orientation Molly met Wilbur Brown. Their relationship seemed harmless until Wilbur shoplifted and later watched her enter Gran’s bank PIN, then vanished. Molly discovered the Fabergé account had been drained. She hid the theft from Gran to spare her, shelving college plans and focusing on work.

As Gran’s health declined, doctors diagnosed pancreatic cancer. Gran chose palliative care at home and asked never to go to the hospital. Molly increased her shifts to pay for rent, medications, and groceries, quietly negotiating with landlord Mr. Rosso while reading college brochures aloud to comfort Gran.

Back in the present, as Molly stands with Gran’s serenity pillow, Mr. Snow calls. He explains that news of Mr. Black’s death has distressed staff and that Cheryl claims “extreme trauma” and won’t come in. Despite it being her day off after a grueling day, Molly agrees to cover the day shift, reaffirming her reliability and resolve.