Eve and Dom are on the fifth day of their seven-day honeymoon at Emerald Island in the Whitsundays, an "affordable luxury" resort. They lie together after sex, admiring the rose-gold ocean view through slatted doors. Eve reflects on their journey: after the delayed flight from Hobart to Sydney, they were too tired for sex on their wedding night, missed the hotel breakfast, and flew early to the island.

When they first arrived at their budget beach cabin, they were horrified by a low-tide view of slimy rocks and seaweed, damp carpet from steam cleaning, fruit flies hovering over an unwrapped fruit platter, and cheap sparkling wine with a visible price tag. Eve awkwardly tipped the resort worker ten dollars despite Dom's father's rule against tipping in Australia. However, the couple found humor in the absurdity and discovered the bed was incredible. They had sex for the first time as a married couple and slept for hours. When Eve woke, the tide had come in, revealing the stunning ocean view from the brochure photos.

The honeymoon has been wonderful overall—snorkeling, paddleboarding, cocktails with other honeymooners, hiking, and a couples massage they both hated. Dom, a newly qualified personal trainer, has given Eve workouts, though Eve worries he's too lenient with his middle-aged mum clients. Dom playfully suggests raiding the minibar—something both were forbidden from doing as children—and they share a chocolate bar and chips in bed.

Their conversation shifts when Eve admits she'd been thinking about choking (autoerotic asphyxiation) because their friends Liv and Riley are into it, but both Eve and Dom are relieved to discover neither wants to try it. Dom then asks if Eve is worried about the psychic lady's prediction from the plane. Eve dismisses it confidently, noting that her own father once bribed a tarot card reader to manipulate her mother, and insists all psychics are scammers. She jokes that she doesn't think Dom will murder her, referencing the prediction that she'll die from "intimate partner homicide" at age 25.

However, Dom grows serious. He reveals that in the middle of the night he remembered something that happened during a trip to a Huon Valley caravan park with friends Liv and Riley—something he did while they were all drinking red wine. Eve initially tries to laugh it off, insisting it was funny and meaningless, but Dom firmly disagrees. He says he's worried about it and insists it's not funny at all. The chapter ends on this ominous, unresolved note, with the specific incident left unnamed.