Yara spends Thanksgiving cuddled up at home with her daughters, feeling anxious and constantly battling intrusive thoughts.
When the girls sense her distraction, they invite her to play, pulling her away from her ruminations.
On her first day back after the break, Silas enters Yara's office, asking for her help to create a photo tutorial for his cooking class.
Yara agrees to assist Silas and ends up following him to the campus kitchen to shoot his tutorial.
In the kitchen, she sets up the tripod and camera to record the video and take still photos for his class.
As Silas begins the tutorial on making French macarons, Yara takes photographs and manages the video recording.
During a break, Yara and Silas discuss their personal histories, including their connections to their grandmothers and their cooking experiences.
Silas shares his own childhood experiences of being teased and reveals that he struggled with his identity as a gay man, even marrying a woman and having a daughter before coming to terms with his sexuality.
Yara relates to Silas's feelings of being an outsider and feels comforted that he eventually found his true self.
They discuss the importance of their cultural foods and memories of their grandparents in maintaining connections to their heritage.
Silas expresses the importance of being true to oneself for his daughter's sake, and Yara empathizes with his past struggles.
The chapter ends with Yara tasting one of the macarons Silas has made and feeling a connection to the joy and authenticity he demonstrates in his cooking and his life.
Yara is puzzled by her own ease of conversation with Silas, considering her struggles to open up even with her therapist, William.
She confides in Silas about her difficulties fitting into her family's expectations and wonders if she has truly forged her own path.