After visiting the cemetery where Danny, Poppy, and Olivia’s grandparents are buried, Olivia phoned Tom from the car. Tom said their recent conversations felt evasive, which worried Olivia; she resolved to be more careful to avoid revealing job-related secrets.

That evening, Alma told Olivia that Vincent needed help. Olivia went to Vincent’s study, where he asked her to review his email for anything important. When prompted for a password, Vincent revealed it was “Rebecca,” Olivia’s mother’s middle name, and reflected that he could not erase the past and that Olivia’s mother was the best thing that ever happened to him. Olivia began cleaning the inbox, declined a keynote on Vincent’s behalf, and then noticed an email thread from John Calder.

Later, alone after midnight, Olivia logged into Vincent’s email from her own laptop. She read Calder’s March 12 message saying he’d heard about a memoir at Monarch and wanted to pitch for it, with a brief follow-up asking for a reply. Without telling Vincent or Tom, Olivia responded from Vincent’s account: “Tell me what you have in mind.” She feared Monarch might be setting her up to fail and potentially reclaim the project, risking her advance.

Unable to sleep and reluctant to confide in Tom, Olivia turned to work, re-listening to a recorded conversation with Vincent about his relationship with Lydia in 1975. Vincent admitted he used to wait on Lydia’s porch after track to verify her whereabouts, driven by insecurity, and said Lydia sometimes lied to avoid provoking his jealousy, particularly about time spent training with Mr. Stewart.

When Olivia pressed that the memoir needed vulnerability, Vincent abruptly snapped, “You’re the liar, Lydia, not me,” conflating Olivia with Lydia and ending the exchange. The outburst highlighted Vincent’s volatility and blurred perception, while the story underscored his surveillance and jealousy during that period.