Back upstairs, Eve overhears Thomas and Paige arguing about Jenny hiding in the basement. Thomas insists that chasing Jenny will only make her hide longer, while Paige is alarmed that their daughter is alone in a strange house and blames the family’s move for Jenny’s recent behavior. Their conversation also reveals tension over a coming move to Minnesota, with Paige openly dreading it and Thomas trying to stay pragmatic.

While Eve worries about Charlie being late in the worsening snow, Charlie finally arrives with drinks. Eve clings to her in obvious relief, then awkwardly explains that Thomas and his family are touring the house where he grew up and are waiting for Jenny to come out of hiding. Charlie is initially more welcoming than Eve wants, even inviting the family to stay for dinner, but in private Eve admits that Thomas and Paige seem unnervingly calm about Jenny. Charlie promises that if Jenny is still missing by the end of dinner, she will force the issue.

As the storm intensifies outside, Paige helps with the meal while Thomas goes back downstairs to coax Jenny out. Eve studies Paige and senses both strictness and suppressed anger beneath her mild surface; she also notices a faded circular tattoo on Paige’s neck that faintly recalls the strange symbol Eve saw earlier. Newton proposes putting Jenny in a child harness to stop her from wandering off, and Kai mocks him, adding to the family’s uneasy dynamic.

At dinner, Thomas returns without Jenny, and the family’s divisions become clearer. Thomas offers a joking grace that Paige immediately overrides with a serious prayer, showing a gap between Paige’s devotion and Thomas’s apparent lack of belief. Conversation reveals that Thomas is moving the family east because he accepted a photography teaching job at a community college in Duluth. The meal then turns hostile when Paige questions Eve about marriage, religion, and whether Eve’s parents know about her relationship with Charlie; Charlie pushes back until Thomas stops Paige and the confrontation dies down.

A violent gust shakes the house, the lights flicker, and moments later Jenny suddenly appears in the kitchen, filthy from the basement and apologizing through tears. Thomas and Paige scold her, and the family decides to leave before the roads worsen. Jenny says she lost her flashlight pen in the basement, but Thomas refuses Eve’s offer to mail it later. In the foyer, Thomas does a final head count, refers to them as the Faust family, and leads everyone out into the storm.

Once the door closes, Eve feels immediate relief and watches the family disappear down the lane. Yet she cannot stop thinking about the unfinished question Thomas almost asked earlier about whether anything strange had ever happened in the house, and his reluctance to say more makes Eve take the possibility seriously. Before she can settle, Charlie checks her phone and learns that the storm has closed Kettle Creek Bridge, cutting off the only road in or out and sharply raising the stakes of the night.