On the pier, Cameron tosses a mealy peach from Ethan’s expired groceries and appreciates the money he has saved by parking his camper in Ethan’s driveway. Looking out over Puget Sound, he dreams of living by the water but recalls Ethan’s warning that patrolman Mike would tow an overnight camper. After confirming his paycheck cleared, Cameron transfers the final repayment to Aunt Jeanne—with extra interest—and texts her a heart. Feeling generous, he buys digital albums from two jam bands and sends them to Ethan.

In the middle of the night, Aunt Jeanne calls, triggering Cameron’s fear because her last late call followed a serious injury. She’s fine but says he sent too much money, her slurred voice and Wally Perkins’s background comments suggesting she’s been drinking. Cameron explains the extra is interest; she says she never expected repayment.

Cameron proposes that once he collects what Simon Brinks owes him, he could use the money for a down payment on a house for Aunt Jeanne. She bristles, says she likes her trailer park, and urges him to keep the money to build his own life. Their argument escalates—Cameron insisting he was dealt a bad hand, Jeanne replying he still chooses how to play—while she pours more drinks and he paces in Ethan’s driveway.

Pressing about his origins, Cameron says she should have told him he came from Sowell Bay; Aunt Jeanne dismisses the value of that knowledge. When Cameron says he might have found his father sooner, she states, “That man is not your father,” arguing that Cameron’s mother would not have shut out a functional or present father. Cameron accuses his mother of letting people go; Jeanne counters that letting go can be the hardest thing. He ends the call with a lie about work, and Jeanne mentions that she and Wally will pass through Seattle before a cruise. Cameron hangs up and returns to bed, unsettled.