In solitary time mislabeled as the Emotional Garden, Rosabelle sat barefoot amid plants while Agatha interrogated her about Leon’s ransacked room. Agatha claimed Rosabelle had motive and threatened to petition for her removal to a high-security prison, stressing the scarcity of access to the facility and accusing Rosabelle of having already killed someone and then raiding his room. Rosabelle repeatedly denied responsibility and showed little interest in the program’s rules, refusing to write in her assigned journal.

While Agatha berated her, Rosabelle mentally withdrew, observing the space and sorting her internal dossier on people in the facility. She considered the possibility that someone searched Leon’s room for a vial and weighed two scenarios: Leon as a double agent or an unwitting caretaker. She judged the first unlikely given his instability, and she also considered the ransacking could be unrelated domestic conflict.

Rosabelle’s assessment highlighted James as the key figure: her potential mark to infiltrate the Anderson family, dangerous and not to be underestimated. She contrasted that strategic clarity with a sudden flare of fear at the thought, which Agatha misread as remorse for Leon.

Rosabelle then recounted the moment after the cafeteria attack: James calmly approached Leon, spoke to him reassuringly, and physically healed his neck wound until Leon stopped convulsing and fell asleep. Medics arrived, and James explained Leon had passed out and needed recovery. Afterward, James asked Rosabelle if she was okay, a question that unexpectedly disarmed her.

Agatha’s continued snapping pulled Rosabelle into dissociative memories involving her sister, Clara, recalling obsessive handwashing and Clara’s pleas for her to read to her. The present snapped back when the Emotional Garden door slammed open.

The chapter closed with James rushing into the room, interrupting Agatha’s interrogation and Rosabelle’s spiraling thoughts.