Bela, Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth spend the day driving around Goblin looking for anyone who might understand what is happening to them. They question a gift-shop worker, a psychic, and people in headshops and lounges, and they pass the overgrown remains of the Hedges, but nobody can tell them anything useful. Because the search fails, the adults grow more strained and irritable; Mommy and Daddo argue, Grandma looks rushed and worn out, and Bela feels the family coming apart.

When night and heavy rain arrive, the family is left standing outside a closed bakery with no plan. Their desperation forces them to rely on Ruth, who calls her friend Evelyn, a woman living at the edge of Goblin, and secures a place for them to stay. Ruth immediately tells everyone to keep quiet about the haunting because she does not know how Evelyn would react to the truth.

At Evelyn's huge house, Evelyn welcomes them warmly and shows them several bedrooms upstairs. Bela is struck by the size of the house but also keeps noticing the closet doors, which makes the new place feel unsafe instead of comforting. Mommy and Daddo quietly agree that all four of them will sleep together in the room with two small beds, because they do not want Bela alone and do not want to explain their fear to Evelyn.

Downstairs, Evelyn offers frozen pizza, music, and drinks, and her easy hospitality briefly changes the family's mood. Mommy and Daddo begin joking again, share bourbon, and seem closer than they have in a long time, while Ruth relaxes enough to smile. Mommy also has a private moment with Bela, telling Bela she loves her and apologizing for being emotionally absent, which shows how guilty and overwhelmed Mommy has been.

Even as the adults settle into temporary relief, Bela cannot relax. Daddo becomes nostalgic and tipsy, talking about the confusion of childhood while rain hits the windows and the old house creaks around them. When Bela sees a woman coming down the dim hallway, Bela nearly panics before realizing it is only Evelyn, a moment that proves the fear has followed Bela into this house and that no shelter feels fully safe anymore.