Whitney met Elijah in the park, noting his paranoia about phones and sensing he wanted to see her. She told Elijah she believed Blake was cheating on her, which Elijah called foolish on Blake's part. Whitney felt hurt but had already acted: the previous night she copied Blake's client records from a backup flash drive in his briefcase onto her own drive, intending to sell them to competitors to ruin Blake's career.

Whitney asked Elijah about the waitress using her name. Elijah reported that the woman was using Whitney's name and Social Security number; her real name was Amanda Lenhart, a former PhD candidate in biology. Elijah found no criminal charges against Amanda and speculated she might be hiding from someone, though he lacked specifics.

Whitney reacted with intense rage at the identity theft, viewing it as a deep violation regardless of possible reasons Amanda might have had. She weighed her anger at Blake against her anger at Amanda and concluded both deserved punishment. She fiddled with her engagement ring, anticipating she would soon return it to Blake for good, and conceived a plan to punish both Blake and Amanda while avoiding repercussions herself.

Whitney decided to delay breaking up with Blake to set her plan in motion. She contemplated killing Amanda to reclaim her name, thinking, "once Whitney/Amanda is dead, I can take my name back." She then asked Elijah for help with “one more thing,” and he eagerly agreed, as she resolved to teach both Blake and Amanda a lesson.