After Detective Stark drops Molly at home, Molly compulsively cleans her apartment, avoiding Gran’s diary until a wave of grief pushes her into Gran’s preserved bedroom. Speaking aloud to Gran about whether to sell the Fabergé egg and her fears of danger, Molly imagines Gran’s advice: “Turn the page. Start a new chapter.”

Juan arrives home worried and comforts Molly. They update each other: Molly reports that Brown and Beagle said stolen art sometimes reappears and that she might not be in danger, while Juan shares that coworkers miss Molly and that Cheryl unexpectedly apologized for eating his marzipan, which both find suspicious. They discuss unresolved pressures—the wedding plans and the looming condo conversion—and Molly’s uncertainty about selling the egg despite the Bees’ urging.

They share dinner, watch a wildlife documentary, and Juan heads to bed. Restless, Molly retrieves Gran’s diary, unlocks it, and begins to read. As she moves through the entries, she sees Flora Gray’s life unfold: her parents, the manor, and the crucial role of Mrs. Mead, whom Molly recognizes as a surrogate mother to Gran much like Gran was to Molly. The recognition brings Molly to tears as she makes tea in Gran’s favorite cottage-patterned cup, which she now realizes symbolized Mrs. Mead’s home.

Molly returns to the sofa under Gran’s quilt and continues reading through the night. She reflects on John Preston—Mr. Preston—as Gran’s enduring love and loss, and on the lessons threaded through the diary: caution about desires, the false allure of wealth, and the primacy of love. The entries make Flora vivid and explain Gran’s choices and teachings, aligning the past with Molly’s present.

By dawn, Molly finishes the diary, feeling closer to Gran than ever. Juan finds her at 5:00 a.m., clutching the diary and tearful but resolute. When he asks what she has learned, Molly declares that she now understands who she and Gran truly are and, crucially, asserts that she knows who took the Fabergé egg and who might have returned it.