At the hospital, Millie is assigned to help discharge Mrs. Green, a ninety-one-year-old patient recovering from a mild heart attack. Millie quickly realizes Mrs. Green is confused, hard of hearing, and anxious about cleanliness, repeatedly mistaking Millie for someone there to do chores.

Trying to build trust, Millie starts folding Mrs. Green’s nightgowns. Mrs. Green abruptly panics and accuses Millie of stealing, hitting the nurse call button and yelling for the police. The nurse supervisor, Donna, rushes in as Mrs. Green continues screaming and Millie stands with her hands up, terrified of being believed.

Donna calms Mrs. Green by distracting her with television, then checks on Millie outside the room. Although Donna treats the incident as a dementia-related outburst, Millie spirals because of Millie’s history: as a teenager, Millie killed a boy while stopping him from raping Millie’s best friend, was convicted of manslaughter, and served ten years in prison.

Overwhelmed by fear that others will judge Millie by Millie’s record, Millie nearly collapses at the nurses’ station. Donna sits Millie down, takes Millie’s blood pressure, and is alarmed by how high it is, urging Millie to contact a doctor.

Millie dismisses the warning as stress from the recent move and ongoing anxiety, including being woken again by unexplained scraping sounds in the house. Millie decides the blood pressure will improve once life “settles down,” even as the unease continues.