Millie hurries Enzo into dressing up for dinner at 12 Locust Street, warming a store-bought apple pie to pass as homemade while Nico complains about having to attend. When they arrive slightly late, an older, stern woman named Martha answers the door and fixes Millie with an unsettling stare before Suzette Lowell sweeps in, polished and delighted.

Suzette introduces Martha as help who works two days a week and repeatedly offers drinks through her. Suzette compliments the children and then suggests Martha could clean for Millie too, with Martha immediately naming a Thursday-morning slot. Millie stalls, uncomfortable with both the offer and Martha’s intense focus, and then Suzette mocks the pie’s appearance as they move into the expansive, renovated living room.

As Suzette shows off the house, she explains the three Locust homes were once farm buildings: 12 Locust as the main house, 13 Locust as servant quarters, and Millie’s 11 Locust as the animal shelter. Millie is rattled by the implication, while Nico finds it amusing.

Jonathan Lowell comes downstairs and greets the family warmly, striking Millie as genuine and easygoing. Millie reads the couple’s dynamics and sees no obvious power play from Jonathan, but when Suzette bluntly declares they are happily childfree, Millie notices Jonathan’s briefly morose expression.

When Suzette mentions their massive backyard, Enzo pitches his landscaping business as he tries to build local clients. Suzette turns the conversation flirtatious, touching Enzo’s arm and implying he could do “anything,” lingering too long. Millie tells herself it is harmless—Jonathan appears unbothered—but Millie cannot quite believe it.