Grayson, along with his sis­ters Savan­nah and Gigi, arrives at Kim­ber­ly Wright’s home—their estranged aunt—after obtain­ing her address with ease. Nash and Xan­der wait out­side, giv­ing Grayson space to con­front this famil­ial encounter alone. As they approach the mod­est yel­low house with barred win­dows, Grayson reflects on his grow­ing accep­tance of the twins as his sis­ters, despite lin­ger­ing doubts about their bond. The trio is greet­ed by Kim­ber­ly, a brusque woman in a bathrobe, and her over­weight dachs­hund, Cin­na­mon. Kim­ber­ly imme­di­ate­ly rec­og­nizes their resem­blance to her broth­er, hint­ing at the unre­solved ten­sion sur­round­ing their father.

Inside the clut­tered den, Gigi’s forced cheer­ful­ness masks deep­er emo­tions, while Savan­nah remains com­posed. Kim­ber­ly observes Gigi’s resem­blance to her broth­er, Shep (lat­er known as Sheffield Grayson), stir­ring mixed feel­ings in Grayson. The con­ver­sa­tion turns somber as Savan­nah reveals their father’s dis­ap­pear­ance, clar­i­fy­ing he aban­doned the fam­i­ly vol­un­tar­i­ly. Kim­ber­ly reacts with shock, ques­tion­ing why the police weren’t involved, but Gigi insists their father chose to leave. Grayson notes Gigi’s pain, remind­ing him­self of his role in main­tain­ing this nar­ra­tive to pro­tect the twins from dark­er truths.

Kim­ber­ly shares a framed pho­to of Shep as a teenag­er with his younger half-broth­er, Col­in, offer­ing a glimpse into their father’s past. She recounts how Shep lived with her after their mother’s death, car­ing for Col­in while she worked. Grayson focus­es on the name “Shep,” avoid­ing deep­er scruti­ny of the pho­to. Kim­ber­ly reveals Shep dis­tanced him­self after col­lege, aban­don­ing his roots and adopt­ing a new iden­ti­ty. Her bit­ter­ness is pal­pa­ble as she describes his neglect of her fam­i­ly, though he remained close to Col­in. This rev­e­la­tion adds lay­ers to Grayson’s under­stand­ing of his father’s frac­tured rela­tion­ships.

The chap­ter under­scores Grayson’s inter­nal con­flict as he nav­i­gates new­found fam­i­ly ties and the weight of his father’s secrets. Kimberly’s can­did sto­ry­telling forces the sib­lings to con­front their father’s flaws and the impact of his choic­es. Grayson’s pro­tec­tive instincts toward Gigi and Savan­nah clash with his own unre­solved emo­tions. The vis­it leaves them with more ques­tions than answers, high­light­ing the com­plex­i­ty of fam­i­ly bonds and the lin­ger­ing scars of aban­don­ment. The chap­ter clos­es with a sense of unfin­ished busi­ness, set­ting the stage for fur­ther rev­e­la­tions.