In this chap­ter of “The Last One at the Wed­ding,” Frank Sza­tows­ki arrives at Bea­con Tow­er to vis­it his daugh­ter, Mag­gie. Pack­ing only an overnight bag in hopes of a warm reunion, his expec­ta­tions feel mis­guid­ed. As he enters the lob­by, he is greet­ed pleas­ant­ly by Olivia, the recep­tion­ist, and he moves to the pent­house where Mag­gie awaits, daz­zling in a new gown. How­ev­er, he imme­di­ate­ly sens­es a change in the atmos­phere, per­ceiv­ing that friends like Errol Gard­ner and Ger­ry Levin­son have gath­ered for a more pres­sur­ized con­ver­sa­tion than he antic­i­pat­ed.

Mag­gie intro­duces Frank to her guests, pre­sent­ing a facade of nor­mal­cy, despite evi­dent ten­sions run­ning beneath the sur­face. The group hints at com­pli­cat­ed, unset­tling mat­ters regard­ing a map Frank had found and brought with him; it seems the map holds secrets that could impact their lives. Con­ver­sa­tion turns and con­firms sus­pi­cions that Frank’s fam­i­ly ties bind them all in a shared dilem­ma cen­tered on a young girl named Abi­gail Grimm—who was inci­den­tal­ly the one to dis­cov­er the map. The adults express con­cern about her safe­ty, reveal­ing that the dis­cov­ery of this infor­ma­tion could have seri­ous con­se­quences.

As ten­sions rise among the group, Frank attempts to pro­tect Abi­gail, assert­ing the need for her safe­ty, but grap­pling with his inad­e­qua­cy as a father to Mag­gie. Amidst the increas­ing pres­sure, Frank real­izes he has inad­ver­tent­ly become entan­gled in dan­ger­ous dynam­ics, as Mag­gie seems resigned to the neces­si­ty of a harsh deci­sion regard­ing Abi­gail’s fate.

In a des­per­ate move, Frank com­mu­ni­cates with his sis­ter Tam­my to warn her, urg­ing her to evac­u­ate Abi­gail from their home. While the sit­u­a­tion spi­rals, Frank’s emo­tions surge, con­front­ed by regret and the rapid unfold­ing dan­ger around him. He recalls Mag­gie’s child­hood inno­cence, ampli­fy­ing the painful recog­ni­tion of their strained rela­tion­ship. Ulti­mate­ly, when con­flict erupts dur­ing a high-stakes moment, Frank seizes an oppor­tu­ni­ty to escape, tear­ing through the build­ing’s stair­well amidst chaos.

As Frank push­es out­side, he expe­ri­ences an array of over­whelm­ing feelings—the sirens and con­fu­sion envel­op him. The chap­ter cul­mi­nates with Frank evad­ing cap­ture, leav­ing him both phys­i­cal­ly sep­a­rat­ed from his daugh­ter and emo­tion­al­ly dis­tanced from the fam­i­ly struc­ture he des­per­ate­ly wish­es to pro­tect.