In the after­math of a trag­ic wed­ding, the cater­ing staff hur­ried­ly cleared the venue, encour­ag­ing guests to take home cen­ter­pieces as they sought to end the event and allow the fam­i­ly to grieve pri­vate­ly. Guests whis­pered about the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing Aidan’s death, often refer­ring to it as “a ter­ri­ble acci­dent.” While pre­tend­ing to express con­do­lences, they exchanged thoughts on Aidan’s trou­bled life, includ­ing his his­to­ry of ther­a­py and loss, reveal­ing their judg­ments rather than gen­uine empa­thy.

Frank, still in his tuxe­do, observed the depart­ing guests who avoid­ed eye con­tact, real­iz­ing that words failed to cap­ture the grav­i­ty of the sit­u­a­tion. One man, Arman­do Cas­ta­do, approached Frank with a busi­ness card and an offer to lis­ten any­time, to which Frank felt grate­ful yet resis­tant. He wor­ried about his daugh­ter, Mar­garet, who griev­ed away from him.

Recall­ing the hor­ri­fy­ing moment after the gun­shot, Frank vivid­ly described the base­ment where Aidan lay life­less, a scene burned into his mem­o­ry. He attempt­ed to call for help, but Hugo, a com­pan­ion, aggres­sive­ly pre­vent­ed him, ensur­ing silence in light of the sit­u­a­tion. When Hugo deemed it safe for oth­ers to enter, Errol and Ger­ry, both unsym­pa­thet­ic, con­front­ed the after­math with a chill­ing detach­ment, brain­storm­ing how to han­dle the fall­out while Frank clam­ored for answers regard­ing his own safe­ty in light of their actions.

Ger­ry out­lined a cov­er sto­ry: Aidan missed the wed­ding, and they found him deceased, ensur­ing no blame fell on any of them. Ten­sion rose as Frank ques­tioned the moral­i­ty behind their planned deceit. He could see how they avoid­ed account­abil­i­ty for their actions, lead­ing to Aidan’s trag­ic end.

Amid the chill­ing exchange, Errol casu­al­ly men­tioned his estrange­ment from Aidan, reveal­ing he had tak­en a DNA test years prior—confirming that Aidan wasn’t his bio­log­i­cal son. Errol showed lit­tle remorse, argu­ing he had finan­cial­ly sup­port­ed Aidan but neglect­ed emo­tion­al ties, fail­ing to explain his rejec­tion. As their con­ver­sa­tion con­clud­ed, Frank felt a pro­found real­iza­tion that Mag­gie was free of her ties to the fam­i­ly, reflect­ing his own intent to leave Osprey Cove behind, mir­ror­ing Aidan’s sev­ered con­nec­tions as he processed the haunt­ing and com­plex after­math of the wed­ding.