Joy tries to discourage Feyi from staying in the house while Nasir is gone. Feyi assures her that she will be mostly alone. Feyi confesses that in Alim she feels she has a friend whom she can talk to about Jonah and who makes her feel less alone. When Feyi goes to help Nasir pack, she finds his trip has been moved up. He has forgotten about her commission, but when she reminds him, he tells her congratulations and hugs her goodbye. At midday, she goes for a swim. She fantasizes about Alim finding her until she remembers him dancing with Rebecca. She takes her sketchbook to the kitchen. Alim comes in and asks if she is sleeping better and if she has eaten. She offers to make something, and he jokes he does not want food poisoning. He calls her “sweetness,” which turns her on. When she begins to cut the vegetables, he says she is not doing it right, so he goes behind her and puts his arms around her to show her. She feels his breath on her neck and drops the knife. He begins to kiss her neck, and then she turns and kisses him.