Even brother-in-law Michael, who secretly financed her cash nest-egg for years which she now demands, ignores Christy's wish to keep Ben from his kids, allowing him to take Abby to the Christmastide fireworks. He lets Jess come along, but she blocks her out and spoils it by dropping and breaking her smartphone. Ben gets back into bed with Jess, but afterward discovers her addiction to pills which render her occasionally erratic and violent, and finds proof she was in the Woods on the fatal night and lost a baby earlier. Cornell also finds new evidence, despite bullying the lab, indicating Tom's killer must be female.
—KGF Vissers