The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Content Warning: This section discusses racism and death by suicide.

The Chin family come to Orcas Island, and Inara shows them the entire property. Inara struggles with telling Daniel about her father calling in the loan. As she watches them explore, it occurs to her that Daniel’s mother is a chef and could potentially be in a financial position to partner with her and rescue the hotel. 

Margaret, Daniel’s mother, is excited initially, but Inara feels the need to tell them the whole truth before agreeing to anything. As she speaks, Daniel turns steely and his mother expresses her disappointment, leaving them to talk. Daniel ends their relationship because Inara lied to him. She asks what she should have done, since she was trying to protect her family. He tells her she should have owned her family’s history and apologized to the victims’ descendants. Inara desperately misses her mother as she stands alone in the unfinished hotel.

After Daniel and his family leave, Inara lists the estate for sale. She spends every day going to the beach, waiting for the estate to sell. She gets a phone call from her brother while at the beach. Her father has had a heart attack and he’s likely to die that night.