Mary skips church with Bertie to sneak into Jake’s car and confront him about the article he wrote. He didn’t want to tell her about the article because he was writing about events that happened before she arrived at Nettleton, and he didn’t want to create a situation in which she would have to lie to Dr. Vogel about what she knew. Jake was not aware that Dr. Vogel’s brother-in-law was a partner at the steel mill. Mary tells him about her involvement with the bootlegging operation, and Jake becomes worried. He asks her to be careful and then asks her to come with him to New York because he doesn’t think that she is safe at Nettleton.

Mary says she has to free Lillian first. She is disgusted by Dr. Vogel and doesn’t want to stay for her. Jake proposes to Mary, and she is overcome with joy. However, it does not last long because Jake asks her to get carbon copies of Dr. Vogel’s alcohol records. Mary thinks that he just wants to be with her for the story. Still, she decides to seduce him in the car, and she feels in control for the first time as they have sex.