to bed. Jed hears her sobs and comforts her, letting her stay up with them. When Bunny hangs out an open window next to Nell, the troubled woman fights with an urge to push her out. Jed snatches Bunny away, but the incident is witnessed by long-term hotel resident (and notorious busybody) Emma Ballew. Out of Jed's earshot, Nell threatens Bunny, putting her back to bed. Jarred by events and Nell's roller-coaster swings, Jed's thoughts return to Lyn. Nell begs him not to leave. As he is fending off a kiss from her, Jed sees the telltale scars of slashing on her wrists. Nell confesses that after Philip died she tried to kill herself with a razor. When Eddie checks up on Nell after his shift is over, Nell shoos Jed into the bathroom and quickly tidies the room. Irate that Nell is still wearing Ruth's things, Eddie orders her to change clothes, then harshly rubs off her lipstick. This enrages Nell, who accuses Eddie of being just like her repressive parents. Then, when he suspects there is someone in the bathroom, she hits him over the head with a heavy ashtray. While Jed tends to Eddie, Nell slips into Bunny's room. A prying Emma Ballew knocks on the door, accompanied by her reluctant husband. Fearing desperately for his job, Eddie urges Jed to hide while he slips into the closet. Jed sneaks into Bunny's room, not noticing, in the dark, that the child is now bound and gagged; he slips away down the hall, but the Ballews see him and assume he was an intruder in Nell's room. Nell plays along as a victim, they alert the hotel detective, and a chase is on. She is now so deluded that she believes Jed is Philip. Locking Eddie in, she again goes into Bunny's room. At the bar, Jed tells Lyn about Nell. She is pleasantly surprised by his concern. Suddenly realizing that he saw Bunny on the wrong bed, Jed rushes back up. Anxious to simply check on her daughter, Ruth Jones arrives first, and screams when she enters Bunny's room. The women grapple. Jed pulls Nell away and unties Bunny, but Nell slips away in the confusion when the detective arrives. Eddie explains that Nell had spent the previous three years in a mental institution following her suicide attempt, but was supposed to have been cured. In the