What, do you have ESP? Bec texts back. Literally meeting Beth and Jess now. Come join us!

Bec texts which coffee shop and Crystal smiles and sends a happy reply. She’s about to call up to Pam that she’s leaving for a bit when Savi screams.

Crystal drops her phone and sprints upstairs. She pushes her daughter’s door open and finds Pam on the floor, scooping at something. Strips of construction paper? Her eyes travel up to her daughter, whose hair is lopsided and hacked in an uneven bob.

“Savannah Isabelle Turner!” Crystal searches for the scissors. “What have you done?”

Savi looks at her feet. Pam’s arms are full of her daughter’s tangles and a pair of shears that she guiltily drops.

“Did you do this?” Crystal asks Pam. “Did you just cut off her hair?”

They are both eerily silent. “She asked me to,” Pam says. “But then she freaked out when I started, so…”

“Out.” Crystal points toward the door, and Pam rushes to collect the rest of the hair. Once Pam is in the bathroom across the hall, Crystal firmly shuts the door and crosses to the bed. She silences the urge to scream and instead motions for Savi to sit. “What happened?”

Savi stares at her lap and shrugs.

“No, Savi. I want to know now.”

“You always tell me it’s a rat’s nest. And I didn’t want to wash it.”

“So you asked Pam to cut it off?”

She nods. “So we wouldn’t argue anymore.”

Crystal listens to her logic, but knows the more likely scenario is that Savi started cutting her own hair, only to have Pam wrestle the scissors away, which caused Savi to scream. There’s no way in hell Pam would cut Savi’s hair without her permission. “Savi.” Her heart twists. She pulls her into a hug, and Savi begins to cry.

“I’m sorry.” Savi pulls away. “Do I look like a boy?” The reality of her rash decision clicks in her ten-year-old brain. The uneven bob will have to be straightened. Crystal thinks of where she can take her. “Come on. We’re going to the salon.”

Savi wipes her nose. “Really?”

“Yep. Get your shoes on and meet me downstairs.”

In the hall, Pam rushes toward her to explain, but Crystal cuts her off. “I’m taking her to the salon. We’ll talk when I get back.”

“I’m so sorry. I should have asked first.”

She doesn’t know why Pam is covering for Savi. That, coupled with the missing items and the fall at the park … it’s a problem. She takes a cleansing breath and walks down the spiral staircase. Once she retrieves her phone, she texts Bec that she’s not going to make it after all.