When Gant addresses his female companion Sara Jean, it’s revealed that she’s already deceased with lacerations all over her body and nails ripped off from her fingertips.
In remorse, Gant mentions that Sara Jean’s father would kill him for doing this heinous act to her, so people are “nothing without their family”.
Summer shoplifts food and accessories at the gas station convenience store in Massey.
The local sheriff (Paul Whitney), who just walked out of the restroom, watches Summer from a distance.
Summer is reluctant to accept Tom's offer, but he urges her to hurry up or else the sheriff will find her.
Summer discovers that Tom lives with his security-conscious mother, Gaia (Barbara Niven), and that there are bolts on the windows.
Tom's mother Gaia smacks Summer on the back of her head with a blunt object.
Tom shows his mother that in his hand are the bullets to Summer's revolver, reassuring her that he had it under control.
Investigating, Darwin finds his house a mess, his pet bird is lifeless in its cage, and that there's rotten food in the fridge and on the table.
A frail, battered, and barely conscious young woman named Amber (Danielle Kind), tied to a chair, is also held hostage (as well as the daughter of Darwin from the previous scene); the lack of sun is what's hurting Amber, not Tom.
When Tom appears, Summer shouts and curses at him, but he tells her to calm down as not to upset Amber.
When Summer inquires how long Amber was kept in the basement, Tom states that she was kept there since the death of another woman named Clarissa.
Horrified and confused, Summer watches as Tom opens a large bin, and waves off a nonexistent odor.
Summer tries to survive in the basement by antagonizing Tom when he offers her food cooked by his mother.
The following day, Gaia tells Tom to get rid of the women in the basement and scolds him for taking Amber, someone who lives in their town.
Afterward, Tom assists Summer in drinking water and tells her he’ll be gone for a few hours to work.
Tom tells her that he’s been growing plants in his spare time since childhood because his father locked him in the basement as a punishment for misbehavior.
Summer then recounts that she found a letter from her father, revealing that her mother Twila lied about losing her due to a miscarriage.
When Tom stresses that family is the most important value, Summer points out that he’s keeping her from her father just as her mother did.
Summer then attempts to manipulate Tom, hinting that she can be the “special garden angel” he lets go, but he just walks away dismissively.
The next day, the sheriff visits Gaia at the clothing shop to make a purchase and starts flirting with her, stating that her husband has been gone for a long time.
Tom, however, remains unbothered since he’s coming over to Darwin’s house to fix his stove, so he’ll set him straight.
When she mentions her father, Summer uses this to make Amber get up and limp toward the tools, despite her feet being shackled.
However, due to her weakened condition and her shackles, Amber trips and falls to the ground, hits her head on a concrete block, and dies upon impact.
Summer begs her to release her so she can be out of their lives, but Gaia notes that Tom’s garden is important to him.
He then goes searching through Summer’s belongings in his bedroom, finding an old picture and her diary with the aforementioned letter inside, which forces Tom to realize that he only has one "garden angel" left.
Tom then unlocks Summer from the chains, gives her a bath upstairs, and lets her sleep on his bed again.
Tom's father Gant is on his way home, after calling that night that after she found the letter in Summer's purse.
Tom is injured in the basement after Jessie, who he tied up, manages to get the ropes off her wrist and getting a knife from her ankle and stabs him on his leg.
Gant guts and murders Jessie, forcing Summer to watch, after which he lets her go upstairs.