When Richard returns to the car he finds that it has been vandalized by the locals. As he panics over what Barbara would think, a man named Moss approaches him, and proceeds to show Richard around the house opposite, which has recently become available to rent. Despite its more-than-run-down appearance, Richard agrees to rent the place. As he is making the house a little more inhabitable, Moss drops by to let Richard know that he convinced the neighbors to fix up Barbara's car as Richard is now like one of the family. Richard calls Barbara at the restaurant to let her know that he's renting a place and they arrange to meet the next day. Barbara asks Richard to play along with the game that he is a photographer of Barbara's previous shoot so that Patterson doesn't suspect that there could be something between them. However, Patterson makes it clear that if Richard were to try to be more than friends with Barbara, terrible things would be done to him. A little shaken, Richard returns home.