Firekeeper’s Daughter

Daunis rushes to leave the bleachers, trying not to hear “vultures” saying that Robin was “one of the good Indians” and that “even the smart ones are dumb.” Her nose burns as she smells both Heather’s rotting body and everything from the night Lily was shot. Daunis can’t take it. She locks herself in a bathroom stall and sinks to the floor. The girlfriends try to get Daunis out and finally, one fetches Ron. Ron sits quietly outside the stall until security comes. To avoid a scene, Daunis leaves the stall and accompanies Ron to the hotel.

Ron leaves Daunis with Jamie in the lobby. Daunis leans against Jamie and observes the subdued players—but Levi announces not that it’s a tragedy Robin is dead, but that the Supes played poorly this evening. Daunis is enraged. But when she leaps to her feet, Jamie gives her a warning look. Levi asks for Daunis’s advice, but Daunis says that this is no way to mourn a former teammate. Levi hugs Daunis, and then he tells the room that she’s right. Mike suggests they hold a fundraiser, like a charity game, to support drug prevention programs. The Supes and Sault High could play each other, current and former players. As the players excitedly plan the fundraiser, Daunis cries: they do care.

Jamie hugs Daunis and quietly says this isn’t part of the plan. She argues that helping the community is good, but he insists they must stick to the plan. Daunis steps back. Jamie, she realizes, is an agent first. She tells him it’s up to the community to fix things, not the FBI, but he says the community hasn’t made any progress yet. Daunis notes that Jamie wants to save the community and then leave; he’s not thinking of the community. Remembering Robin saying that guys shouldn’t have so much power over a person, Daunis says Jamie might understand if he had a community. He’s clearly hurt, and Daunis feels awful.

That night, Daunis dreams about the night Travis shot Lily. Lily tells Travis to leave her alone and focus on himself—Lily can’t stand on her own if she always has to support him. Travis refuses and says he needs and loves Lily, but Lily insists need and love aren’t the same. At this, Travis pulls out the gun. Daunis jerks awake, the smell of sweat and chemicals in her nose. She hasn’t been able to remember Lily and Travis’s conversation before now. Just then, a text—an apology—comes in from Jamie. Daunis isn’t sure what he’s sorry for, but she says she’s sorry too. When he asks, she gives him her room number. They kiss in the doorway and Daunis tries to pull him inside, but he says they can’t and leaves. The next door opens: Grant pokes his head out and says Daunis’s secret is safe.