The Paradise Problem

Anna reflects on how amazing the trip has been despite the “toxicity” of the Weston family. She likes Liam’s nieces and nephews and enjoys seeing Liam spending time with them. Vivi texts to let Anna know that her father is doing well. Vivi also asks how matters are proceeding with Liam and facetiously hopes that they’re not keeping things professional. However, Anna insists that they have to keep their distance from each other, even though she snuggles up to him in her sleep every night.

Anna asks Liam what happened between him and Ray. Liam explains that when he and his siblings were children, Ray was emotionally and physically abusive. He would kick over their Lego sets and force Alex to hang his sheets outside when he wet the bed. He once forced Jake to walk on a broken ankle after his error caused his team to lose a soccer game. Now, Liam does not want to work for his father for these and many other reasons. He also gives another example, explaining that a loading dock manager who worked for Weston Foods for 35 years needed a schedule change, but when Ray heard that Liam was wasting time helping to arrange this, he fired the man outright.