This year’s Home Farm was truly chilling, from the wind to the heart.

Kim Tate, accustomed to being at the top, accustomed to having everyone follow her orders, found everything slipping from her grasp in a painful and humiliating way within just a few days.

First came the feeling of abandonment.

Gabby disappeared, and the Christmas atmosphere in the most luxurious house in the village suddenly became a vast, empty mansion.

The mistress tried to act indifferent, but everyone could see Kim struggling, her face icy cold and her eyes heavy with sadness.

Just as Kim was on edge, Lydia added more drama to the scene. Lydia confessed that she and Sam had misunderstood Kim, trusted the wrong person, and inadvertently opened the door for vandals to get in, causing chaos and injuring Kim. Lydia spoke in a panic, both scared and desperate to atone immediately. But the problem was, for Kim Tate, an apology was never a ticket to immunity. After hearing it, Kim only became more rigid, more withdrawn, as if she felt no one in the world was trustworthy.

Then Joe appeared. Joe walked into Home Farm with a very unpleasant energy: angry, shocked, and somewhat wanting to pull Kim back from the brink. He was furious at Lydia’s confession, feeling like the family was burning itself out, and Kim was lying in the ashes. Joe tried to talk to Kim, but she wouldn’t let him. She didn’t need anyone to stand there as a “hero” when she was weak. Kim even outright canceled the Christmas dinner she had booked, a cold final blow: no more pretending to be a warm family, no one deserved to sit at the table with her.