The second scene, a warehouse outside Chicago, reveals the nature of JJ’s business – he is an enforcer for the mob. Apparently two young men are to be roughed up (or worse) by JJ and the three thugs he has brought in for the job. He tells the thugs not to use the phone; if it rings, don’t answer it. Things are not as they seem…
The third scene returns to the cottage in Wisconsin. One of the young men has driven JJ back to the cottage. Candy flirts outrageously with him, completely flusters and bemuses him; she decides they will return to Chicago together – what can he say? Alone at last, JJ confesses the nature of his business to Carol. Then the telephone rings.