The episode begins in 1940s Palestine, where Len meets Abu-Hassan Mohammed, an Arab charwallah working for the British Army. Len is appalled to see how Mohammed is treated by some of the soldiers as he attempts to serve tea, so he intervenes to discipline them. A friendship grows between the two men after the incident. In modern Israel, Erin is experiencing the aftermath of the attack on a café by a Palestinian suicide bomber. She decides to leave Israel at the earliest opportunity, but first she reads the end of Len's diary and is shocked by what she discovers. Despite the trauma of the café bombing, Erin resolves to stay in Israel while she delves deeper into her grandfather's story.