Young Maddie with her parents
The women take Maddie to a bar (not The Last Drop) and Babette tells her that they once knew Derek, the guy whose name Maddie was screaming. They were also close with his girlfriend: Honey. . .
She was called that because of her sweet personality and for the color of her eyes. When Honey was younger, she fell in love with a guy who promised her they'd soon get married and raise their child together. But then the bastard took what little money Honey's parents left her, abbandoning her and their baby daughter. To feed her child, Honey began to work for the brothel where the three women already offered their services at the time. Two of them quickly became Honey's friends. The third one many years later still felt resentment towards her, because Derek only had eyes for Honey.
When Derek came into Honey's life, her child was already 12 years old. He was a Piltovers's Sewer Maintenance Plumber, but obviously the people up there didn't care about who fixes their exhaust pipes. Initially Derek was hesitant to start a relationship with Honey because she had a kid. With time, he became the father figure that child never had before. And then Derek and Honey had another girl. Despite their conditions, they were a happy family. But since fate is a traitorous lover, Honey got sick after her second child was born, and they couldn't affort the expensive medicines that were impossible to find in the undercity anyway. Last time Honey's friends saw Derek, he went to look for his eldest daughter. He feared the girl had made her mind that she could save her mother by stealing the medicines from the pilties. . .
Everything starts coming together to Maddie. Late at night, when the bar is about to close, Maddie stands on the door, looking up, reflecting on all the things she learned. Babette joins her to light herself a sigarette. She lets Maddie she figured out she's Honey's lost daughter and Maddie doesn't deny nor confirm this. Babette takes something from her dress, to hand it to the young woman: it's the key to the Derek and Honey's old home.
