Where to start? Okay the renders are great, the story was consistent with the previous installments, and the overall quality is excellent. It was a bit short, but I'm not going to complain. So now for a bit of analysis and speculation...
The entire episode felt very orchestrated. I don't mean from a contrived story aspect, but it feels like the MC is being manipulated by the entire family. We know the mother has been withholding information intentionally, but here we find out small vital bits of information. Mom discussed with the family when to reveal themselves to him. They discussed whether or not it would be good to reveal themselves if he were too young, so that implies they talked about it for years. Then there was the money discussion, which could have been done at a different time, but was brought up at the lunch in a way that makes it seem like they are trying to deflect his attention away from the abandon/adoption issue. For me it felt like the MC was in shock during the entire meal, saying almost nothing. I would not be surprised to find out that the Maddison was having the MC monitored by someone besides the foster parents. I also would not be surprised to find out the Tracy was monitoring any social media he uses, maybe even hacking his emails and public school records...she's a techie, she may even just have done it for fun (if the MC has an F95 account she'll know just how big of a pervert he is, that's for sure 
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As for the limo ride back, it felt like (again) the family manipulated him into going back with Brooke and Hailey. The conversation seems to be an attempt to justify the decisions that were made. To paraphrase, "Mom was hiding things, but she means well.You need to see the entire picture. It's not lying, it's just being deceptive." Which makes me feel like the whole makeout session was used as a further distraction to keep the MC from thinking about things too much. At lunch they say they always wondered what it would be like to have a brother, but in the limo they aren't acting very sisterly. It's like they were tasked with doing damage contol by Maddison after the Tracy reveal.
Just before this dropped I posted a comment where I stated that the MC having a panic attack from being so passive and keeping things bottled up might be in order. After this update I am thinking a panic attack is even more appropriate.
The only one I feel can be trusted is Eliza, who sadly was not in this installment, and she's employed by Maddison, so how much can you trust her? None of this is criticsm mind you, I love this game. I just have a tendency to obsess over puzzles (or I may be just over analyzing things...wouldn't be the first time.)
