With Winter finally getting Marcellus to approve of her, she can start with the real deal at last.
Even though he does not completely trust her yet, she will make use of certain opportunities to prove herself even more. She is aware that he is going to test her, and she is more than fine with that. After all, she is in a mission to gather more people on her side before she gets found by her biological family.
In order to build connections and form relationships, she will have to meddle not only in his business, but in others' too.
"Winter, where are you going?"
Right before Winter left that morning, August managed to find her going out.
It's unusual to see him up so early in a weekend. He would've still been on bed around this time. That's why she decided to sneak out right then to avoid another long-winded interrogation from him.
"Going out. Somewhere," Winter said without looking.