"Erica has a press conference at the Valley Inn to unveil the new Enchantment campaign. She is dressed very glamorously in a black sparkly dress, with her hair put up. She assures everyone that Bianca will be there shortly, and invites them to have hors d'oeuvres and drinks. Bruce, the photographer who first shot Leo and Bianca for the Enchantment campaign, grumbles, "This is going to take all day. Damn kid of hers always screws up everything." Erica demands to know why he is there, since she replaced him as photographer for Enchantment. Bruce tells Erica he is working for one of the trades. Erica instructs him to spend more time snapping photos and less time flapping his gums.
Brooke walks in and talks to Jackson. She came to the Valley Inn for lunch and asks Jack what is going on. Jackson tells her about the mother-daughter campaign. Brooke says Erica "should be taking her daughter to a therapist." Brooke tells Jackson that Bianca pushed Laura overboard and "Erica's in her usual state of denial and Bianca is the one who is suffering for that." Erica overhears this and confronts Brooke, saying, "How dare you!" She asks Jack if he is just going to stand there. Brooke said that Bianca was under the influence of the Libidozone, saw Leo and Laura kissing, and became jealous. Erica indignantly says Bianca would never be jealous of Laura and Leo because there is nothing between Leo and Bianca. Jackson pulls Erica aside to speak to her. "I think that maybe Bianca doesn't have feelings for Leo. I think maybe she has feelings for Laura." Erica is shocked. "How can you say such a thing?" she snarls. Jackson says, "Now, your daughter is obviously struggling, honey. Bianca is struggling with something -- her sexuality." Erica slaps him across the face. Her arms waving back and forth in the air, Erica stormed out of the room leaving Jackson to take charge of the press conference. As Jackson questions why he is helping Erica after she just made a fool of him, Brooke implies that he is still not over Erica, and adds, "I hope you can help Bianca because I'm not sure that her mother can."
Meanwhile, at the Chandler mansion, Liza, Adam, Marian, Mateo and Hayley are preparing to leave for Liza and Adam's wedding, but Derek comes by to ask questions about Arlene. Adam says," I don't know where the hell she is and I don't care." Hayley interjects, "You know exactly where she is. You just came from seeing her. Why don't you just tell Derek where to find her?" Adam tells Derek that Arlene is in Amsterdam, but he doesn't know where exactly. Derek says Stuart filed a missing persons report on Arlene, but canceled it after he heard that she was in Amsterdam. Derek wants to know why she left the country with nothing but the clothes on her back. Derek asks if anyone saw Arlene aboard the yacht the night of the fundraiser. He wants to speak with her about Vanessa's missing necklace. Hayley has a flashback where she remembers strangling Arlene, and seeing the necklace around her neck. Adam tells Derek that none of them saw Arlene on the boat that night. Derek confronts Marian about her telling Vanessa that she saw Arlene on board that night. Marian denies it, declaring, "I never told her that. She's lying. That woman must be out of her mind." During this, Hayley and Mateo go into the foyer to talk. Hayley says she remembers the necklace and that's how Arlene must have gotten the money to go to Europe. She tells Derek she saw Arlene on the yacht and that Arlene was wearing Vanessa's necklace. Adam tries to stop her. He tells Derek he needs a court order before anyone in his house can be questioned. He orders Derek to leave. Before he goes, Derek says, "Hayley, I'll be really anxious to hear what you have to say. And I will hear it." Once the detective is gone, Hayley demands to know what is going on. Mateo says, "You should know the truth." Hayley thinks her mother passed out when she choked her, but came to and went to Amsterdam. Mateo admits that Adam didn't see Arlene in Europe, and says," When you choked her, she didn't wake up. She died." Hayley is in shock and sinks into the sofa. "I killed my own mother?"
Over at Erica's home, Bianca opens the door to see Sarah standing there. Bianca is dressed just like Erica-black sparkly dress and her hair put up. Sarah gives Bianca a Christmas present-a new journal. Bianca is conflicted. She asks, "Are you trying to make me cry?" Sarah says her mother was so upset that Bianca went to see her in New York, she moved up Sarah's wedding date. She will be getting married tomorrow. Sarah tells Bianca she needs her help, saying, "I can't believe this is happening to me." Bianca says, "Nothing is happening to you that you can't stop." Sarah says she can't because, "I'm not as strong as you are." Bianca asks her what she wants. Sarah says, "I want you! I want what we had. I want that with you. And I'll never be what my mom wants me to be. Maybe you can pull that off with your mom, but I can't." Bianca says, "I don't think I could take it if you said it and didn't mean it." Then Sarah says, "I can't marry Ian tomorrow," and a flash of hope lights up Bianca's face, but Sarah finishes,"...not unless you help me through it. Help me to be strong, like you are." Bianca is crushed, and asks, "Sarah, what are you trying to do to me?" Sarah tells her, "I want you to say it's going to be okay. I want you to tell me that I'm not going to be unhappy for the rest of my life. I want you to let me go." With tears running down her face, Bianca says," I can't do that. I love you and that has never changed, not for one minute." Sarah keeps saying that Bianca is strong and can handle things better. Bianca says she is living a lie and "My mother can't accept who I am, Sarah, and you won't accept us, so where does that leave us?" Sarah says," You'll be able to tell her. You're strong enough to do it. I know you are." They reminisce about being together in rehab and Sarah admits, "I still love you." They embrace and are still holding each other when Erica walks in. They quickly separate and both look on like deer trapped in the headlights of a car. Erica becomes angry when she sees Sarah and orders her to leave, even threatening to call her personal security guards. Bianca desperately begs her mother to stop. Sarah starts to leave and Bianca says, "Sarah, this is it. We can do this. We can do this right now, Sarah. You don't have to get married. You don't have to." Sarah looks frightened and dashes out the door. Bianca is devastated. Erica tries to comfort her, saying, "You don't have to worry about anything, honey. Mommy's here. And I love you. I just can't wait for the world to see you." Tearful and trembling, Bianca takes off her earrings, takes down her hair, takes off her dress and shoes. She is dressed in only a slip. Erica is shocked, "Bianca, what are you doing?" Bianca says," This isn't me, Mom. It never was." Erica wants to leave but Bianca says she has something she has to tell her mother. "I want you to see who I am, mother." Erica protests that they have a press conference to go to and dozens of reporter are waiting." Bianca says, "Mom, were you listening to David when he tried to tell you who I was? Or Uncle Jack?" Erica is visibly disturbed. "Bianca, what are you doing? What are you trying to say?" she asks. Erica wants to leave because there are people waiting for her, "I don't know why you're doing this to me. I mean, I'm hanging by a thread here," she says. "This is not about you," Bianca says, "Have you always loved me?" Erica is aghast, saying, "How could you even ask me a question like that? Bianca asks if her mother loves her now and Erica says yes. In a quiet voice, tears on her face and lip trembling, Bianca says, "I'm gay.""
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