"Gillian sat alone in the middle of the bed, a look of worry planted firmly on her face. A little while later, Jake strolled into the room. Gillian immediately asked her husband where he'd been. Jake told her that he'd been on a walk... thinking about life and his future. As the couple talked, it was revealed that Jake had been "unable" to make love Gillian; the bullet he'd taken had caused server nerve damage, with impotence being one of the ill effects. Gillian tried to talk down the situation, saying that they had rushed into bed. She also assured Jake that all men suffer that problem at some time in their life. This wasn't what Jake wanted to hear. He told Gillian that he was a failure as a husband and announced that he was letting Gillian go. Gillian's eyes widened. She asked Jake what he meant. Jake told the princess that he was fully aware that her life had gone on while he was traipsing around the battlefields in Chechnya. Though he never implied that anything sexual was going on, Jake commented that he was certain that Gillian had turned to Ryan for comfort. Jake ordered Gillian to leave, but she wouldn't budge. Finally, Jake turned and walked out of the room. Dejected, Gillian raced to the phone and called Ryan. Ryan told Gillian that he was waiting for her at the turret. Later, Jake returned to the room and seemed surprised that Gillian had left. Jake turned his attention to a photograph he'd had taken with Gillian. He picked up the photo and looked at it for a few moments before smashing it facedown on the dresser.
In the turret at Wildwind, Ryan placed a bouquet of flowers in a vase and lit some candles in anticipation of Gillian's arrival. He daydreamed about what it might be like when his lover walked through the door. He envisioned a cheery Gillian announcing that her was relationship with Jake was over --- and that they made passionate love to each other. When Gillian showed up, however, this scene didn't play out. Gillian told Ryan that she had not been able to tell Jake that she wanted a divorce. Ryan then questioned why Gillian had spent the night at the Martin house. Gillian bowed her head as Ryan asked her if she'd slept with Jake.
A judge's ruling gave temporary custody of Ricky to Eliot and Brooke. In the hallway outside the courtroom, Ricky worried that his dad would find a way around the court order. Eliot and Brooke took turns assuring the boy that his father would receive the help he needs. Hank strutted out of the courtroom and laid into Eliot and Brooke for trying to steal his son. He warned him that, as a cop, he would be able to get the court order nullified. Eliot stepped to Hank and asked that he keep his voice down. That served only to enrage Hank and he started pushing against Eliot. Before a scuffle broke out, Jake and two guards raced into the corridor and pulled Hank away. Hank pleaded with one of the guards and buddies not to let his son be taken away. The guard explained that Hank had to honor the court order or risk ending up in jail. The guards let Hank away. Jack, meanwhile, offered to take Ricky to school. Before leaving, Ricky told Brooke that he was going to stop at the community center before going to her house after school. Brooke turned to Eliot and told him that he couldn't possibly leave now --- Ricky needs him. Brooke mentioned that she sensed that Eliot's jail time had somehow convinced him that he wasn't worthy of forgiveness. Brooke assured him that everyone deserves forgiveness and told Eliot that she doesn't think he'll ever be happy as long as he beats himself up over his past. Eliot told Brooke that she didn't understand things fully, but he didn't offer any sort of clarification. Brooke told Eliot that she had to leave and walked away. Later, Reverend Taylor arrived at the courthouse to celebrate the good news with Eliot. Eliot surprised his superior by announcing that he was ready to tell Brooke the truth. He explained that Brooke had told him that everyone deserves forgiveness. Reverend Taylor was pleased, but candidly noted that Brooke probably had no idea that she was talking to the man who had killed her daughter when she'd uttered that line. Across the way, Hank again turned to his friend, Pete, and asked him for help in getting his son back. The guard told Hank that he was troubled that a man like Eliot could ruin his family. Hank cocked his head to one side and asked Peter why he'd talk that way about a man of the cloth. Pete chuckled slightly and told Hank that one of his friends is a guard at Statesville. Before getting his face altered by beatings, Pete explained with a smirk, Reverend Freeman was the man who had "killed Brooke English's little girl."
Still not fully awake, Leo swaggered down the staircase and into the living room at Erica's house. As he walked, he thumped his foot against a table. He immediately doubled over in pain, unaware that Erica had entered the room. She smiled proudly and warned Leo that she was going to hurt more than just his foot. Leo was taken aback, asking Erica why she was in such a foul mood. Erica toyed with her houseguest for a few moments before informing him that she was furious with him for deserting Bianca at SOS. Leo told Erica that Bianca had asked him to leave, but that wasn't a reasonable explanation in Erica's mind. She warned Leo that one more screw-up and she'd boot him from the house. Bianca suddenly appeared by the front door and blasted her mother. She snapped that if Leo was told to go, she'd be right behind him. Bianca insisted that she was old enough to not need a babysitter. In fact, she noted that she was old enough to be a babysitter. Erica approached her daughter and said that she knew the real reason Bianca wanted to hang out at SOS was because she was avoiding her. Bianca fell silent. Erica told her daughter that she was worried about her safety. Greenlee strolled into the room with a cereal bowl in her hand, prompting Erica to ask why the young woman was in her house. Leo tried to explain, but Erica wouldn't let him get a word in. Finally, when Leo was allowed to speak, he told Erica that Greenlee had been booted out of her grandparents' home. Erica rolled her eyes and insisted that there was no way that Greenlee, an heiress to one of the biggest fortunes in the state, was penniless with nowhere to go. Bianca tried to step in and interrupt, but Erica silenced her and continued blasting Leo and Greenlee. Erica ordered Greenlee out of the house and then snatched away her cereal bowl and spoon. Greenlee pouted, muttering that she'd left the milk out on the counter. Leo followed Greenlee outside where they plotted to get the Greenlees to have a change of heart. Greenlee listened to Leo's plot and smiled wickedly. Leo picked up his cell phone and placed a call to Woodruff. Back inside, Erica told Bianca that she sensed she'd developed a crush on Leo. Bianca threw her hands in the air and told her mother that that idea was ridiculous. She blasted her mother for not understanding her. A woman, she snapped, can be friends with a man without wanting to marry him. Erica blinked several times and scolded her daughter for being mean. Erica explained that it was logical for her to draw that assumption. After all, Bianca had threatened to follow Leo if he was booted out of the house. That's "not exactly" the case, replied Bianca cryptically. Erica muddied the situation further by telling her daughter that she knew how she'd had her heart broken in rehab. Bianca panicked, her heart pounding rapidly. She demanded to know what her mother knew, how long she knew it and who told her about it. Erica quietly explained that Barbara had told Jack about the Internet discussions she'd been having and that Jack had then told her about them. Bianca continued to freak out, but seemed to calm down when Erica announced that they all had come to the assumption that the boy Bianca had been talking to had broken up with her. Bianca became quiet, prompting her mother to beg her to open up to her. Erica wept as Bianca turned her back to her. Seeing her mother cry made Bianca feel miserably. She sat down next to her mother and listened as Erica said that she wanted nothing more than be able to wrap her arms around her daughter and make her pain go away. Bianca took a deep breath and gave her mother a hug.
Brooke returned home through the back door and casually walked into her living room. As she did, she noticed that the front window next to the main entrance had been smashed. She slowly walked over to assess the damage. As she approached the door, she crouched down and looked at the shards of glass lying in the vestibule. A pool of blood had formed under several blood-covered pieces of glass. Then, Brooke realized that the front door was ajar. She rose to her feet and turned around just in time to see Hank slowly walked towards her."
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