"At the hospital, Mateo wants confirmation that Arlene is a capable of being a donor for Enzo. Edmund offers his support. Hayley, Arlene and Stuart wait for the test results with Enzo in his room. Stuart offers Arlene a place to stay after the operation but Arlene wants to stay with Hayley and Mateo. Hayley persuades Mateo to allow Arlene to stay with them. He reluctantly agrees since she is family. Arlene worries that she may not be a match but Hayley convinces her otherwise. Stuart and Arlene leave to get ice cream sundaes but Hayley and Mateo worry about Arlene falling off the wagon. Arlene ditches Stuart and approaches a hospital lab tech to get the test results. She then makes a call to the front desk at the Valley Inn and asks that they hold her bags a while longer. Edmund approaches and tells her she's doing the right thing. As Arlene leaves with Stuart, Edmund and Mateo express concern that she may go off on a binge but Hayley feels she would not screw things up for Enzo. On their way to the cafeteria Arlene tells Stuart that she does not need to be babysat. He agrees and Arlene convinces him to go and start the ice cream sundaes and says she will join him shortly. Arlene searches for the hospital worker and gets test results. Brooke and Edmund discuss the situation with Arlene; Brooke mentions that she thinks, "a miracle will happen" and Enzo will find a match, she can feel it. In Enzo's room, Hayley and Mateo discuss Arlene being there. Hayley defends her mother but Mateo is apprehensive. Stuart shows up at the room looking for Arlene. Mateo goes looking for her. Mateo finds her at a bar and comes down pretty hard on her. He wants her to wait until they get the test results but Arlene says she already knows what the results are. Arlene tells Mateo that her liver is "a bust" and he shouldn't be surprised. Mateo decides that they have to let Hayley know but Arlene wants to drag it out a little bit longer since they actually were getting along. Arlene decides to leave town without saying goodbye since she cannot bear to see Hayley's face when Mat tells her that her mother's liver is shot. Arlene begs Mateo to tell Hayley how sorry she is and that she loves her very much. Arlene also admits that at first, she just wanted to weasel back into Hayley's life, but once she held Enzo, all she wanted was to help him. Mateo says he believes her. Mateo has the difficult task of telling Hayley that Arlene is not a match. He told her that Arlene found out earlier. Hayley starts to question why her prayers weren't answered. Mateo tells her that her mother "says goodbye" and Hayley starts talking bad about Arlene. Mateo defends her. At the bar, Arlene leaves her drink untouched and leaves the bar.
Chris and Ryan discuss the letter. Chris wants Ryan to read it. Ryan declines. Chris tells Ryan that everything that they both believed to be the truth was bogus. Ryan's mother loved them both. Chris defends "Elaine" but Ryan is still apprehensive. Ryan wonders why she never told Chris about him. Chris believes that she loved him till the day she died. Ryan says that love was the last thing his mother ever showed him. Chris tells him he should read the letter. Ryan reads the letter aloud. Chris tells him to read the part about when she gave birth to him. The letter tells of her guilt about keeping Ryan from his real father and her tormented life without Chris. Ryan questions why his mother never told him about his father. Chris takes part of the blame and says after she left him he shut down. He was very hurt and feels guilty about not going after her but blames it on his pride. Chris asks if Ryan hates him. Ryan replies, "How could I hate someone who loved my mother so much?" Chris tells him that there's someone else he has to tell him. Chris gives Ryan a ring that Chris once gave to Elaine; a ring that meant they were "going steady." He tells Ryan that if he finds his love he should grab it, hold on to it and never let it go. Chris tells Ryan there are some things he has to do and departs.
At the Valley Inn, the front desk confirms Erica's things have been moved out of the room she's been sharing with Chris, as requested. Erica leaves and heads to the restaurant. Kendall walks up behind and suggests to her that there must be "trouble in paradise." Kendall and Erica spar again. Kendall tells Erica she is a "taker", someone who never thinks about anyone other than herself, and her precious Bianca. Erica retorts, "I gave you life." Kendall claims Erica neglected her but Erica denies it. Kendall says she would've crawled over broken glass to have Erica treat her the way she treats Bianca. Kendall tells her, "I am your daughter! Look at me as a person." Erica says she tries but every time she looks in her eyes she sees "him." Kendall asks "Who?" and Erica replies. "The man who raped me." Kendall asks Erica if that's all she sees. Erica tells her that when she looks at her all she sees is "him" and that the rape has haunted her entire life. She tells Kendall about the rape and how, at 14, she knew she was pregnant. Erica proclaims that Kendall has to understand her hatred for him. Erica continues on to berate her for leaving Bianca in a hotel room with "him." Erica wonders why Kendall keeps returning; she has nothing left to give her. She says Kendall is just like her father, both in appearance and by finding out another person's weakness and going in for the kill. Erica declares that Kendall will not get the best of her. Chris gets to the hotel to discover that Erica has moved out. Chris talks to Erica through her locked door. He asks her why she is doing this and tells her that she is overreacting about the letter. Erica opens the door and claims that Chris walked our on her and she is not giving him a second chance. She screams "Get out!"
Back at the room, Ryan tells Kendall about how his mother loved him and how great it makes him feel that he was conceived in love, but Kendall is upset and distraught about her run-in with Erica. Ryan guesses that Kendall just saw Erica. Kendall says her two parents hated each other and she was conceived in hatred. She tells Ryan that things aren't going to work out between them and starts packing. Ryan wants to know when "they" decided that. Kendall tells Ryan not to touch her; that Erica was right - she was "born bad." Ryan says if she is so bad why does he love her so much but Kendall runs out. Ryan calls out to her."
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