"Having called Vegas from her Uncle Jack's apartment, Bianca talks on the phone with Desiree. Bianca tells her, "Wow, Desiree, you sound just like Erica Kane." Erica tells her she's not sure she understands her tone. Bianca tells Erica that her (Erica's) tone is pretty clear - betrayed again. Bianca admits she said some horrible things to her and points out that Erica left her during the worst time of her life. Erica then thinks the call is about recrimination. Bianca tells her mom she saw her picture as the toast of Vegas and wants to know why Erica left her family in their time of need. Erica swears she didn't mean to hurt them and, beyond that, doesn't know what to say. Bianca tells her mom, "That makes two of us," as Jack comes into the room and catches her on the phone. Erica hears Jack in the background and asks if he's there. Taking the phone from Bianca, Jack tells her he is indeed in the room. Zach sees Erica on the phone and has security patch him through so he can listen in as Jack tells Erica how much he loves her and how they all want her home. Erica tells Jack she misses him too but that doesn't mean he can talk her into coming back and that nothing he can say will change her mind. Jack tells her he's not trying to change her mind. He realizes she has made a choice and he will honor it. Erica thanks Jack and tells him if that's true, if he is really honoring her choice, then maybe there is hope for them someday. Jack tells her their someday will never come unless she is sober and hangs up. Bianca tells Jack he did the right thing.
After she hangs up the phone, Zach goes to Erica at her table. He tells her he just comped about 20 tickets for Ashton and Demi's entourage and asks her for a private meet and greet for them. She tells him she will see how she feels after the show. Zach asks her if something is wrong. Erica tells him their relationship is strictly business. She dances and he signs her checks. That's it. Zach says that is fine with him and leaves. As Erica goes toward the elevators, she sees a steward dusting liquor bottles and is mesmerized by them. She appears to be thinking about taking a bottle. Zach interrupts by walking up and asking if she needs help. Erica tells him she was just about to go to the bathroom and asks if she has to clear that with him too. Zach tells Erica her great comeback could end "just like that" if she doesn't get it together. Erica tells him since he can't stop hovering, she is going to remove the temptation. She's moving out of his hotel. Zach's cell phone rings as Erica walks away. It is someone telling him the SEC investigation of Cambias is over and the marriage looks legit. Back in her room, Erica removes a brown bag from her purse. From the bag she removes a bottle of brandy and caresses it. Alone in her room later, a tipsy Erica sips brandy from a snifter. The bottle is over half empty.
After the phone conversation, Lily finds Jack sitting on the couch. She sees he's sad because "his mouth is down." Lily thinks the sadness is her fault because she "gets in the way sometime." Jack wants to know who told her that. She says it was Ms. Turner at school. Jack tells Lily she will never be in the way there and asks permission to give her a hug. Lily isn't comfortable with the hug idea. But she wants his mouth to turn up. Jack tells her she's got it and smiles. Happy that she's gotten Jack to smile, Lily leaves the room. Jack sits down and looks through the pictures of Erica in Vegas with a pained look on his face. Having stepped back around the corner, Lily sees Jack looking at the photos and frowning.
Maria wanders lost around Wildwind trying to figure out what to do about Edmund not wanting to be intimate with her any more. Anita tells Maria she is going to talk to Edmund for her. Anita finds Edmund in the park. Edmund reminisces about the dreams he once held for himself and Maria. Anita explains to him the reason Maria is not somewhere else pining for better days is because she turns to him for comfort. Anita tells Edmund that because of her work at the hospital, she thinks she can imagine what he and Maria are going through. Still he has a partner who loves him no matter what. What she lost with Bobby was trust, and that takes away forever "for better or worse." Anita says she lost the other half of her soul. She concludes by telling Edmund how lucky he is. It appears Anita has gotten through to Edmund. He reaches for Anita, and they give one another a comforting hug.
Livia shows up at Wildwind looking for Anita to discuss the divorce papers with her. Anita has gone to find Edmund. Maria takes advantage of having Livia there to ask her advice about how she can get close to Edmund again. Livia says she can "sue someone" for her but has no magic words that can bring back the intimacy. Left alone Maria sits on the couch with a wistful look on her face. Edmund rolls into the room and reaches for her hand. Maria gets up, sits on his lap and melts into his loving touch.
Kendall interrupts the SEC meeting with Ryan and Greenlee. Instead of ratting them out, Kendall vouches the only reason for their marriage is love. Kendall swears to them as the ultimate woman scorned she has every reason not to stand up for them and stands by her story when the SEC questions the truth of her statement. The head man for the SEC tells the people who started the investigation to give him some hard proof or drop it. The meeting is over and Kendall starts to leave. Ryan won't let her go until she tells him what the little performance she just gave was all about. Kendall tells him she's just trying to keep those suits away from Fusion and Enchantment. After Kendall leaves, Greenlee asks Ryan if that was a free pass. Ryan tells her he still thinks they're in a lot of trouble. Ryan tells her he was thinking billion dollar fraud before the SEC walked in. Now he suspects worse. He realizes Kendall mentioned overhearing a conversation to the SEC and how heavy the trunk was. Ryan puts the pieces together and figures out Kendall may have been in the trunk and have some serious ammo from what she overheard. He knows Kendall will keep the secret until there is something she wants then use if for leverage.
Kendall and Bianca meet in the park. Both have big news. Bianca tells Kendall to go first. Kendall tells her she's getting Ryan back. Bianca also shares her news and says she can only imagine what their mom is going through right now. "About a fifth a day," is Kendall's sarcastic response. To get off the subject of Erica, Bianca asks Kendall to tell her about Ryan. Kendall tells Bianca that Ryan and Greenlee are married in name only. She heard it straight from the "horse's mouth," Ryan, and the "horse's ass," Greenlee. Kendall wants to go to Ryan and tell him she knows he still loves her. Bianca tells her she should have already known Ryan loved her because of all the things Ryan did for her. If those weren't proof enough for Kendall Bianca tells her, "Then you're the horse's ass." Bianca points out that if Kendall goes to Ryan and tells him about hiding in the trunk and overhearing his conversation with Greenlee, Ryan will tell her to go straight to hell. Bianca backs up and realizes she's just gone off on Kendall. She apologizes for having gone off on her so much lately. Bianca just doesn't want Kendall to end up like their mom.
Zach browses a tabloid paper that has Ryan and Greenlee's wedding on the front cover. He stops at an inside story about Maria."
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