"Ethan has a dream where he confronts his father for all that he has done wrong. He asks if Zach has anything to say, but Zach declines because Ethan has said all that was needed. Egged on by Maria and Kendall, Ethan starts to administer the lethal injection when suddenly, they switch places. It's Ethan in the chair and Zach taunting him and laughing at him from the other side of the bars. He awakes with a start, and Kendall is there to soothe him and assure him that everything is okay. After he wakes up more fully, he explains that he has a fear that no matter what happens – Zach will find a way to get himself out of trouble one more time. Kendall assures him that with Zach in jail, he won't get away and will probably be put away for the rest of his life. She sees a look flicker across Ethan's face. She asks if that thought bothers him, but Ethan doesn't want to talk about it anymore. He quickly sidetracks her with compliments, and the subject is dropped.
Erica tries to engage Lily in a conversation about her wedding plans, but quickly realizes that Lily's attention is directed elsewhere. She is absorbed in the newspaper headlines talking about Edmund's murder and Zach's confession. Lily announces that she saw it wrong. Erica asks what Lily means by that but before she can get an answer, there is a knock at the door. She tells Lily that she wants to continue the conversation, and then heads over to the door. When she opens it, she sees Aidan and indicates that she needs for him to wait in the hall. Attempting to avoid getting Lily upset, Erica asks her to wait for her in another room. When Lily leaves, Erica invites Aidan in. Erica relays what Lily told her, and they are both confused. They had asked direct questions regarding what Lily did and did not see the night of the fire. Since Lily is incapable of lying, they can't imagine what she could have possibly seen wrong. They recognize that there is information within Lily's mind that they need to get to. They agree that Lily needs to be protected and kept safe – and then Aidan takes his leave.
Maria enters the living room at Wildwind and finds Sam looking at the headlines about his father's murder. She tries to be comforting and asks if he wants to say his goodbyes privately before the services start. She is met with a cold shoulder, and wants to know why. Sam wants her to leave him alone, but it becomes clear that the subject will not be dropped without explanation. He points out that the ramps are already gone, and Maria tells him that she isn't trying to erase Edmund from their lives. Sam calls her a liar, and at that point, she realizes that he'd been talking to his sister. Sam admits to that, and is completely incensed at all that had gone on. He tells her that she cheated, and her lover then turned around and killed Edmund. Maria tries to interject that in her agitated state, Maddie doesn't know all of the facts. Sam refuses to believe her, and tells her that she has to live with being a liar. He walks out, and moments later, her mother walks in. Isabella says that Sam is right about everything. She rants on about how Maria betrayed her husband in thought and in deed. Just then, Anita arrives on the scene and attempts to diffuse the situation. She reminds her mother that Maria is in pain. Unmoved, Isabella notes aloud that Maria invited that pain into her house. Exasperated, Anita asks her mother to go check on Maddie so that she could be alone with her sister. When the sisters are finally alone, Anita apologizes – but Maria isn't so sure that she deserves it. Maria admits that while she did choose Edmund, she chose him too late. In the interim, she lead Zach to believe that they could be something more – and her punishment is that she has to bury Edmund today. Anita comforts her, but is interrupted by an incoming call. Maria answers it, and it's Mateo. They talk briefly, and then Maria wraps up the phone call. He, Hayley and Enzo can't make it to the services because Enzo has the chicken pox, but he wanted to call and let her know that he was there in spirit. She observes that everyone who doesn't hate her is halfway around the world. Anita acknowledges how the kids are feeling now, but knows that it will end – and when it does, Maria will be there to tell them that she loves them. Maria jokes that since Anita made it sound so easy, that perhaps it would be better if she handled dealing with the children. Would that she could, but they both know where the responsibility lay. Maria then decides to head off to find Sam.
Ryan is awake and watching Greenlee sleep when the alarm clock goes off. She stirs and insists that he could have thought of a better way of waking her up. Ryan is distracted because he is waiting for something specific. The song on the radio ends, and the announcer says that it was played as a dedication from Ryan to Braden. Greenlee is confused as to how Ryan thinks that Braden will hear the dedication – but Ryan explains that he sent it out to all country music radio stations in the area (which is the music Braden likes) and that it is slated to play all day. Frustrated, Greenlee says that she feels they don't get to spend enough quality time together anymore. Ryan promises that as soon as he deals with his brothers, they will be able to rectify that. He then confesses that he won't be able to attend Edmund's funeral. He understands why his wife is upset, but explains that Braden won't take a day off if he wants them dead. Greenlee acquiesces, and then says that one of the things she misses the most is daily surprises. She leans over the bed and pulls out a big box. She hands it over to Ryan, and he is happy at what he sees inside.
A short time later, Erica and Lily are at the counter in the kitchen. Just as Erica starts to ask questions again, there's another knock at the door. This time it's Greenlee, and all she wants is her father. After Erica tells her that Jack is down at the courthouse with no end in sight, she offers to help her with whatever problem Greenlee has. Not thinking that Erica would have any words of comfort for her, Greenlee is reluctant. Still, she admits that Ryan went out to find Braden on his own. Erica flips out at her "senseless behaviour" and they trade barbs about who has done more wrong to Ryan. The bickering gets to Lily and she leaves the room. Erica continues to rail at Greenlee when there is yet another knock at the door. Erica opens it and finds her oldest daughter. She barely says hello before jumping back into the fray. Kendall listens for a second, and then breaks in to try to make her mother see reason. She informs Erica that Ryan does exactly what he wants or needs to do, and in this case – that means going after Braden. Additionally, Greenlee will do whatever she pleases. In this case, it meant being supportive of her husband. Erica is unmoved by her daughter's words, and chooses to believe that both of them have lost their minds. Greenlee decides that it's time to leave, and asks Erica to have Jack call her. Eager for her to go, Erica bids her adieu – but Kendall isn't having it. She refuses to let her old friend leave in this condition. She drags Greenlee over to the couch for a chat. They start talking about Erica as if she isn't there and this doesn't sit well with their subject. Erica announces that she is going to check on Lily and leaves the room. With her gone, Kendall resumes reassuring Greenlee by saying that Ryan can outsmart both of his brothers on any day – and that he will take care of everything and come back to her. Greenlee is still uneasy but before they can expound on it any further, Erica rushes back into the living room and tells them that Lily is gone.
Shortly thereafter, Ryan returns to the room he shares with Jonathan. He realizes quickly that Jonathan is on the phone with their remaining brother. He waits to see what the next move is, and is shocked when Jonathan hands the phone over to him. He talks briefly with his brother, and then asks if they can meet by the boathouse in an hour. After the phone call concludes, Jonathan tries to convince Ryan not to go after Braden alone. He shows off a note that showed up the night before – which stated that Ryan was dead. He tries to offer himself as backup, but Ryan isn't having any of it. Jonathan apologizes for not being more forthright with information, but it's water under the bridge. Jonathan says that he was just trying to protect his brothers as they had done for him so long ago. Ryan appreciates the sentiment and says that when things were done with Braden, they would start their relationship anew. Jonathan tells him to be safe, and watches as he walks out of the room.
Ethan arrives at the jail, and without looking up, Zach knows that his son is there. Ethan admits that he trespassed at Wildwind and found the disc of Edmund walking, and realized that Edmund was indeed the liar. He is gleeful as he reports that he destroyed the disc and that Maria can bury her husband a hero. All Zach has left, according to Ethan, is his word against that of a dead man. Ethan's quite smug at possessing the coveted upper hand, but he doesn't get the reaction that he wants. Zach simply states that he will rot in jail and burn in hell for what he's done, and Ethan hopes that it will be painful. Zach is curious as to how Ethan came to be such an empty shell of a man – was Zach's mention of the Cambias curse more of a lure than a deterrent? He then admits that Ethan is starting to act more like Alexander Sr. every day. Ethan tells his father that he will pay for what he did. Zach inquires as to whether he means what was done to Edmund, or what was done to Ethan himself. Zach asks if Ethan played out this scene of confrontation in his head – knowing that he had, and further knowing that it isn't going the way he had hoped. While Ethan seethes, Zach announces that if Ethan is having too much fun, he can tone down his reactions. Non-verbally admitting that he wants more of a reaction, Ethan says that Zach should say whatever he needs to say now because he will have plenty of time to think over what he'd done once he was in prison. Zach fires back that Ethan will have an equal amount of time to think about his own wrong doings. Wanting to get in the final shot, Ethan reminds Zach that the woman he did everything for hates him as much as his own son does.
Lily shows up at the burned out barn at Wildwind. She keeps flashing back to the scene where Edmund gets up from the wheelchair to set the space heater upright, and then gets hit over the head with the shovel. She's only afforded a few minutes to do that because Sam shows up and interrupts her reverie. He tries to introduce himself and he holds out his hand for a handshake while explaining that Edmund was his father. He goes on to say that the services being held that day were for his father, and that the barn couldn't be torn down because it is still considered a crime scene. Lily processes all of this, and then flashes back to what happened one more time. Cryptically, she says aloud that what she originally thought she saw was the truth. Sam starts firing questions at Lily and she reveals that she saw the man in the wheelchair stand on his own two feet. Clearly, this agitates Sam and he tells her that she can't say things like that about his father because he's dead. He demands to know who she is and starts to approach her, but she freaks out and yells for him not to touch her. Just as she gets highly agitated and starts counting backwards to calm herself, Maria arrives on the scene. She pulls her son away and explains who Lily is, what is going on and why she is so upset. Sam, still upset, continually tries to tell his mother what Lily said but she can't focus on that right now. She asks him to go up to the house and call Jack, but Sam hesitates. His only other option, however, would be to stay with Lily and calm her down while Maria made the call. Opting for the lesser of two evils at the moment, Sam heads back to the main house.
Erica is on the phone with Jack, telling him that Lily is gone and assuring him that his daughter will be kept safe and that they would find her. The phone call ends abruptly, and Erica is immediately on the attack again. She blames Greenlee for Lily's leaving – because Greenlee came into the apartment shouting her demands. Irritated that Erica can't seem to let it go, Greenlee reminds her that she isn't personally responsible for installing the back door or pushing Lily through it. She says that she is sorry that Lily left, and this only proves to be the latest of openings that Erica takes as a means to brow beat her. Erica then tells her that the other person who is out and about is her crazy brother-in-law Braden...who got there because of her other crazy brother-in-law Jonathan. She continues to screech on about how they have hurt more than enough of the people that Jack loves, and this affords Kendall and opportunity to break in. She reminds Erica that Greenlee is one of those people, and that she would do well to remember that. Greenlee follows and says that right now, Braden is probably going after Ryan – far away from wherever Lily is.
When Sam leaves Maria slowly approaches Lily and tells her that they are going to get in touch with her dad, and this helps ease Lily's anxiety. She asks if Lily wants to come up to the house to wait for her ride, but Lily is focused once again on her repeated flashbacks of the crime. Just then, she remembers seeing Zach still unconscious in another room of the barn. She then announces that she didn't get it wrong – and that 'he' didn't do it.
Ryan checks out the area around the boathouse when suddenly someone drops down from the ceiling and surprises him. It's Aidan, who clearly sees that he has caught Ryan off-guard. He warns Ryan about walking into open fire, as he is wont to do, and then informs him that he has already swept the area and found nothing. Just then, to Ryan's horror, Aidan whips out a gun. Ryan insists that there is to be no gunfire, and that he will handle things as he sees fit. Aidan feels more secure in the backup position having a gun in case they should need it. He tells Ryan that if Braden should decide to burst in on them with guns blazing, they need to be prepared. Ryan still wants to deal with the situation in his own way – just one brother, who would have done anything for his siblings, trying to bring another brother down. He tells Aidan that Jonathan would be there right now to help if he could, but Ryan wouldn't allow it. Aidan expresses the possibility that if Jonathan were here, he might have just as easily helped Braden. Ryan is unwilling to entertain the idea that both of his brothers could want him dead, but Aidan says that one of the reasons Ryan keeps him around is because he is able to look at things objectively when Ryan can't – and that it's a valid viewpoint. Upset, Ryan says that he doesn't need Aidan's help any longer, and asks him to leave. Alone again, he paces the length of the boathouse, muttering about his disappointment in his brother once again. He goes to the door to see if he can spot Braden. A shot rings out and it hits Ryan, knocking him to the ground.
Back at Jack's apartment, Erica receives the good word from Sam via phone and promises to head over to the estate to pick Lily up immediately. Kendall and Greenlee are confused, but Erica doesn't stop to explain what happens before dashing out the door. With her gone, Greenlee continues to brood about Ryan walking into an open fire. Kendall tries to be helpful once again and says that perhaps Lily being found is a good sign – meaning that Ryan will be successful in taking care of his brothers, and will come home to his wife safe and sound. Seeing that her positive words aren't having any effect, Kendall decided to stay true to form and make the situation about her. Greenlee isn't surprised in the least when Kendall announces that she will now try to one up Greenlee in the emotional tizzy department. She tells Greenlee that Ryan will be fine dealing with his brothers and that when he's done, that's when the real problems start. Curious, Greenlee waits for an explanation. Kendall tells her that when all is said and done, the two of them will want to put a serious hurt on Jonathan and Braden. Greenlee doesn't see a problem with this, but Kendall confesses that she vowed to never wear an orange jumpsuit again. Her proposed solution is that they help hold each other back so that they can stay out of trouble. Greenlee tries to play along, but her half-hearted attempt is short lived."
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