"As Kendall and Simone listen at the door, Greenlee interrogates Jack with an antagonistic edge. At the culmination of her questioning, she asks Jack if he wants her baby in the water too. At this, Erica brokenly begs Greenlee to stop attempting to make a bad situation worse.
Kendall and Simone return to the living room, and Kendall starts to explode about the situation. She is angry that despite the fact that Greenlee only gave Ryan love and hope, he couldn't bear to take that and fight for their relationship. All Ryan gave to Greenlee was heartache. She says that the reasoning is because Ryan is a guy and that's what guys do: destroy your hope and dreams by grinding them in to dust. Just then, she sees that Ethan has shown up and Kendall unleashes on him too, asking why guys always have to hurt the women they supposedly love. Twisting her own horrible experiences into the mix, Kendall rants on about how convenient it is for men to use excuses like 'My daddy hates me' to destroy the woman who loves them. She is amazed that Greenlee took a leap of faith that she never could, time and time again, amazed that she gave Ryan the world by giving him a child - and for what? She notes that love is a lie - one that we use to comfort ourselves. Simone breaks in and tells her that it really does exist, and Kendall dares her to go into the other room and tell Greenlee that what happened with Ryan was the way things were meant to be. Ethan agrees with Kendall, but somehow she is not comforted. Simone slips into the optimist role by telling both of them that the point of love, even if it ends badly, it to reach out, connect with someone and try. Kendall feels that is all well and good, but what about people like Greenlee, who trust blindly and have endless faith? Somehow she got it wrong, and now she is broken and she never saw it coming. Kendall points to that situation as the reality of love, and asks to be spared the lecture on the magic of love.
Greenlee turns her rage onto Erica but her target refuses to back down. Erica tells her new stepdaughter that she is there to help and is in her life to stay. Greenlee blows over Erica's offer by asking if they are both trying to parent her. She then goes back to raging at Jack, telling him that he can't just play Daddy, rock her and tell her that everything will be okay. Jack replies that for whatever she thinks he has done to her, and however angry she is at him, he is still her father. She then denounces him as her father, noting that the change came about the first day that he declared that she and Ryan shouldn't be together. The only family she has now, according to her, is the baby that she is carrying. After a few moments, Greenlee wonders why her father hasn't left. He tells her that he will always love her and her baby, and he would never desert them. Greenlee reminds him that the baby is part of the man that he hated. That doesn't matter to Jack, but Greenlee doesn't believe him. He tells his daughter that all he wanted was the best for her, but she believes that she had the best in Ryan, and now he's gone. She reminds her father that he tried to get Ryan out of her life by telling him that he was dangerous. She never believed that he would hurt her, but Jack refutes the back half of her comment and says that everyone saw what Ryan became - even Ryan. Greenlee then says that she doesn't know how she can look at her father with all the things he said and did to her husband, let alone forgive him. Jack lets her rant on for a moment longer, and then he grabs his daughter and begs her to listen. He admits that he recognizes how much she loved Ryan, and how torn up she is that he's gone. He tells her that she is not responsible for what happened, and choking up, he apologizes for her loss. Finally cracking, Greenlee allows her tears of pain to roll down her cheeks, and then falls into her father's loving embrace. Erica takes the opportunity to leave her husband and stepdaughter alone.
Erica returns to the main part of the room as Kendall swears that she is done with love. Kendall spots her mother and asks how Greenlee is doing. Erica doesn't have anything positive to report, so Simone and Ethan decide in that moment that they need to take their leave. When mother and daughter are alone, Erica asks Kendall how she is doing. Kendall tries to put on a brave face, but Erica knows it all too well, and calls her eldest daughter's bluff. Kendall insists that there is no way her mother could know or understand what is going on inside of her head. Erica knows that, as her mother, she has an insight that Kendall may not understand. She remains quiet while Kendall rages about the fact that Ryan couldn't let himself be loved. She admits that she can't imagine a world without Ryan and never wanted to.
At the cliffs, the search and rescue team continues to look for Ryan as he hides out behind some rocks. Moments later, Zach shines a light right on Ryan, and wonders how he survived the fall. Noting that Greenlee will be happy to find out that she isn't a widow sparks Ryan's anger again, and he threatens Zach with death if Greenlee ever found out he was alive. Zach informs him that he was the one that told Greenlee that the mission had moved from rescue to recovery, and tells him about the blank look in her eyes. He goes on to say that while it would be good for his image to bring Ryan back from the dead, the more important thing would be that Ryan could put the light back in his wife's eyes. Ryan tries to convince Zach that Greenlee would be better off without him, because she would suffer less on the whole by believing he was dead. Before Zach can refute the theory, another rescue worker calls down to him and asks if he found anything. Zach pauses for a moment, and then calls up that he did indeed find something. Ryan silently begs Zach not to blow his cover, and after a moment, Zach caves, saying that he found some random unrelated things. After Zach promises he will let them know if he finds something pertinent, they leave. Zach then tries to get a handle on why Ryan made the decision that he did. Ryan swears that he knows what Greenlee needs, and that this is the best course of action. Zach then asks how he would feel if Greenlee loved him and mourned him the rest of her life. Ryan doesn't take time to ponder that, instead asking his own question: does Zach believe there is any chance that Ryan can be someone other than who he has already become? Zach doesn't think that Ryan will have any other existence besides going to bed and waking up, still hating himself. Ryan believes that Greenlee never would have walked away from him, despite the dark and twisted soul that lived inside him - so he had to take the option out of her hands. With nothing changing Ryan's mind - not the baby, nor his loving wife who, at this very moment is grieving for him), Zach takes in the view below him - the jagged rocks, the strong current. He then turns and tells Ryan that maybe it wasn't his turn to die. Zach thinks that maybe Ryan has been afforded a second chance, but Ryan tells him that even if it were true - the good times would never last. He believes that it is best to leave it with everyone thinking that he's dead. He asks Zach to leave him alone and to keep his mouth shut. Zach readily agrees, but then asks how Ryan will deal with the rescue workers and the media. He is certain that one group or the other will manage to find Ryan. He asks Ryan if he thinks anyone from those camps would keep his secret. Momentarily speechless, Ryan just stares at Zach as he contemplates the near future. Zach then sheds a ray of light: he tells Ryan that if he is going to fake his death, he needs to work with Zach so that it's done right.
Ryan follows Zach into a storage shed, wary of his plan. He questions how long he will have to stay there, but Zach couldn't confirm anything. Ryan confesses that he doesn't trust Zach, so Zach offers to let him leave so that he can do things on his own. He does, however, remind Ryan that he knows a thing or two about faking your own death. Ryan acquiesces and Zach goes to leave. When he closes the door, he padlocks it shut. Realizing too late, Ryan tries to open the door while screaming at Zach, but to no avail. He looks around for something to break the door open with, muttering about how he will make Zach pay once he gets out.
Greenlee and Jack come out of the bathroom, noticeably less shaken. Greenlee thanks everyone for being there for her, but tells them that they can go home, and that she will be okay. Before they can make a move, Zach returns to the suite, and they look to him for an update on Ryan.
At Tad and Aidan's office, Sam roots through a file and finds the security pass code for Wildwind. He rejoices for a moment, and then calls Lily. He tells her that he wants to see her, but informs her they would have to break some rules in order to do so. Lily is game, so he tells her to meet him at Wildwind. He hangs up and gets ready to take off, but when he turns around, he sees Tad. He tries to be nonchalant about what Tad may or may not have heard and tries to leave, but Tad isn't having it. Instead, Tad wants to sit down and have a talk. Reluctantly, Sam sits down and hears Tad out. Tad starts by apologizing for being so absent in Sam's life over the past couple of weeks. Sam pretends to be appreciative but is really antsy to leave. Tad keeps thwarting his exit until finally he tells the newest member of his family that he won't be allowed to leave until he confesses what is going on, and why he was snooping in the office. Sam makes up an excuse where Ruth said Tad would buy dinner. Tad decides to let it go, giving Sam money but noting that someday, he would get Sam to open up. As a relieved Sam dashes out, Tad starts to try to track down the real reason for Sam being in the office - alone. He checks in some drawers and on the desk, but doesn't see anything suspicious. Before he can get too involved in his search, he is interrupted by a kiss placed on the back of his head by Amanda. After a startled Tad realizes who kissed him, he attempts to ascertain why. Amanda tries to pull a double cross by telling Tad that she thought he was Aidan and she wanted to thank him for the job offer. Tad tells her that Aidan never mentioned it, and Amanda feigns disappointment somewhat convincingly. She tries to convince Tad that she has skills that would be an asset to the PI business, but Tad remains completely unmoved. She continues to sweet talk Tad, and tells him that Aidan said she could have the job if Tad signed on. Tad thinks for a moment, and after deciding that there was no real harm, hires her. She squeals with glee and goes to hug Tad, but her joy is short lived. Aidan had shown up at the office and overheard her scam. He promptly fires her.
At the Montgomery residence, Lily grabs her purse and plans to leave, but when she opens the door, she finds Aidan standing outside. She tries to talk her way around him, but he apologetically tells her that he can't let her leave. Even though she didn't schedule time to talk to him, Aidan is unwilling to leave her alone. He tells Lily that Jack called and that in addition to asking Aidan to check on her, told him about an emergency. Lily inquires about the emergency but Aidan tells her that Jack will tell her about it when he sees her. He then invites himself in and ignores all of her attempts to leave. She gets increasingly agitated that he is getting her off schedule, and when he comes near her, she kicks him and runs back to her room. A short time later, Aidan talks to Reggie in the same spot where Lily left him. Reggie asks for the latest on the Ryan situation - how Greenlee is, if Jack is with her, if he should go to be with all of them. Aidan tells him what he knows, but suggests that it would be better if he stayed with Lily. Aidan admits that he didn't tell Lily what had happened because Jack wanted to be certain that she would be okay. He also tells Reggie that he was asked to check in on Lily to make sure she didn't go anywhere. He thinks that she is angry enough not to come out until morning. At the same time that he is absorbing that information, Reggie wonders why there are people that just can't get a break, no matter how well they live their lives.
Having snuck out of the apartment, Lily meets up with Sam at Wildwind. They successfully get into the house and disarm the security system. They discover that the electricity has been turned off, so they opt to light candles. After some small talk about breaking the rules and learning from your mistakes (all things in the teenagers' handbook), they decide to explore the house to see what was left behind. After poking around for a while, Sam vents about the fact that it seems his family has been erased - all the furniture is covered up, all of the pictures are gone. He thinks briefly that things would be better if his dad were still around. Lily tells him that bad things happen to her family, but good things happen as well, and that she tries to remember those more. Sam agrees and he lets go of his angst for the moment. He says that he has something much better in his bag. He pulls out a portable stereo, and tells her that he has new music for her to listen to. He asks her to dance and she agrees - adding on that she wanted to try the touching kind of dancing. Sam tells her to let him know if something doesn't feel right, and she agrees. He reaches out to touch her but before he can, she sees something over his shoulder and screams.
Simone and Ethan return to the hall outside of his suite, and she laments about never really being able to be the kind of friend that she should be. Ethan assures her that she did everything right, by believing in her friend and in love. She reminds him that he doesn't think that love is a good thing. He agrees, but says that he wishes he could. She thinks briefly that maybe, if there is a next time, she should be more like him, like Kendall. He replies that he hopes she doesn't - because her faith in people is a big part of who she is, and he would miss her. He then offers to get her whatever she wants - like food or something to drink. He feels that she has done so much for others that it's time for her to be taken care of."
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