Steffy sits on the beach and wonders where Liam is. Adam (Liam) tells Eve (Quinn) that he can speak in sentences and mostly stand on his own so she does not have to be afraid for him, even if she thinks he has changed. He does not know how he acted before and he may not remember that but somehow he knows they met and fell in love and he wants to remember that as he owes her so much. He kisses her and asks her not to be afraid. He asks if they had a fight before whatever happened. He feels a little strange when he is close to her. He feels like he might have done something wrong or someplace else he needs to be. Steffy comes back into Wyatt's house and he says it can be hers if she wants it to be. She says that is what she likes about him, he jumps in with no hesitation. She laments this is not a rejection but she is not over all of this with Liam. She needs to stand there with him face to face and hear it from his lips. Bill is upset when Allison calls him at home and explains that Deacon was in touch, seems he has dumped Quinn or vice versa. Katie is drinking again and says that happened awfully fast. Bill explains why he is not closer to Wyatt because he does not want his psycho mom up in his business again. Adam looks around and asks Eve if they are divorced. He is looking and sees no pictures of him or his phone, nothing of his. Eve covers by saying this is not their main house and all his belongings are still elsewhere. She says others have told her she is too controlling and she does not want to be that way anymore. He asks her to tell him more about herself. Katie tells Bill that she can see now how crazy it was to invite Brooke into their lives at the office. She saw it in others eyes; she saw it in Bill's eyes. He explains that he only wanted her to be happy. Wyatt opines to Steffy that he learned about himself at about fifteen and he could not wait to get away from his mother. He does not know that much about her past. Eve tells Adam that her mother used to call her a little witch, she said it all the time and wondered why Quinn was even born. She seemed to always cramp her style. Steffy asks Wyatt if perhaps Liam is dead .or at least sick. It does not make sense that he won't come home. He has no reason to stay away as she did not run off with anyone. Adam says he is sorry that he reminded Eve of her past, but he thanks her for telling him. He thinks they can have a good life. She gives him a light kiss and leaves him alone. Someone knocks at the door and she goes and is grossed to see Deacon standing there. She shoves some money at him and tells him to go away. This well is now dry. He barrels on in and then brushes past her as he suspects someone is in the bedroom. He about drops his teeth when he sees it is Liam.
Steffy: Where are you, Liam? Liam: Are you afraid? Quinn: Not the way you think. Liam: You don't have to be afraid for me. I'm better now. Quinn: [Sighs] But you're not. Liam: Well, I can speak in sentences. I can stand on my own. Most of the time. Quinn: [Chuckles] Liam: And there may be things that I don't remember, but -- Quinn: No. You just -- you don't -- you don't realize how our relationship has changed. Liam: Was it different before? Quinn: Yeah. Liam: Okay. So, tell me what to do. I don't know how to act, Eve. I don't know how I acted before. But I know -- I know that we met and we fell in love and we got married and I may not remember what those things look like in pictures, but somehow -- somehow, I know how they feel. And you have to be the reason for that. I owe you so much. Quinn: Don't say that. You're like a child who's never been hurt before. I used to be that way once. Liam: I like you now. Don't be sad. Don't be afraid. Bill: Don't tell me it's none of my business, Alison! Everything is my business. Oh, well, that relation-- uh, arrangement was doomed. You call me next time Deacon contacts you. Katie: Deacon came to see you at the office? Bill: No. He called Alison for a date. Katie: What?! Bill: That's the information she called to convey. Quinn dumped him. Katie: Wow. That was fast. Bill: He is a blood-sucking, parasitic lowlife. I think Quinn liked the idea of having another dependent, being that Wyatt is all grown up. Quinn really didn't want to be married. She just wanted to be able to say that she once was married. Katie: Think Deacon cheated on her? Bill: [Chuckles] Only if he wanted to wake up decapitated. Katie: You think she cheated on him? Bill: With a male of what species? Quinn: What is it? Liam: Uh, it's not -- it's not you. It's not you. Quinn: Are you -- are you remembering something? Liam: [Breathing shakily] Did we have a fight before whatever happened, happened? Quinn: Why? Liam: Uh... when I get close to you, I-I feel... Quinn: Well, it must feel strange -- you know, a whole life that you can't remember. Liam: I did something wrong, didn't I? Is there someplace I'm supposed to be? Quinn: In your condition? You would be -- you would be lost. You -- you don't know our street or -- or the city we live in or anything. What -- what is it? Liam: It just -- it feels like... there's a promise I made and I'm not keeping it. Wyatt: How was the beach? Steffy: It was nice. Wyatt: Cold? Steffy: No. Not now. Wyatt: You were out there for a while. Steffy: Yeah, it just, um -- it hypnotizes me -- you know, the ocean. Wyatt: I get it. I'm just glad you weren't too shocked or horrified to come home. Steffy: [Chuckles] Wyatt: Well, I mean, not that this is home to you. Yet. Unless you want it to be. Katie: You know, you don't have to babysit me. Bill: Who said that's what I'm doing? Katie: That's what you're doing. You're afraid that I'm gonna sit here and fixate on Brooke, and that's not what I'm gonna do. I have had a-a lovely afternoon with will. Bill: Who is the coolest. Katie: Mm-hmm. Bill: But hasn't quite yet developed his dad's animal magnetism. Katie: And I'm thinking of getting a cat. Bill: Oh, no, no, no. How did we get back to this? [Chuckles] Why do you want an aloof feline in this house? Katie: You know, you're -- you're like a national monument. You're like a rock. You never change. You're always the same, like the statue of liberty. Bill: I like that. Katie: [Laughs] Bill: I have to get one of my sons to commission a statue of me -- a bronze statue -- a large bronze statue of me to be installed in the Spencer lobby. Katie: [Laughs] Well, I will start dropping hints, but I have a feeling Liam would just roll his eyes and Wyatt would be like, "well, what has dad done for me lately?" Bill: I have to work on that. Katie: Yeah. Bill: I have been pretty hands-off with Wyatt. But only because I don't want his psycho mother up in my business again. Although he has done a pretty good job of keeping Quinn and her claws in her cage. Katie: Well, maybe that's why she dumped Deacon. I mean, Wyatt wasn't exactly his biggest fan. Bill: Yeah, my son does have, uh, pretty good instincts about people. Except when it comes to the women in his life. Steffy: Are you asking for an answer? Wyatt: [Chuckles] No. No, I'm -- I'm not -- I'm not asking you for an answer. I am simply relaying information. Namely... I would like to spend the rest of my life with you. Steffy: You see, that's what you do. You -- you jump in with both feet. Wyatt: [Laughs] Steffy: No uncertainty, no hesitation. Wyatt: Yeah? Steffy: Yeah. Wyatt: The most important thing a person can learn in this world is what they want -- not what they think they want, not what they -- they're afraid they're gonna settle for, but what they truly, deeply want. And I-I think I have an answer for that. Do you? Steffy: I thought I did... or I-I wouldn't be engaged to Liam. Wyatt: Yeah, but, I mean, Steffy, he's -- he's kind of released you from that commitment. Steffy: Yeah, but honestly, I haven't been able to release myself. Wyatt: Got it. Steffy: No. This is not a rejection or anything like that. Wyatt: No. No. I get it. It's like when you go to work and you find your office has just been completely cleared out. I mean, the message is clear, but, like, what the hell happened to my office? Steffy: Yeah. More like going home and finding out that your house is gone. Wyatt: Yeah, but you still have the need to understand what the hell happened. Steffy: I have a need to hear it from Liam, standing in front of me, face to face. Look, I may never understand it, but at least then, I'll believe it. Liam: I keep having these questions in my head. Like, is there somebody waiting for me or...something I'm supposed to... do I have a calendar? Quinn: Yeah, well, it's probably in your phone, wherever you left it. Liam: Are we divorced? Steffy: What? [Chuckling] Why would you ask that question? Liam: Because there's nothing of me here. There's -- there's no photos of me in them. There's -- do I have a closet? Quinn: Well, everything is still back at our old place. I didn't have -- I didn't have the chance to move it over, 'cause you weren't well. Liam: Yeah. Yeah. Why did we move? Quinn: Because you wanted to be out of the noise and the traffic of the city. Liam: Yeah, that sounds right. That sounds like -- [Chuckles] Like something I would want. Quinn: Yeah. See, you're already starting to remember yourself. Liam: Yeah, maybe I am. Quinn: I think that's better. Don't you? Showing you a bunch of photographs or telling you stories that, [Chuckling] I mean, who knows, maybe I made up? Liam: I suppose you -- you could program me. How would I know? [Chuckles] Quinn: People have told me that I'm too controlling. I don't want to be that way anymore. Liam: So don't tell me about me. Tell me a story about you. Katie: You know, I-I didn't think Ivy was so bad. I mean, she and Wyatt seemed happy. Bill: It's very important that a man picks the right woman. Katie: Not as important for a woman to pick the right man? Bill: A guy will do anything to be the man his wife wants him to be. Katie: [Laughs] Bill: Why are you laughing at that? I'm the perfect example, standing here right before you. I'm a better man. Granted, I'm still a bit rough around the edges. I make, uh, the occasional mistake now and again. But I do apologize now, which is an improvement. Katie: Yeah. I don't really think it's any different for women. I mean, who you're with changes you. With you, I can be confident and stand on my own two feet and stand up for myself and almost forget about that excruciatingly self- conscious girl that I used to be. But with you, I'm different. And then something happens, and I'm right back to where I started. Anyone could see that inviting Brooke to work with us was crazy. I mean, I-I could see it in -- in people's eyes when I would suggest it. I-I could see it in your eyes. Why didn't you say anything? Bill: Partly because I think you know better than I do about a lot of things. And partly because I want you to have whatever it is you want. Katie: Sometimes, I don't want what's good for me. Bill: Like a cat. Katie: [Chuckles] This mama lion's gonna go check on her cub. Steffy: Are you upset with me? Wyatt: What? No. No. Of course not. I know this is happening really quickly. Actually, now that I think about it, it would have been weird if you had said, "yeah, I just had my heart broken and stomped on via text message. You know what? I'm gonna take a chance with you." Steffy: You know, I'm sure hundreds of broken-hearted girls in L.A. Would. Wyatt: Here's the thing I learned about myself when I was like 15. I couldn't wait to move away from my mother. Steffy: [Chuckles] Speaking of Quinn... Liam: Mm-hmm? Steffy: ...How soon can I expect to see her in a bush with binoculars? Wyatt: Hey, she's a changed woman. Steffy: Really? Wyatt: She gave Deacon his walking papers, and apparently, she has a nice place in the canyon. Steffy: [Laughs] Oh, my God. Wyatt: Yep. Steffy: Seriously? Wyatt: Yeah. And he didn't even, like, fight it, apparently. I don't know. Steffy: Quinn's fierce. Wyatt: Yeah. Steffy: Has she always been that way? Wyatt: I've known her all of my life, but not all of hers. You know what I mean? Quinn: I don't really remember my childhood. Liam: You had parents. Quinn: I had parents. Liam: So, you had a childhood. Quinn: I was inconvenient. My parents would say that... that was my most outstanding trait. Don't. I'm not in the mood. Well, maybe I am...[Chuckles] Little tease. I'm not a little tease. [Chuckles] What are you doing?! Quinn: Mommy, are you all right? Mommy? What did I tell you about ever coming into this room? You have a kid in this dump? Why are you even home? Quinn: Daddy dropped me off early. [Scoffs] What did you do? Quinn: He said he was busy. This is too weird for me. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I can send her across the hall. Now look what you did, you little witch! What kind of life can I ever have with you around?! Quinn: I'm sorry. What good is sorry to me, you little witch?! Does sorry put food on the table? Quinn: [Voice breaking] My mother never really, um -- she never really wanted to have any children. It wasn't her -- it wasn't her thing. [Chuckles] Liam: Well, she must have grown into it, because here you are. Quinn: She used to call me a little witch. She -- she used to say, um -- she would ask me, "why were you ever born?" Liam: [Groans] I'm sorry. I would not have asked you to relive that. Quinn: I've never told you before. I've never told anyone this. [Chuckles] Until now. Steffy: Okay, I'm gonna ask you a question, and I don't want you to freak out. Wyatt: Okay. Steffy: Do you think Liam could be dead? Wyatt: Liam? Steffy, no. Come -- dead people don't text. Steffy: Okay, or -- or sick or in trouble? I'm not deluding myself. I know he's angry with me. But Liam hasn't been the same. I mean, he runs off to Australia with Ivy and then takes the next flight back? He tells me to move out and then he never comes home? Wyatt: I know it doesn't make sense, but when people are hurt, sometimes they don't make sense. Steffy: Well, what does he have to be hurt about? I didn't run off with anyone. Wyatt: Well, you do have an offer on the table. [Clears throat] Steffy: I don't know, Wyatt. It -- it just feels so weird, like it -- it doesn't feel like this is personal. It's like he's nonexistent. Liam: I am so sorry I made you remember that. Quinn: Well, sometimes I think I could have been a different kind of person if I -- Liam: I like the person you are right now. Quinn: You didn't used to. Liam: I married you. And I think we can have a good life. I really believe that. Quinn: That is -- it's a nice thought. You need to get some rest. Come on. You're starting to sway. Liam: Yeah. It's a good tired. Quinn: Yeah. [Sniffles] Liam: Thank you for telling me about you. [Knock on door] Quinn: Just leave it at the door, please. Uh, special delivery. I'm gonna need a signature. Quinn: [Sighs] [Gasps] Go away! Deacon: I need a favor. Quinn: I am not giving you any more money. Deacon: Well, we could take it up in divorce court. Quinn: Please. You're a convicted felon. Deacon: Well, you're an unconvicted felon. Can you imagine the list of witnesses that I'd have? Quinn: Just... wait right here. Deacon: It's cute. I didn't think you liked cute. Quinn: Take the money. Go. Deacon: I didn't even ask for this. But, since you're offering... Quinn: And let me just tell you this -- this well is dry. You come back again, and I will have a weapon. Deacon: Why are we whispering? Oh, baby. I'm hurt. Quinn: Shut up. Deacon: Who is he? Quinn: His name is "take the money and go." Deacon: Look, I'm not the jealous type here, you know? I mean, I just didn't think you'd be able to have it any better in the bedroom than you had it with me... Quinn: Deacon, please don't. Deacon: ...Apart from the usual fighting for who's gonna be on top. Quinn: Please, don't. Deacon: Just take a little look here. Liam?!