Liam carries Hope over the threshold of the hotel room. They kiss and she says she is not lost any more. Today she got two things she has always wanted; her father and a husband. She's much more chipper than Liam and gushes on how perfect the day has been considering what it took for them to get this far. Deacon gets himself a drink and makes a crack that tonight is the wedding night for his daughter. Bill responds that he is not a father, only the sperm donor. He spices things up by saying not only did he get a kiss from the bride but he apologized to her. Now she is a part of his family. Anxiously Dani awaits as Karen reads a piece she has written. She wants to please, but always fears that it's not going to be good enough and she certainly doesn't know if Bill will like it. Katie walks in the door as they share a quick kiss. It's a little awkward but Karen asks if she wants to talk about it, and Katie assures them she is okay with them as a couple as she always assumed. She does not think Bill will disapprove either once they tell him. Katie gets the suspicion that they moved to Los Angeles so she could keep her eye on Bill and his running the office here. Karen says he may accept them as a couple but professionally he could use it against her. Katie reminds them that Bill is not his father. Dani lashes out that Katie did not know Bill Sr. He wanted nothing to do with Dani; she never met him. He wanted to marry Karen off to some guy; it almost broke them up. They had to put up with a lot under Bill Sr.'s rules. Alison hands Deacon a big wad of money. Bill says it is much more than he would have ever gotten if and when he was paroled. They are getting ready to descend; Bill won't tell him where. That way if he ever runs into the Warden again, he can honestly say he does not know where Deacon is. And he wants the same with Deacon; never to tell anyone how he got to Italy. Deacon lingers and Bill tells him not to wait for a written invitation; get off his plane. Hope and Liam enjoy their champagne and vow to come back here every year. She wants Liam to take off her wedding dress. He can't take his eyes off of her. She lights the candles and he emerges from the bathroom. She wants him just to stand there for a moment. She likes to look at his body; she likes touching him. That frozen little girl she used to be is gone. She is ready now. He carries her to the bed.
Hope: (Laughing) Liam: Here we go. Wait, hold on, hold on. Hope: Aah! Liam: Me work! Hope: Oh, my superhero husband. Liam: Oh, what, you weigh all of 30 pounds. Hope: Aah! Uh, no it's the dress. I'm like a sumo wrestler. Liam: No, you're like an angel sumo wrestler who lost her way and fell to earth. Hope: Mm. I'm not lost anymore. [SCENE_BREAK] Deacon: You know, it's their wedding night. My daughter, your son. Alison: I think the events of the day established that. Bill: She's not your daughter. (Sighs) You were nothing more than a sperm donor. She's my family now. Deacon: Well, I suppose that makes me frying pan and, uh, you, the fire. (Sighs) Let me ask you something, Bill. Did you manage to get yourself a kiss from the bride? Bill: As a matter of fact, I did. And if you really want me to spice it up for you, I even apologized to her. Deacon: (Scoffs) [SCENE_BREAK] Danielle: (Sighs) Karen: Very nicely done. Danielle: You hate it. (Sighs) Karen: Why do you always do this? You ask me to read your article, and then anything good I say, you don't believe. Danielle: I-I know. I-I'm sorry. What did you like, specifically? Karen: I liked when the loggers sat down with the tree huggers for dinner. Danielle: You didn't think that was too precious? Okay, I-I like-- I like that part, too. They're probably cut it. Karen: You're a wonderful writer. Danielle: Well, your brother doesn't think so. Karen: (Scoffs) My brother has no taste. Danielle: (Chuckles) Karen: I would think one look at him would tell you that. Look, he's been out of town. I'll talk to him. Danielle: No. I don't want you to do that. Karen: Yes. You had a job interview. You deserve a response. Danielle: No, no, no. Look, I just figured that my career would be further along by now. Karen: At least I don't need the money. Danielle: It's not about that. I need to feel productive. You know that. Karen: I know, but... (Inhales sharply) What about the life that we created together? What about our daughter? Doesn't that count for something? Katie: Hey. Um... I-I thought since Bill was coming back, that we would barbecue. This is awkward, isn't it? Karen: (Scoffs) Katie: Um... I'm really sorry. The door was open, so just came in. Danielle: You--no, you didn't do anything wrong. (Chuckles) Karen: You, uh, you're probably surprised, I would imagine. Danielle: (Clears throat) Katie: Um... okay. (Chuckles) Karen: Do you want to talk about it? Katie: About what? Karen: I-I imagine you have questions. Katie: Actually I'm just kind of relieved. I've been wanting to treat you guys as a couple, but you've been pretending that you're not one, so... (Chuckles) Danielle: (Chuckles) Karen: So people are talking then? Katie: No. No. Not at all. It's just that you've been roommates for a long time, and you have a daughter, and she has your last name, not her father's. And I mean, come on. This is Los Angeles. I would have to be pretty dim to not at least consider... (Chuckles) Danielle: Well, for instance, as dim as your husband? Katie: Oh, yeah. Him. (Chuckles) Karen: (Scoffs) [SCENE_BREAK] Hope: Oh, look, Francesco left us champagne. Liam: He did? Hope: Uh-huh. Liam: Wow. Oh, no. Prosecco. Hope: Ooh. Liam: Ooh. Hope: We'll have some later. Right now the only thing in the world I want is you. Liam: Today was hard. Hope: Was it? I don't remember that part. (Laughs) Liam: (Laughs) Hope: All I know is today I was given two things in the world that I've always wanted but never had-- my father and my husband. Mm. [SCENE_BREAK] Danielle: Everything okay? Katie: Yea. It just looks like Bill is gonna have to make a stop on his way home. Karen: Why? Katie: Oh, I don't know. Probably having something to do with business. Karen: What business? Katie: He didn't say. Karen: He does that a lot, haven't you found? Katie: Well, I could e-mail him back and ask him, but I'm sure whatever he's doing, he doesn't need my help. Karen: Or mine, even though I'm his sister, and our father made it very clear that he wanted us to manage his holdings jointly. Katie: Don't you? Karen: If by jointly, you mean that I sign off on decisions that he has already signed off on. Katie: Well, you had the New York office. He had the Los Angeles office. I thought you were in favor of consolidating. Danielle: I was. I thought it'd be nice to get out from under the company and live a little. Karen: So did he, a first. Katie: Did you come to Los Angeles to keep an eye on Bill? Karen: Not initially. We came for our daughter. Katie: But you don't trust him. Karen: Have you always found Bill to be trustworthy? Katie: You don't even trust him to know who you really are. [SCENE_BREAK] Hope: Oh, no. This is broken. Liam: Oh. Yeah, I guess the housekeeper found that. Hope: What happened? Liam: Me. (Sighs) Hope: What did you do? Liam: I... (Chuckles) I got frustrated, and I threw it at the bed pretty hard, and I missed, clearly. Hope: Why? Liam: I thought I had lost you. Hope: Because of the note you found that you thought was from me? Liam, I know I hurt you like that once before, but I swear, it will never happen again. Liam: Oh, I know. I... (Scoffs) I know. You told me, and I believed you. I still do. I-I guess... for a moment today, I just lost faith. Hope: Well, there's no way you could have known who wrote that note. Liam: Well, I should have known who didn't. Hope: You know, my mom said that everything that Deacon touched was poison. And that little piece of paper almost ruined everything. But it didn't. It didn't, right? I mean, today was perfect. It was. I mean, in it's--in its own really messed-up way... Liam: (Chuckles) Hope: Today was perfect. Who would have thought that after all the hurt and the sadness, we'd have the perfect wedding after all? Liam: (Chuckles) [SCENE_BREAK] Katie: You can't possibly think that Bill is going to care one way or the other if his sister is a lesbian. I mean, this is 2012. Karen: Personally, I-I don't know. I have no idea. But professionally, he could use it against me. Katie: You sound awfully paranoid. Danielle: You tell it to somebody who hasn't lived through Bill Spencer Sr. Katie: Bill is not his father. He despises his father. Karen: Well, it never stopped him from following my father's playbook... Danielle: (Sighs) Karen: Bullying, blackmail, illegal surveillance. Danielle: Thank you for not denying it. Katie: I'm not going to even address it. It's completely off the subject. Whatever hurtful awful things Bill Sr. said to you-- Danielle: I never met the man. Katie: But you said you two have been together since Caroline was little, Karen: Look, my father refused to meet him. He wanted the world not even to know she existed. Katie: (Sighs) Danielle: Don't--don't-- don't think. Don't-- Katie: You--you allowed that? Danielle: You have a right to ask that question. Look, she has a right to know what that man put you through and what it cost us, okay? He wanted to cut her out without a cent, okay-- one of the richest men in the world. A freelance writer, an out-of-work editor raising a child in Manhattan-- how long would we have lasted? And then-- and then he wanted to marry you off. She made a difficult decision, and it almost split us up. I'm gonna tell you something that I don't tell you often enough. I don't judge you, either. I look at the beautiful life that we've given our daughter and the opportunities that that money has made possible for her, and I can't say that you're wrong. Karen: Thank you. [SCENE_BREAK] Alison: I've been authorized to give you this. Deacon: At the risk of sounding slow, what the hell is this? Bill: Do I detect a note of disappointment, you ingrate? Deacon: What do I have to do to keep it? Bill: That is three times what you would have gotten that far-off day when they paroled you, if they paroled you. (Intercom buzzes) Bill: Yeah? 15 minutes, okay. All right, everyone, put your seats in their upright and locked positions. We are descending. Deacon: Los Angeles? Bill: No. That's a long way off. Deacon: Well, then where? Bill: I told the pilot to surprise me. Alison: You asked him not to tell you. Bill: If the warden gets caught or one of his people blows the whistle, do you really want me to tell them the last place I saw you? Deacon: (Chuckles) I'll be damned. You're actually gonna let me go. Bill: I am, some place with an airstrip. Now let me ask you something. Somewhere down the road when somebody shows up at your door, and they ask you how it is that you got to your daughter's wedding in Italy, what is it you're going to say? Deacon: Don't worry about me, Pal. I'll hold up my end of the bargain. We're good. Bill: Hmm. Yeah. We're something, but we're not good. [SCENE_BREAK] (Glasses clink) Hope: Cheers. Liam: Cheers. Hope: I am going to owe my mom and Ridge... Liam: (Chuckles) Hope: Forever! (Laughs) Liam: I-I can't even-- I can't. I can't even conceive of how much today cost. Hope: Oh, I don't even want to think about it. Liam: I know. Just the kites-- the kits alone, think about it. Hope: Know. But those weren't ours. Or were they? Liam: Really? I-I-I don't know. It kind of seemed like... like everything there today was ours, didn't it? The sun, the sea, the stone, "Volare," all those beautiful people. Hope: Can we come back here someday? Liam: Every year for the rest of our lives if you want. Hope: Mm. Do you think that the people will remember us in, like, ten years from now? Liam: No, uh, 'cause I'll be too fat. Hope: Oh, good. Okay, so you plan on actually finishing a meal sometime between now and then. Liam: Yeah. Right. Or I might shave my head, yeah. Hope: Whatever. You love your hair way too much. Liam: Uh, what if go bald? What if it just falls out? Hope: I will love you anyway, and if you want, I'll love that too. Liam: Well, I may go to the dogs, but they'll always remember you. Hope: (Sighs) Liam: I mean, nobody who saw you today could ever forget it. Hope: What if all my hair falls out? Liam: Eh. Hope: (Laughs) Liam: (Laughs) Hey, that's marriage, you know? It's not a magic carpet ride. It's more like a surprise package. Hope: I think... it's time for you... (Sighs) To open your surprise. [SCENE_BREAK] Karen: You know, sometimes it's hard to find the courage to stand up for yourself. Katie: It was a different time. Your father was a very powerful man. Danielle: He was a dangerous man. I was afraid for her. Karen: Maybe I shouldn't have been such a coward. But... I worked really hard at Spencer publications. I invested my time and my energy. Why should I give that up just because my father couldn't accept who I am? Katie: I-I can imagine how hard it must have been for you and how--how difficult it must have been to keep your family together under all that pressure, but, honestly, I just don't think it's gonna be the same thing with Bill. I-I-I don't believe it. Family is everything to him. Let me talk to Bill. Karen: No. Katie, I-I appreciate how supportive you're being, but if and when Bill finds out, it's gonna be from me. I don't know. Maybe--maybe you guys are right. I mean, maybe now is the time. But if it is... (Sighs) If this is the time, I will tell him. [SCENE_BREAK] Bill: What's this God-forsaken place? Alison: I thought you didn't want to know. Bill: What I want is to get home to my pregnant wife. Deacon: So this is freedom, huh? It looks like rain. Alison: Yeah, hope you brought your galoshes. Bill: What are you still doing here? Are you waiting for an engraved invitation? Deacon: (Sighs) Well, it looks like this is it. Bill: The marching band got stuck in traffic. Deacon: Well, we're family. Can't say it hasn't been a pleasure. Bill: Can't say I give a damn. Deacon: (Chuckles) Bill: Now get off my plane. (Sighs) [SCENE_BREAK] Hope: Wait. Just--just stand there for a minute. Liam: (Chuckles) Hope: (Sighs) Liam: Take a picture, why don't you? (Chuckles) Hope: I like your body. Is that okay? Liam: Yeah. Yeah, if it's okay that a like yours. Hope: (Sighs) I knew this would happen. I was right. Liam: About what? Hope: Everything is so much easier now-- looking at you, touching you, saying these things. Liam: (Sighs) Hope: That frozen little girl that I used to be... she's gone. I'm ready now. I love you so much, Liam. (Bianca Moon's "Shining Star (Will You Marry Me)" playing) There's been twists and turns but now you're back in my arms where you belong it's been hard on you but we've made it through through the good times and the bad times and the times when the tide was too high you'd call my name and I'd lift you up to the sky 'cause you you're my shining star you're the light I see at night you're the world to me you're my shining star