Katie brings breakfast to the cabin and a jigsaw puzzle which she dumps on a table for all to sit around and put together. Brooke tells Hope to just be herself. Donna and Katie will be there for her. As they progress Liam comes in and starts to leave but Hope tells him to stay, he's good at puzzles. Zoe walks in on Xander during a workout and he is not quite dressed yet. That's okay with her. She fills him in on going to her dad's apartment and finding a Flo, but she still did not get any answers of why her dad came here for only a couple of months and now has taken off again with no word or warning. Wyatt and Sally drop in on Steffy and they talk about the adoption ..that it was Taylor that actually found the baby through her contacts even though Steffy was not sure she was ready yet. How it feels so right. Steffy and Sally joke around like when Sally found Wyatt and settled for him to be her boyfriend. Steffy gives her a high five and says sometimes the Spencer boys have to be put in their place. Katie tells Hope they do not have to put the puzzle together. They really came just to be there for her so she can let her hair down and say whatever she feels. Hope says that is the problem. She never knows how she is going to feel or when this feeling will wash all over her. Zoe tells Xander that Flo was not there when she got there but did return and while friendly enough everything changed when she found out who Zoe was. All she knows is that Flo works or at least did work in Vegas and got to know her dad then. Hope tells them that she does not know God's plan but she does think in the end they will be stronger and wiser. And as strange as it seems it has something to do with Phoebe. She laments when she visited Steffy and held Phoebe in her arms it was like an electricity that went throughout her body. She thinks now that is the reason she will have hope again.
Brooke: [ Gasps ] Hope: What is all this? Brooke: I can't believe you two! [ Laughs ] Hope: Mom said you were just bringing breakfast. Katie: Oh! Donna: Well, she's not the boss of us. Katie: Yeah, and I -- I did bring breakfast. You know, I can't vouch for its nutritional quality. It's pastries. Brooke: [ Gasps ] Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day. Katie: No, brooke. You know what the most important meal of the day is. Donna? Donna: The next one. Katie: The next one. Yes. Brooke: [ Laughs ] Donna: Yeah, and besides, uh, uh, croissants have eggs, uh, flour... Katie: Mm-hmm. Donna: Practically cereal. Katie: Yep. Brooke: You know, none of us liked card games when we were growing up, so this is what we did. Donna: Yeah. Did we ever actually finish one, though? Brooke: All I remember is katie getting up in the middle of the night and messing up everything that we ever did. Katie: I was not. I was fixing it. Donna: Oh, oh. And mom would never believe that of her golden-haired little angel. Hope: Wait, wait. Golden-haired? Brooke: Well, she as blond-ish when she was growing up. Katie: Crazy, huh? Donna: You know babies. Hope: Heh... well, I wonder if that means kelly's hair will turn dark like her mom'S. And phoebe, you know, she -- I wonder if her hair will turn darker, too. Wyatt: Did we, uh, come at a bad time? Steffy: No, not at all. Just having some girl time. Sally: [ Chuckles ] Wyatt: Nice. Well, uh, pam's photos of the new baby turned out to be mostly of her thumb, so... Sally: Yeah. So we figured if pam could get a viewing, how 'bout us? Wyatt: Yeah, plus we're neighbors. Come on. We can't wait any longer. We got to meet this little miss phoebe. Xander: Oh, oh, oh! Hang on, hang on. I'm getting dressed. Zoe: Oh, come on. Xander: Oh. [ Sighs ] Zoe: It's a fashion house. There's hardly a room here where somebody's not getting changed. Xander: Yeah. I was, uh, just working out upstairs. Still don't have a locker, so... Zoe: So what you need is an independent observer. You know, just to make sure that all of this is paying off. Xander: Heh. [ Mobile playing ] Steffy: Okay. Come on, guys. Sally: Hon. Wyatt: No, I want to wake them up. Yeah, let's play, huh? Steffy: Thank you. Wyatt: [ Laughs ] Sally: God, they're so beautiful. Wyatt: Is it just me, though, or do they look kind of alike? Sally: You know, now that you mention it... Wyatt: I mean, phoebe's a little tinier, but her eyes and her nose... Steffy: Yeah, yeah. I -- I actually see it sometimes. Wyatt: Huh. I mean, it would... I don't know. I wish my brother and hope's baby... Steffy: I know. So do I. -Brooke: Oh, I got one! Ha, ha! Katie: This reminds me of that place we went to for camp that one time, and donna had me convinced there was a monster in the lake, and I didn't swim the entire summer. Brooke: This looks way nicer than the camp. Katie: That does not fit there. I don't think so. Donna: Ooh, if I just had my manicure scissors... Katie: No! You're not doing that. Brooke: Not on your life! Stop. No more scissors. Katie: All of those puzzles you ruined with your manicure scissors. Brooke: [ Sighs ] God. Donna: They were not ruined. They were just, you know, bruised. Brooke: Oh, you know what? I can't -- let me see that. Let me see the top. Katie: Here. Hope: I don't think that piece is gonna fit there. Donna: Oh, god! Katie: She just keeps trying, you know? Donna: Okay, fine. You do it. Katie: She's nothing if not tenacious. Hope: I know. Katie: [ Laughs ] Liam: Hey. What's all the rowdiness? Katie: Oh! Brooke: Oh! [ Laughter ] Liam: Uh, so, they were out of sourdough. I got potato bread instead. And, um, oranges and meyer lemons are in season, so that'S... Brooke: Oh. Liam: Um... Donna: Nice. Liam: I'm just -- I'm gonna unpack this stuff, and then I'll get right out of your hair. Hope: No, no. No, stay. I mean, we were just talking about kelly. Um... do you think her hair will fill in darker as she gets older? Liam: Um... yeah, I suppose so. Hope: And what about phoebe? I mean, I just -- I can't picture her with dark hair. I know I only met her once, but I can't stop thinking about her. When I walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, Xander: We can'T. Zoe: I disagree. Xander: Not here. Zoe: Fine. Later then. Something to look forward to. Anyway, I actually wanted to hunt you down, tell you a little bit about my adventure. Xander: What adventure? Zoe: Her name's flo. Steffy: I guess I was open to other options. Staying in touch, the birth mother being part of phoebe's life. But she didn't want it. She seems really determined to close that chapter of her life. Wyatt: Right. I mean, maybe that's -- that's for the best. Steffy: She knows what's right for her. Sally: But if she's so cautious, how did you find her? Steffy: Uh, my -- my mom. Yeah, my mom knows a lot of people -- shrinks, social workers. She quietly put out the word that I was considering adoption. Wyatt: So taylor found her? Steffy: Yeah. Yeah. I-I wasn't really ready, but... Wyatt: Well, life doesn't wait till you're ready. Steffy: Exactly. Sally: That must be how i wound up with you. Wyatt: Oh, you weren't searching for a devastatingly handsome, charming boyfriend? Sally: No, I was. Wyatt: Oh. Sally: But I'd rather have you. Wyatt: What?! Steffy: Ooooh! Snappity, snappity, girlfriend. Wyatt: No snappity, snappity. No high-fives. No high-fives. Sally: She knows. Steffy: I totally get it. Totally get it. Wyatt: What? Steffy: You know, sometimes you spencer boys need to be put in your place. Wyatt: Anyway, let's get back to the adoption, shall we? Steffy: [ Laughs ] Wyatt: I mean, the timing was pretty amazing, right? Steffy: Yeah. Yeah, it -- it really is. It just seems like the whole situation is miraculously falling into place. Donna: So if anyone has boat pieces... Katie: Here's deck. Donna: Thank you. Katie: Here's this. And I think... Hope: I don't think we're setting any speed records here, are we? Brooke: Well, it's just a way to pass the time. Liam: Okay. I'm gonna let you guys -- Hope: No, no, no. No, liam, stay. I mean, he's really good at puzzles. After all, I -- I kind of am one. Liam: I think you're more of an open book than a puzzle. Does this -- does this go... yeah. Donna: [ Shrieks ] Katie: Ahh. Hope: See? What did I tell you? Donna: [ Chuckles ] Liam: So, what is this place? Donna: Oh, our dad took us here on vacation one time. Katie: What? Brooke: He did not. Katie: No. Dad -- [ Sighs ] Dad was never around for any of our vacations. Donna: What? No. I totally remember him talking about this place. Katie: Well, that's not the same thing. Donna: Okay. I guess I'm wrong. Heh... don't you ever tell yourself stories about life when you were kids, you know? And I guess at one point I just decided to remember things better than they were. Brooke: Yeah, I do that sometimes. Who wants to remember how bad the bad times were? Hope: But what if that's the only way you can remember the good times? I mean, being pregnant with beth was the happiest time of my life. I was never more in love. Look, I -- I know you want me to forget her and move on, but... Katie: No. Hope, we don't want that. Brooke: You and liam have been through something terrible. And we're just trying to help. We don't really know how. But if you're feeling bitter or angry and you just want to get it off your chest, then go right ahead. I mean, we all understand. To most, he's phil mickelson... Hope: I don't know what you want me to say. Brooke: Honey, just say what's true. What you're feeling. Hope: How? I mean, I can tell you I'm sad. That much is true. But it goes so much deeper than that. I don't even know how I'm feeling. And -- and then when I do feel something, I don't even think it's right. Katie: It doesn't have to be right. I mean [Sighs] We're all here not because of -- of some puzzle, but we're here because of you, because we want to help. And so... say something. Say nothing. It doesn't matter. Because we're here. Liam: I mean, I -- I don't have a mom or -- or aunts and uncles to tell me everything's okay, but, uh, honestly, I don't think I'd believe them even if I did. I failed you. And don't -- don't tell me it's not my fault. I wasn't there for you the night our daughter died. I should've been there. I promised to be there, and I wasn't, and... I'm so sorry. I'm really sorry. Sally: Just remember we are nearby. Wyatt: And available to babysit. Sally: If we don't have to be a good influence. Just an okay influence. Wyatt: Yeah. So-so. Sally: Mm-hmm. Steffy: I don't need my girls on social media with new tattoos. Wyatt: What? [ Laughs ] Who said anything about social media? Steffy: If I ever need a babysitter -- and my babysitter's not available -- then I'll be calling you. Wyatt: All right. Sally: Well, thank you for letting us take a peek at the princesses. Wyatt: Yeah. Hey, um... [ Clears throat ] Can I, uh... can I ask you something? Sally: You know, I'm gonna -- I'm gonna out to -- Wyatt: No, no, no. I -- it'S... [ Scoffs ] Is my brother all right? Like, I j-- I can't tell anymore. And obviously you've seen him, you've -- you've talked to him. Steffy: Yeah. Yeah, I have. He's beating himself up, just like hope. "If only I could do this differently," or, "if I did this," or -- you know, just... Wyatt: I mean, a conscience is a good thing to have, except when it turns into obsession. Steffy: He'll be okay. I'm keeping a respectful distance. I don't want phoebe to feel like salt in their wound. Xander: So, who's flo? Zoe: Let's just call her a person of interest. Xander: [ Scoffs ] You and these american cop shows, honestly. Zoe: Yeah, but my hunch was right. That key that my dad left behind at work was a spare to his apartment. Xander: So why do you think he was so cagey about giving you the address? Zoe: Well, that mystery's solved. But now there's another one. Xander: What, he didn't want you seeing how modestly he was living? Zoe: No. I mean, modest was probably the right word for it, but it's actually a respectable place. You know, just like one of those average, fully- furnished, cookie-cutter apartments you see everywhere. Xander: So obviously you let yourself in. Zoe: Okay, but wouldn't you? Granted, I didn't know what i was looking for. I never knew why he came to L.A., And I still don't know why he left. But maybe I'm starting to. Xander: Because of this flo person? Zoe: I mean, she's young, and she's pretty, and she was living with my dad until... [ Sighs ] Well, that's what I don't know. Yet. Okay, max...time to help mrs. Tyler Xander: Your father was never home. Zoe: [ Sighs ] Xander: Maybe he was just subletting a room. Zoe: There was only one bedroom. Xander: Oh. Zoe: Yeah. I mean, she was his type. To be fair, she's probably any man's type. Okay. Down, boy. Xander: Mm. Yeah. Sorry. Zoe: Mm-hmm. Anyway, whatever's been going on with my dad, she knows. She's just not saying it. Xander: I'm having trouble picturing this. So you just let yourself into her apartment and -- Zoe: My father'S. My dad's allowing her to live there. So she says. Even though she still lies in vegas? Which does not add up. Xander: Yeah, but, still, i mean, for now she's staying there, so you, a total stranger, just let yourself in and then, what, the two of you had a friendly chat? Zoe: Okay, she wasn't home when I got there. Then she was. And she wasn't unfriendly. I mean, she did say that she was gonna call the police, but then I got the impression that she was bluffing, and she found out who I was, and, of course, everything changed. Xander: For the better? Zoe: A little bit yes, a little bit no. She got very circumspect. Like, I'd ask her if she knew why my father left for london, and then she would say something like, "why don't you ask him?" Xander: Maybe they had a bad breakup? Zoe: Yeah, but I just didn't get that breakup vibe from her. She likes my dad. They actually met at the casino in vegas. She works there, or she did. Honestly, I'm not sure, because she seemed a bit lost. And then this odd thing happened when I had asked if she noticed a change in him. Because I did. But I just connect it back to that night on catalina when hope lost her baby. I just thought she might have seen a difference in him, too. So, what did she say? Zoe: "I'm sorry." Xander: For what? Zoe: That, I have yet to find out. Steffy: I called her "feebs." My sister. Your namesake. We'll see if that happens with you. You really are like a fairy-tale princess. The king and queen are searching for you. But you're right here. Safe with me. And that's where you're gonna stay. Donna: Maybe this wasn't the best idea I ever had. Hope: Stop. Brooke: Stop what, honey? Hope: Just stop thinking that everything you're doing is wrong. All this... what you're doing, all of you, it's -- it's beautiful. And, liam... sweetheart, you know -- you know that you could never fail me. Liam: You and I both know that I have. More than once. Hope: Well, I knew you never stopped loving me. And maybe we just weren't ready until now. Maybe we needed to be stronger and wiser. And things sometimes do turn out for the best. Except for what happened to beth. I'll never understand why god took her from us, but I think I'm beginning to understand that there is something -- there is something that -- that can help me go on. Katie: What is it? Can you talk about it? Hope: Um... well, I went over to steffy's house to welcome her new daughter. Because, you know, we're still family. And I had to accept that. I didn't want it to poison me with jealousy or resentment. So I went over there, and... I didn't know how I'd react. You know, I-I thought, "what if I run out of there screaming? What if I break down crying?" Liam: You were perfect. Hope: No. She was. Steffy put phoebe in my arms, and it was like electricity just went all through my body to my heart, which has felt dead for so long. And it's something about her. It's something in her eyes, and when she laughs, when she looks at her, and her smell, and how she holds my hands, it just... this girl whose mother didn't want her makes me feel like a mother. You know, I am so happy for steffy and for kelly and for you, too, liam. And for me, you know, I didn't -- I didn't have much left inside of me. Until that moment. And it's -- it's hard to explain, because it feels so much bigger than me, but... I think phoebe came into my life to give me back hope. Liam: [ Sighs ]