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The storms have completely passed and it's a sunny day on the beach. Emanda finds Nolan sitting and sulking by himself, his knees pulled up to his chest. She asks to take a seat next to him. "It's a free beach," he says. Emanda tells him Amily's gone. Nolan responds with venom. The ends finally justified the means, he snaps. Emanda says that despite this, she'll never be finished, but she realizes she needs to minimize the fallout. Maybe she needs to "press pause'" on her plan, and maybe marrying Daniel isn't the best way to get at Victoria. Nolan's shocked, and asks what she'll do. She figures she'll give Dan the ring back and tell him she needs to reconsider being a part of his family, which is entirely the truth in any case. Nolan smiles at the thought of something being true for once and looks over at the morose Emanda. He thinks for a second and gingerly puts his arm around her. "Don't do that," she utters. Nolan smiles as he retracts his arm from the unmoved Emanda. Best. Moment. Ever.

Declan brings breakfast in bed to Jack, who's finally conscious. Jack's first question is, "Where's Amanda?" This gives Dec pause. He tells his brother that she's gone. Gone gone. Dec hands him a note that reads: "Dear Jack, All good things eventually end and I want to leave before this does. Wherever I go, it seems bad things ultimately catch up to me. Thank you for the most magical summer... and for showing me you can always come home again. All my love... Amanda" Jack is completely confused. We tilt down to see there's one videocassette still under the bed.

Cut to Victoria placing the rest of the videocassettes into a safe. Charlotte enters the house and catches her mother's attention. Victoria apologizes for Conrad's behavior and asks to talk about it. Charlotte wants no part of that, so she runs upstairs. FLASHBACK: Close-up on a home pregnancy test with a positive sign. Victoria looks up from the test. She's standing on her balcony and watching the S.W.A.T. team still searching David's house. Conrad emerges behind her, so she hides the pregnancy test in a flower pot. He asks if she's OK, and she's decidedly not. Conrad insists that she knows what they did was right, and that he loves her. Victoria gives him a cold response and he turns to leave. Realizing her window of opportunity is closing, she turns to ask Conrad if they can be close tonight. Her eyes flitter with guilt and determination as he takes her hand and leads her into the bedroom. /FLASHBACK. Victoria's eyes are closed and her head rolls on her neck like she's totally reliving that orgasm. Her eyes open and slowly dart back and forth as she probably ponders how despicable she is.