Scotty was sitting in the waiting room with his head in his hands, when Nora arrived. "Scotty?" she said. Scotty looked up and started tearing when he saw Nora. "What happened?" she asked as she sat down. Scotty then told her about Kevin's fever, how he had thrown up blood and passed out in the bathroom. When he finished, Nora placed a hand on his. "Do the doctors know what's wrong?" Scotty nodded.

"His l-liver is f-failing," Scotty sobbed; Nora's face went gray.

"Failing? But why?"

"He's b-been drinking b-because…because…" Scotty was unable to finish what he was saying and let out a choking sob. Nora frowned and leaned over to give him a hug. Scotty clung to her tightly as Nora rubbed in circles around his back. She could feel her own tears coming but held them back so that she might be strong for Scotty and her son. After awhile, Nora pulled away and looked Scotty in the eyes.

"Do you think you can tell me what happened now?" Nora asked calmly.

"He's been drinking…a lot, for about two months. I didn't know about it until today," Scotty explained.

"Does this have any thing to do with the miscarriages?"

"Y-yes, I think s-so. Two months ago, he came home trashed…said it w-was to take the pain away…I made him p-promise to not get drunk like that again…God, Nora, why didn't I notice he was still drinking? I could have helped!"

"Scotty, this is not your fault! If I learned anything from when Justin was drinking and popping prescription drugs, people can hide addictions well if they want to," Nora said soothingly.

"That's what the d-doctors said," Scotty replied.

"Then believe that! Scotty…you and I both know that Kevin isn't the strongest person in the world…he never has been. So you can't believe for one second that any of this is your fault! Kevin deals with grief badly…though this time it's a little extreme. But, despite it all, Kevin will pull through. You'll see!"

"I hope so, Nora…because I love him s-so much! I can't lose him," Scotty replied, his lower lip quivering. Nora smiled gently and squeezed Scotty's hand.

"It will be okay. Now, why don't you go sit with Kevin for a bit while I go call his siblings? They will want to know what's going on," Nora suggested.

"Y-yeah…okay. Th-thanks Nora," Scotty replied. Then he got up and walked off towards Kevin's room. It was only after he left that Nora allowed the tears to fall.

Sarah was getting Paige and Parker ready for school when her cell rang. "Parker, don't touch your sister's food!" she scolded as she went to go retrieve the phone. Sarah groaned when she saw that it was her mother calling. She really didn't have time this morning to talk to her mom. Sarah allowed the call to go to voicemail and then went back to the kitchen to hurry her children along. She only made it two steps through the door before her cell buzzed. Sighing, Sarah went back to her phone and looked at the incoming text message. It was marked urgent. Sarah opened the text and read, Sarah, plz call. Urgent. Something's happened. Mom. Dread washed over Sarah and she immediately called her mom. Nora picked up after the second ring.

"Oh, thank God, Sarah! I'm sorry to bother you but this is really important."

"What's wrong, mom? Are you okay?"

"Yes, yes…I'm fine. It's Kevin," Nora replied. Sarah swallowed before answering.

"What about Kevin?" she asked.

"He was brought to the hospital this morning after passing out in the bathroom," Nora said.

"Oh my God! Well is he okay?" At that, Nora began to sniffle on the other end. "Mom, what is it? What's wrong? You're scaring me," Sarah said in a panic.

"Sarah…Kevin's liver is failing."

"Wh-what? Failing? How? Why?" Sarah asked.

"He's been drinking for months now…Sarah, Scotty said he threw up blood this morning and had a temperature of 103…Oh, Sarah, Scotty just came to get me. Kevin wants to see me. Do me a favor?"

"Yes, mom! Anything!" Sarah replied.

"Call Kitty, Justin and Tommy?" Nora requested.

"Of course!"

"Thank you. I will call you when I know more." Then the line went dead. Sarah closed her phone and sat down on a chair.

"Mom?" Paige said, walking into the living room. "What's wrong?" Sarah looked up at her daughter.

"Oh…nothing…are you finished with breakfast?" Sarah asked. Paige frowned but decided against pushing for an answer.

"Yeah…so is Parker."

"Okay…well go and get your shoes on. Your ride will be her in a couple minutes," Sarah said. Paige nodded and went back to the kitchen.

After Sarah got her kids off to school, she immediately called Kitty. "Sarah, I am kind of busy right now…what's up?" Kitty said as soon as she picked up.

"Kitty…it's serious…can you call Tommy?"

"Sure, Sarah…you want to tell me what's going on?" Kitty asked.

"Not yet…I only want to explain this once," Sarah replied.

"Well shouldn't somebody call Kevin and Justin then," Kitty asked.

"Kitty, just call Tommy."

"Okay okay!" Kitty sighed and then dialed Tommy's number.

"Hey Kitty, what's up?" he asked as soon as he answered.

"Sarah's got something important to tell us…hold on while I switch to three way calling." Kitty got back on the phone and said, "okay Sarah, Tommy's on."

"Hey Tommy," Sarah said.

"Hey, Sarah, what's going on?"

"Wait, what about Justin and…" Kitty began.

"Kitty…Justin's here. You and Tommy are on speaker."

"Hi Justin," Kitty and Tommy said in unison. Justin spoke for the first time since the phone call began.

"Hey guys."

"Everybody done saying hi? Great, now I've got something important…and serious to tell you," Sarah said.

"Sarah…you do realize that we're forgetting someone, right?" Kitty said.

"Kitty…it's about Kevin…I can't call him right now," Sarah said, exasperated.

"What about Kev?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah, Sarah, don't leave us in the dark," Justin interjected.

"Everybody just stop! I'm getting to it!" Sarah said. "Now, I don't know a lot but mom called about half an hour ago…from the hospital."

"The hospital! Why? My God, Sarah you're scaring me," Kitty said.

"Kevin was taken to the hospital this morning by EMS after throwing up blood and passing out in the bathroom," Sarah explained.

"I need to sit down," Justin said.

"What?" Tommy and Kitty said, in disbelief.

"Yeah…his liver…it's failing," Sarah said.

"Failing? Why? Oh God, it's like déjà vu! It's not because he donated part of his liver to Elizabeth, is it?" Tommy asked.

"No… I don't think so…apparently Kevin's been drinking for a couple months…heavily," Sarah explained.

"Does Saul know yet?" Justin asked.

"I don't know…" Sarah replied. "God, I should probably call him just in case."

"Okay, well then we will let you get off the line. Sarah, should I go stay with mom and Scotty?" Kitty asked.

"Um…yeah, I'm sure Scotty's a mess right now and mom's probably trying to be brave. It might be a good idea if somebody was with her."

"I am going to try and get the first flight back to Pasadena," Tommy said.

"Yeah…and I'll go with Kitty, that okay?" Justin asked.

"Yes…yes, Justin that would be great. I just need to cancel my plans. Do you think you could come get me? My car is in the shop." Kitty replied.

"Okay, sure thing."

"All right, I am going to call Saul now. Bye guys," Sarah said.

"Bye," Kitty and Tommy said together. Sarah hung up the phone and turned to Justin. Tears welled up in her eyes. Justin frowned and enveloped his sister in a hug.

"Kevin will be okay," Justin assured her, not quite believing it him self.

"I hope you're right, Justin. You go and get Kitty while I call Saul."

"Okay, bye Sarah." Then Justin kissed her on the cheek and left. After the door shut, Sarah dialed her Uncle's number. After multiple rings, Sarah got the answering machine. "He must be at Ojai," Sarah thought to herself. So she tried the office and still got no answer. Sarah sighed in frustration but then decided she would drive over to Ojai and let Saul know what was going on.

Saul was in the orchards talking to the head gardener when an intern came out to get him. "Mr. Holden? Sarah's here. She said she needs to speak with you. She said it's urgent."

"Thank you, John. I will head on over now," Saul replied. He turned to the gardener. "The orchard looks good, thanks Greg." Then Saul headed to the office.

When he arrived, Saul found Sarah waiting in his office. She was looking out the window and had a hand over her mouth. "Sarah? What's going on?" Saul said. Sarah turned around to look at her uncle, who was alarmed to see that she had tears in her eyes. "Sarah?" Saul said again. Sarah walked over and threw her arms around his neck. Alarmed, Saul awkwardly patted her back, which only served to make her more upset. He held Sarah as she cried for a few moments. Then he pulled away. "Sarah, what's going on?"

"Saul…Kevin's sick," Sarah sniffled.

"Sick? How sick?" Saul asked with concern.

"He was brought in this morning after passing out in the bathroom. Saul, Kevin's liver is failing."