Kendall Hart found herself standing in the lobby of the Paris apartment building occupied by her sister Bianca Montgomery, Bianca's baby daughter Miranda and Bianca's friend Maggie Stone. It was a temporary apartment, as Bianca was having a much larger one renovated so that she could accommodate visitors from the United States. This visit, though, Kendall would be staying at a nearby hotel.

After trying unsuccessfully to communicate with a security guard, Kendall pulled out her cell phone and dialed her sister's number, "Binks… I'm in the lobby but I can't make them understand that I'm family… they won't let me come up to see you…"

Bianca smiled to herself as she called out to her friend Maggie, "I'm going downstairs. Kendall's in the lobby! They're pretending they don't speak English, and my sister's getting a little unwound."

As the elevator doors opened, Bianca saw Kendall standing in the lobby trying to explain for probably the tenth time that she was Bianca's sister and should be allowed to visit. If Kendall had called ahead and warned Bianca of the visit, she could have made arrangements to have her admitted, but Bianca knew that Kendall was never going to stand on ceremony… she was just too impulsive to be guided by a schedule.

The sisters hugged in the lobby before entering the elevator arm-in-arm. Kendall turned to her sister, "What's with the guard dog?"

Bianca laughed, "The Cambias board is a little paranoid about Miranda being kidnapped, so they've added all this security. The 'guard dog' speaks about a dozen languages—including English. She understood everything you said, but won't let anybody even call up to the apartment without being cleared in advance."

"Well… you could have warned me that I'd be facing the French Inquisition before I flew all the way over to take my niece shopping!" Kendall said in mock irritation.

"Well… you could have called and let me know you were coming…" Bianca laughed back. "It's okay… Miranda is going to be so thrilled to see her Auntie Kendall."

The sisters spent time visiting and playing with the baby before discussing the real reason for Kendall's visit. Bianca knew much of what had happened in Pine Valley—about Edmund Grey's murder, and about how Kendall's boyfriend—and Miranda's cousin—Ethan Ramsey had falsely accused his father of being the killer. Bianca had been very grateful for the time and space between Paris and Pine Valley, but had been kept informed by various family members as the events unfurled. She wasn't surprised at all that Kendall had shown up on her doorstep after Ethan had been arrested for false accusations and obstruction of justice. None of the charges would keep him in jail for very long, but they were still felonies and the only man who could get the charges dropped had been unwilling to lift a finger in his son's defense.

"Are you ready to talk now?" Bianca asked Kendall after Miranda had gone down for her nap.

Kendall nodded, "Tell me what you know, and I'll fill in the blanks."

Bianca answered, "Well… I know that Ryan's brother murdered Edmund… but that Ethan claimed to be an eyewitness to Zach doing the crime. You know… I can't believe Zach… first he denies Ethan is his son… now he won't even help Ethan get out of jail… again… he is the coldest man I have ever met… I was right to make sure that he is not a part of Miranda's life."

"No… no… Binks… you've go it all wrong," Kendall said, shaking her head emphatically.

"Now you're defending Zach?" Bianca asked in stunned surprise.

"We were all wrong about Zach… and you were right… when you first got to know him… before Ethan twisted everything up about him…" Kendall answered. "I don't want to admit it, because let me tell you, he's the most frustrating man I've ever met in my life… but Ethan is the one who messed things up… not Zach."

"Okay… I guess you need to fill in a lot of blanks," Bianca answered. "How about we make some tea? Maggie will be at school for most of the afternoon, so we won't be disturbed."

The two women made some tea and sat at Bianca's kitchen table while Kendall told her story. Kendall explained how Zach had been trying to protect Ethan from becoming a Cambias, and how all his plans had backfired after Edmund had been murdered. Kendall was still reeling from the many lies that Ethan had told her—how he had sworn that he saw Zach kill Edmund, how he had destroyed a disc that proved Edmund had been lying about his paralysis, and how he was capable of lying to make sure his father was convicted of murder and received the death penalty. Despite all of Kendall's difficulties with her mother—she was still devastated by the depth of Ethan's hate for his father, and by his willingness to use her to help him punish his father. The fact that Ethan's punishment had not fit Zach's crime was not lost on either woman as Bianca quietly absorbed Kendall's tale.

"Wow… I guess I should have listened to Zach when he tried to talk to me…" Bianca answered.

"What… when… did he call you?" Kendall asked.

"Actually… he showed up at my office… and I shut him down. I told him that he was once again proving that he wasn't worthy to be in my life or Miranda's because of the way he was letting Ethan rot in jail… I told him to go away and never come back," Bianca answered.

"When… when was that?" Kendall asked. "I mean… can you reach him… talk to him… you really should hear him out… I don't think anyone's been as hurt by Ethan as he has… and you know how hard it is for me to admit that."

"He said he'd be in Europe for a few weeks… he had business to take care of… and he left a number with my assistant in case I changed my mind… then he just… left…" Bianca answered. "He didn't even try to defend himself… he just apologized for upsetting me and left."

"Well… call him up and tell him you'll talk to him… you owe it to yourself and to Miranda to hear what he has to say," Kendall answered, stifling a yawn. "I need to get to my hotel and sleep off this jetlag… can we go shopping tomorrow? I'm dying to do something fun for a change!"

"Shopping it is! You and me and Miranda will buy out all of the designers!" Bianca answered with a smile.

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