Sending Prue to the store to buy groceries Piper waited anxiously to see her baby sister. As a flurry of blue orbs swirled in the kitchen Piper put on her strictest face. 'Paige Matthews Halliwell' she shouted, trying to seem as fearsome as possible, 'What the hell did you think you were doing? You could have died…..' Piper paused, 'You did die!' Staring straight at her big sister a huge smile spread across her face, Piper was pissed, no one had had the guts to speak to Paige like that in over three years and she felt relieved that she was being reunited with one of the people who knew her best. Piper, however, was not impressed with Paige's lack of remorse but knowing exactly what Paige was thinking in a way that only a sister could she couldn't stay angry. The three Halliwell's turned towards the conservatory, Piper cradling her niece, and sat talking about their lives, Phoebe talking about Coop and her column and Paige explaining what she had gone through and meeting Henry. Paige was overjoyed, after three years apart nothing had changed except Prue…..when Phoebe had explained her elder sisters reaction to her return Paige had sensed something was wrong, despite her strong exterior Prue would never have rejected Phoebe like that unless something was bothering her, Paige knew that from her meeting with her in the ghostly plains. Feeling helpless, Paige knew she'd just have to bide her time until Prue remembered who she was.
Lying in the dark Prue was livid, so Phoebe was home, back like nothing had happened, but things had happened. Tears stung Prue's eyes as she pictured it vividly, his hands all over her, being dropped to the ground like a piece of meat after he'd finished with her, being knocked unconscious on the cold hard concrete, waking up, sorting herself out and pretending like nothing had happened because Piper thought she was so strong and it would kill her to know what had happened. As every day passed she wanted more than anything to confess what had happened but the one person she wanted to tell had run away.