Taking his advice, Gunnar goes home and starts rocking out with his guitar. She asks him to perform at the benefit but he admits he is suffering from writers' block but when he sees his hero Steve Earle perform the latter advises him to scare himself by doing something different. She catches up with Gunnar over an awkward lunch where they both admit they are trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. This also means that a reluctant Scarlett would have to perform. Fortunately, she has been distracted by her talent show success as she has made it to the final and is being interviewed on TV with a proud Maddie looking on.ĭown at the ranch, things are not looking good as the equestrian therapy is not bringing in much money so Sean suggests throwing a benefit to raise money.

He asks her not to tell Deacon as he just needs it to sleep. When she is heading to bed that night, she hears the sound of glass smashing in his room and finds him picking up pieces of broken glass as well as holding a bottle of bourbon. However, Daphne cannot stop thinking about her discovery in her grandfather's room and goes to check to find that the bottle is gone. Deacon makes a comment about life being more vivid since he quit drinking and his father agrees. Later, Gideon is telling more stories and when he gets some details wrong Deacon goes to correct him before realizing his father was right and somehow he warped the memory in his mind. She tells Daphne she will no longer be going to Europe and when Twig calls her to apologize and says he deserves whatever she throws at him, she tells him that he is pathetic.

Over at the Jaymes-Claybourne house, Maddie is dealing with her breakup from cheating Jonah by staying in bed and ignoring his calls. She ends by saying that she will not stop fighting until justice prevails.

Following their introduction, she announces that she has decided to retire from public eye, noting that Darius had taught her about the price of fame. Later that day, Juliette calls a press conference at the movement's headquarters after having rescued Rosa and her son. As Avery arrives after battling his way through a sea of reporters on the lawn, Juliette tells him that she thinks Cadence has a fever. Juliette is riding the wave of bad press surrounding her fallout with the Church of Coherent Philosophy but she is remaining upbeat about it and refusing to go down without a fight.

Sunset Kisses by Angela Ford