Frankie woke from a dream of dancing with Joseph “Rye” Walsh to the reality that Rye had returned from captivity with a wife and daughter. Barb and Ethel tried to support her as Henry headed over, but Frankie felt humiliated and betrayed, recalling Rye’s evasions in Kauai and the newspaper article confirming his marriage and child. Seeking escape, she considered her friends’ offers to leave San Diego but chose to proceed with the wedding, prioritizing her unborn baby and Henry’s steady love.

As Barb and Ethel tried to lift her spirits with music in the backyard prepared for the ceremony, Frankie experienced severe cramping and bleeding. Henry arrived, immediately carried her to the hospital, and pleaded for help. A young doctor later told her there was nothing to be done; the pregnancy had been lost.

Frankie awoke to Henry at her bedside and learned the baby had been a boy; she thought of the name Finley. Her mother arrived, took control of the room, and presented a family secret: a gold heart necklace engraved with “Celine,” the name of the baby her mother lost before marrying Connor McGrath. She advised Frankie to put the pain away and move on, even offering stimulant and sedative pills as “helpers,” which Frankie accepted but resisted in principle.

Barb and Ethel visited and tried to distract her with current events, but Frankie admitted she would not marry Henry. They condemned Rye’s deception and promised ongoing support, then left at Frankie’s insistence. Frankie resolved privately that healing would be her own burden to carry.

Henry returned, wanting to face the loss together and urging her to try again, but Frankie told him Rye had survived and that she still loved Rye. Acknowledging that this made a marriage impossible, she removed Henry’s grandmother’s ring and ended the engagement. Henry expressed love and heartbreak and suggested she seek therapy at the new VA center.

Connor wheeled Frankie out of the hospital, and Bette drove her home, fussing over her until Frankie asked to be left alone. At home, Frankie took pain medication and sleeping pills, drifted into an exhausted haze, and was left with the tormenting thought that Rye was alive and that her dream of a future with him had been based on a lie.