08-10-2017 (Thursday) dba Rachel Berlin

Julian is in court, awaiting his trial; Scotty says he is worried about whether Alexis is going to save him or throw him to the wolves.  Alexis has lunch with the girls; they ask how she is feeling about Julian’s trial.  They encourage her not to even think about saving Julian; Kristina says he deserves to be in prison for life.  They ask her to promise them she won’t help him; she promises only to tell the truth.  Julian tells Scotty maybe he should file a plea of guilty; the trial begins.  Molly tells her mom it’s okay that she gave him the benefit of doubt in the past, but the problem is, she still does.  Alexis reminds the girls they need to go register at PCU today and tells them to get going.  The girls sit down to look at their schedule and Molly notices a visiting professor – Parker; Kristina is visibly upset.  Alexis is sworn in as a hostile witness.  She is asked how she first met Olivia Jerome; she explains.  He questions whether Julian ever revealed the fact that this woman was his sister; she admits no.  He presses her about how much she believes Julian was involved and she admits it’s possible he could have prevented her being kidnapped if he had been honest with her.

Kiki goes to see her mother; Ava opens the door and is surprised to see Griffin standing there with Kiki.  Kiki asks how the group therapy session was; they ask her to join them for lunch, but she refuses.  Griffin tells her he understands and gives her some books; he tells her she has to learn how to manage living her new life.  Kiki tells her mom she is going to get her out of that apartment, even if it kills her… she tells her mom she owes her.  Charlotte has lunch with her father at Kelley’s; she tells him she likes living with Lulu and Dante, but would rather be living with him.  She asks about Spencer trying to take Wyndemere away; he assures her that isn’t going to happen.  Ava walks in to the diner with Lulu and Griffin; Charlotte points and screams, “that woman.”  Ava runs back outside.  Valentin tells Charlotte that woman was injured and explains that it was probably really hard for her to come out because she was afraid people would react just the way she just did.  Charlotte apologizes to Ava and tells her she hopes she gets better soon; Ava thanks her.  Valentin reminds Ava about his offer; she declines again.  They take her home; Griffin apologizes for what happened and Ava says maybe it made her stronger.  Kiki asks about her talk with Valentin; she says he was just apologizing for his little girl.  They leave; Ava puts Valentin’s business card in a box.

Hayden takes the call and tells the office she is switching medical suppliers, admitting to setting up the account yesterday.  Liz questions the changing of medical suppliers and Hayden gets rattled, telling her to quit bothering her. She apologizes, saying she is just stressed; Finn tells her he’ll see her later and kisses her goodbye.  Liz asks Hayden what is really going on; Hayden tells her she is afraid everything is about to fall apart.  Finn takes a cactus to Hayden’s office; he finds the visitor’s pass in her garbage and confronts her about it when she comes in.  She apologizes for not telling him, saying she just needed some closure; he tells her he supports her and leaves.  Liz brings her a note, saying “an old friend” dropped it off, but she didn’t get his name; the card is from Jared and tells her not to let anything ruin her wedding day.Finn walks in to Hayden’s office to hear her on the phone, talking about the company she set up as a “dba” for Rachel Berlin.