The Lying Game

A few months ago, I discovered I had a twin sister,

and then she asked me to take her place,

keep the secret, find our real mother,

and try to stay alive.

Put yourself in my shoes.

How long could you keep up the lying game?

- There's still no sign of Theresa. - I'm sure she's okay.

We are not going to be having a wedding today.

- She got too close. - What are you talking about?

Derek's killer.

Theresa finds out about the blackmail money, and then

disappears a few days later? That doesn't look good for Ted.

- If Ted is responsible for this... - I just need time.

Give me one night. Tonight.

Look, Rebecca told me to spy on you,

and your dad told me to spy on Rebecca.

I'm doing all of this for you, Mads.

I dropped my hospital keycard somewhere.

Do you guys know where it is?

You're going to a hotel with Alec?

That's none of your business.

Are you spying on me?

- Get out now, before I call the police. - I'm sorry.

- So where is she? - I don't know.

But when I find the person who took her from me,

I'm gonna kill him.

Looking for this?

Sutton, what are you doing here?

I think the more important question is

what are you doing here? Why is this here?

Honey, it's not how it looks. I...

No...

You're really afraid of me?

No...

No, I...

I just want to understand.

Look, I've done things,

Sutton, I've made mistakes,

but always to protect my family.

You, Laurel, your mother...

I would... I could never hurt you.

What about other people?

Wh...

Did you hurt Theresa?

God, no.

You've known me your entire life.

Is that the kind of man you think I am?

I just need to hear it from you,

and I... I just... I need to know what is going on.

Can you just tell me?

I don't know where to begin.

Well, maybe you should start by telling me

why you're at Derek Roger's grave.

Derek stumbled across some information,

and was using it to blackmail me.

What kind of information?

It's something I never told you,

and it's something I selfishly hoped that you'd never find out.

Honey...

Rebecca Sewell is your birth mother.

I know.

What?

You know?

How do you know that?

It doesn't matter.

Who is my birth father?

Please.

Just say it.

It's me.

Sutton, I'm...

I'm your dad.

So when Alec told me that

Rebecca was placing you for adoption, I panicked.

I knew if your mother found out about the affair,

she'd leave me, but then I also knew I couldn't...

I couldn't lose you.

So Alec knew everything?

Alec, he... he's the one that arranged your whole adoption.

Under the table, of course,

and I know that was wrong, but how could I regret that?

It gave me you.

I just...

I never thought we'd end up here.

I just want you to promise me

that you've told me everything.

I swear to God.

How did Derek know that you were my birth father?

I don't know.

I know Alec mentored him at one point,

so I just figured he overheard something.

I figured I'd just pay him a few hundred bucks

and he'd go away, but then he just kept coming back,

every week, and he would ask for more.

I mean, at the end, I had paid him...

$20,000?

Yes. Yes.

And I was about to go to the cops

when I saw on the news

that somebody killed him.

And I told myself that had nothing to do with me,

that Derek had just pushed the wrong guy too far.

And there was a part of me that was relieved.

But then I started thinking, he's just a kid.

He's the same age as you.

That's why you were leaving flowers at his grave.

Yeah.

That's where I ran into Theresa,

and she asked so many questions last night,

I thought for sure I was going to be arrested today.

She must have disappeared right after that.

Why didn't you say anything to anybody?

I don't know.

I've been keeping secrets for so long, I just...

I've stopped thinking clearly.

But I swear...

tomorrow morning, first thing,

I will go to Dan.

I will tell him everything.

- Hey. - Hey.

What time is it?

It's late.

What's Mads doing here?

She said that, uh,

there was some weird stuff going on with Jordan,

so she spent the night.

We fell asleep waiting for you.

Where have you been?

I was with Dad.

At the club?

At the cemetery.

Okay, already hating this story.

No, no, no, no, it's great.

It's, um...

I asked him if he was my birth father,

and he said yes.

You're kidding.

I mean... we suspected it, but...

I know, but he confirmed it, Laurel.

We're sisters.

What?

We're related by blood.

Oh, just hearing it...

It's 3:00 a.m.

Why are people hugging?

What's Thayer doing here?

Um... I don't know.

Go back to sleep.

What are you doing here?

I was worried.

Your dad freaks out, then you run out

in the middle of the night looking for him?

I'm sorry.

I should have called you.

I...

It was really sweet of you to worry.

So are you going to tell me what happened?

Late night?

Yeah, I stayed over at the Mercer's.

- You got my message, right? - Mm-hmm.

Do me a favor, honey.

Next time, call.

Don't text.

Got it.

Look, Dad, I actually wanted to ask you something.

Anything.

Well, I talked to Jordan.

He told me what you have him doing with Rebecca.

Spying?

He's not much of a spy, is he?

Can't seem to keep his mouth shut.

He knows about the twins.

You don't seem surprised.

I'm not.

Rebecca told him, I'm sure.

Okay, Dad, what is going on?

Because if Rebecca is really that dangerous,

then what are we doing living in her house?

You have to trust me.

I've never do anything to put you in danger, you know that.

The safest place you can be is with me.

- Ethan, hi. Look... - So you asked me for one night,

and I gave it to you.

- Did you talk to Ted? - I did.

- And? - He didn't do it.

He came clean about everything.

About how Derek blackmailed him,

Alec and the adoption, how...

Okay, he did see Theresa at Derek's grave.

Wait, what?

But... but he just talked to her, and then she left.

He didn't hurt anybody, I swear.

Oh, really? Is that what he said?

I...

I trusted you with this. Okay? I gave you that time,

and now, for all I know, Theresa could be dead because of it.

- Wait, where are you going? - Where do you think?

To talk to Dan. Ted said he was going

directly to Dan first thing this morning.

- He's innocent, Ethan. - He better be.

Should I be calling a lawyer?