Donna told Brooke she felt like things were slipping away, confiding about not being able to see Eric. "I'm banned from the house," she bemoaned, asking Brooke to be on her side. Brooke agreed to show Eric the whole picture. She assured a wary Marcus that she's just as tough as Stephanie. Donna hoped her big sis would get through to Eric. Marcus told Donna that Eric didn't seem out of it but that "he'd be doing a lot better if he could see you." He insisted Eric missed her and suggested an innovative way to sneak her in to the house.

The doctor checked on Eric, noting he's improving but the long-term effects of his heart attack were still murky. He then told Stephanie and Ridge that something was "weighing" on Eric. "The worst is behind you," Steph then told Eric. "You haven't lost anything that's really important." (Yeah, except Donna.) Alone, Eric read over her letter. Downstairs, Ridge wondered if Eric was bummed over finding Donna and Owen together. Stephanie wished Eric could just forget her. Brooke then barreled in, demanding to see the father of two of her children. Stephanie bade her not to "advocate for Donna." Upstairs, Brooke tenderly reunited with her ex — under Steph and Ridge's watchful eye. Eric then asked to talk to Brooke alone. Brooke told him she missed him and so did Donna. She explained the Pam situation and how Pam had framed Donna and tried to kill her. "Donna is fine," she quickly assured an alarmed Eric, adding, "You're not being told the whole story." She urged him to talk to his wife. Downstairs, Steph was restless about what Brooke and Eric were dishing, so she hotfooted it upstairs to interrupt Brooke's Donna propaganda. Brooke blasted her (in a whisper), saying who Eric would spend his life with was his decision.