At the hospital, Sharon tells a nurse that she read her son a book and his hand twitched; Noah must be improving; he was trying to

communicate something. She’s told it was probably an involuntary muscle contraction, and that it’s a good sign that her son’s condition is unchanged. Sharon snaps at her, and then apologizes.

 

 

Returning to Noah’s room, Sharon starts reading Tom Sawyer to Noah again, but his hand doesn’t twitch, which makes her teary. “You have to come back to us, just like Tom and Huck did!”At the L.A. hotel café, Claire catches Kyle watching Holden speak animatedly with Sienna

 

 

. She asks what he’s doing. Kyle thinks the more important question is what is Holden doing… and who is he doing it with?! Claire explains they’re old friends and reminds him that he promised not to bother her. He should stay at another hotel. The longer he hangs around the more it pushes her away.

 

 

At The Shadow Room, Sienna wants to help Nick, but she only recently met Noah. Her husband, Mitch, met him in London and offered to invest if he opened a club out here. Nick apologizes if he’s been intense. The police say someone ran Noah off the road. Sienna saw Noah the night of the crash… he left around midnight. Nick asks why she called him. She says he wanted information about licenses and permits. He asks why she hung up on him. Sienna shrugs; it was bad news.

Nick makes it clear he’ll find out if someone intentionally hurt his son. Nick asks for her number and Sienna points out he already has it on Noah’s phone. She writes it down anyway and tells him she’ll pray for Noah; he’s one of the good guys.Meanwhile, Claire and Holden greet Sharon at the hospital. She recalls that Holden was a friend of Damian’s. Claire asks if she could meet her cousin. Sharon takes her to Noah’s room, pausing inside the door to question her about traveling with Holden.

Entering the inner sanctum, Claire approaches Noah and tells his form that she’s heard a lot about him and looks forward to hanging out. Sharon smiles inanely with tears in her eyes. Claire becomes emotional imaging what this has been like for Sharon. She and Nick are lucky to have each other. Sharon says it’s important to have that person in your life that you can always rely on.