The Inmate

On Saturday, Brooke goes grocery shopping and runs into Kelli. At first, Kelli confronts her about Tim, but as they talk, Kelli recognizes her from the trial. Kelli accuses Brooke of lying about what happened at Shane’s farmhouse, claiming that Shane was too good a person to do what he was accused of.

The novel flashes back again. Everyone questions Tim about his relationship with Tracy Gifford, but he’s clearly uncomfortable and leaves the room. Brooke follows him into the kitchen. Tim and Tracy only went out a few times; Tim doesn’t know how Shane found out and claims that Shane brought it up to embarrass him. Tim also insists that Shane isn’t a good person and Brooke shouldn’t be with him. Brooke tells him her relationship is none of Tim’s business.

Shane returns to the prison clinic to have his stitches removed. His wrist and ankle shackles cause him to struggle to get onto the exam table. Brooke questions Marcus, wondering why Shane is the only patient who is shackled in this way. Marcus insists it is necessary, but Shane says it’s because Marcus hates him for unknown reasons. Brooke again pushes Shane to tell the truth about how he got hurt, using Josh’s experience in school as an example and thus nearly revealing Josh’s true age. Shane insists again he didn’t do anything wrong the night of the murders, but Brooke refuses to believe him.

When Marcus returns to take Shane back to his cell, he grabs Shane by the arm. Because of the shackles, Shane trips and falls against the corner of Brooke’s desk, hitting his head. Brooke complains to Dorothy about Marcus’s treatment of Shane. As a result, the shackles are removed, and Shane is admitted to the infirmary for observation. Full of pity for Shane, Brooke questions her memories of the night she was attacked.

In a flashback, Chelsea and Brandon head upstairs after a few more rounds of Never Have I Ever, so Shane suggests he and Brooke do the same. The power goes out the moment they reach the bedroom. Shane reassures Brooke that it is only because of the storm—the power should be back on by morning.

Brooke is nervous. She and Shane are about to have sex; it is her first time, but she feels better when Shane confesses he’s never had sex either. Shane tells Brooke that he loves her.

In the present, before Brooke leaves the prison clinic for the night, she stops to check on Shane and does a neural exam on him. Brooke is surprised by the rush of affection she feels when Shane references one of their old inside jokes about tacos. They share a brief intense moment; Brooke realizes that they could kiss and no one would know, but then she pulls away.

Brooke is walking out to her car when Marcus grabs her arm and insists they need to talk. Brooke threatens to scream if he doesn’t let her go. Marcus expresses concern over her interactions; Shane is manipulative and is the reason Brooke’s predecessor is facing legal charges. Marcus asks to go somewhere to talk, but Brooke assumes he’s fishing for a date and blows him off.

Brooke has trouble sleeping and finds herself thinking about her parents. She feels strange sleeping in their bedroom, even though she is happy that she and Josh now have their own rooms.

Her parents made her hide her pregnancy and sent her away so no one would know about the baby. They also refused to allow her to visit Raker with Josh, always insisting on coming to Queens to see her. Finally, frustrated with their apparent shame about her, Brooke cut her parents off. Her father drove to Queens to ask her to understand their position, but Brooke refused to back down.

However, when she moved into the Raker house, she found it filled with photographs of her and Josh. Now she wonders if she missed something in that conversation with her father.

In a flashback, Shane tells Brooke that he thinks the condom came off while they were having sex. She immediately panics about the possibility of a pregnancy. Shane promises that if she does become pregnant, he will support whatever decision she makes. This is so different from what Brooke expects her intolerant parents would say that she falls even deeper in love with Shane.

In the present, Josh and Brooke are eating one of babysitter Margie’s delicious dinners when the doorbell rings. Josh rushes to open the door, and Brooke is surprised to see Tim. In turn, Tim is shocked that Brooke’s son is so much older than he expected. After Josh runs off to eat some cookies Tim brought, Tim demands to know if Shane is Josh’s father. Brooke admits that he is but insists that Josh is a good kid.

As Tim is about to leave, Josh announces that the sink is broken and suggests that Tim stay and fix it. While Tim works with Josh on the sink, Josh becomes attached and comes up with more jobs for Tim to do. Brooke announces bedtime, but Tim agrees to come by the following day to work on the house more.