11:24When I was watching Kelly fall asleep, I was thinking about that, about how, you know, I can't keep this from them indefinitely.
11:38They're smart kids. They're going to notice their dad losing weight, losing energy.
11:45If they haven't noticed it already, I don't even know, but I don't know how to tell them.
11:53I have to figure out how to say goodbye to my daughters.
12:02Look, Dad, I don't want you or anyone getting the wrong impression.
12:11Guess Hope and I, we are determined to get on the right terms, but we're realistic. We know it's a long way to go.
12:18The point is, you're trying. Yeah.
12:22Listen, I never wanted you to be at odds with Hope. Personally or professionally, but now that she's back here, what do we do with her?
12:30Were her lines concerned, do you mean?
12:32Mm-hmm.
12:32Are you going to bring Hope to the future back?
12:35I don't know about that. I'm not comfortable making that kind of decision. Not that I would make that decision on my own.
12:43Oh, you would ask me? I thought we were just going to go rogue again.
12:45No, I'm not. Dad, I'm not going to do that.
12:47Yes, I asked Hope to come back, but anything else, that's a decision for you, me, and Granddad.
12:53I'm Carter.
12:54He must be happy having Hope back.
12:58It seemed that he's still very much in love with her.
12:59It is beautiful.
13:09Well, it pales in comparison to the lady I like to be wearing it.
13:17All right, confession time.
13:20I admit that I have thought about us making a lifetime commitment to each other.
13:26But that was before everything that happened.
13:31And I don't say that to make you feel guilty.
13:34It's just that I have never experienced a man's full and complete commitment.
13:39And I don't...
13:40I don't want to settle for less.
13:43And you shouldn't.
13:44And you don't have to, Hope.
13:46I'm telling you, I am devoting that commitment to you.
13:50I will be the husband that you deserve, I promise.
13:54I will love you now and always.
13:59Just say yes.
14:09Has Hope said anything to you?
14:12About Hope and Carter getting back together?
14:13Yeah, no, that's what he wants.
14:15What about her?
14:15Did she say something?
14:16You think Hope would confide in me?
14:19She's your new BFF.
14:20I thought maybe she would.
14:20Uh, somebody wasn't listening when our daughter said that could be a ways off.
14:26Yeah, if ever.
14:28Though if I'm completely honest, I do have mixed feelings about Carter and Hope 2.0,
14:34given their responsibility for the coup.
14:36But I have to say, I really just want Hope to be happy.
14:43I do.
14:44When the time comes, the right words will.
14:57You'll know exactly what to say to Kelly.
15:00In the most caring and sensitive way possible.
15:04Because, well, that's the kind of dad you are.
15:07You don't have to do it alone, Liam.
15:11Steffi can be right by your side, if you need her to be.
15:14Yeah, I mean, you're right.
15:17Steffi, ever since the moment she found me unconscious, she's been like a rock.
15:23You know, I don't know what I would have done without her.
15:26But it's not just her, man.
15:28You, you have been so much more than a doctor for me.
15:36You've been a friend, a really good friend.
15:39And I gotta tell you, just knowing that you're gonna be around for Steffi and Kelly when I'm gone, it's, it's relief.
15:48Dr. Buckingham texted me earlier asking if you made a decision on the new treatment with chemo and radiation as a weight.
16:02Um, no, I have, it's, it's a lot to weigh.
16:08Uh, and I just, um, I think right now I'm just, I'm laser focused on, you know, the, the girls and making sure that they're okay, safe and healthy and happy, you know, after I'm gone.
16:22But they're mothers, too.
16:23Now, Steffi's good, because she's got you.
16:25Hope, on the other hand, I want that for her, and...
16:28You still think Carter can do that for her?
16:32Yeah, I do.
16:33I really do.
16:34I'm, I'm pretty convinced at this point that those two could have an amazing life.
16:41It's just, Hope has to say yes to it.
16:53You're the one I want, Hope.
16:57And I promise to be faithful, to respect you, to cherish you for the rest of your life.
17:03I mean, you show me what it's like, what it's like to have someone by my side who will listen to me and respect me.
17:11And you show me that, you show me that we can love and support each other.
17:15And that's what I want in our marriage, Hope.
17:18That's what I want for our family, for me, you, and little Beth.
17:24She's going to have difficult days ahead, and I promise you, I will be the best stepfather I can possibly be.
17:33You and Beth will be my entire world, my family.
17:39And maybe we'll have a kid of our own, who knows?
17:41I believe in us.
17:56I believe in us now more than ever.
18:00Because what we went through, it should have destroyed us, but it didn't.
18:03Our love is stronger, we're stronger, and I promise, being your husband will always come first.
