Bob is left despairing as Brenda won't talk to him, still insisting that she won't have the surgery. Rodney finds Brenda alone and upset, but she covers that she is just tired and Rodney suspects that working with Bob is the cause of her sadness. However, when Brenda does another disappearing act later, Gennie decides to tell Rodney the truth. Rodney is left reeling to hear that Brenda has a brain tumour.