1988 (#2) - Beth's breast surgery and Eric's support

Upon hearing the news that their mother has breast cancer, Helen, Storm, Donna, and Katie appear shocked and unprepared. All of them, trying to hide their worries and anxieties, try to comfort and give strength to Beth, who seems more than anyone else dejected and above all resigned to her fate. The only one who doesn't give up and tries to convince her mother to react is Brooke, incredulous at her mother's words that she doesn't want to face a risky and probably unnecessarily painful mastectomy operation. Determined to leave no stone unturned, Brooke with the force of desperation decides to turn to Eric, the only person probably capable of making Beth see reason. And in fact, after having digested the news and understood the reason why Beth had sent him away, Eric manages to convince the woman to undergo the operation to remove the tumor, assuring her that he would always be by her side. In the end, despite Beth's fears that she would no longer be a desirable woman in Eric's eyes after the operation, she decides to contact Dr. Fred Bailey to tell him that she wants to accept the operation. This operation, to everyone's relief, was successful as the entire tumor mass was removed. Upon returning from the hospital after a few days of recovery, Beth is greeted by the entire family, happy to find their mother already on the mend. These are happy times for Beth and Eric, who returns to the Logan home and spends more and more time with the woman. Absences, these, that return again to worry Stephanie, suspicious of the fact that Eric has again resumed dating a lover, but unaware of the fact that this is none other than Beth. Actually, Stephanie is well aware that her main rival for Eric's heart is his college sweetheart; however, Stephanie does not immediately connect and associate Eric's old flame named "Liz" with Beth Logan. In fact, it isn't until, admiring Brooke's devotion to her mother, she decides not to visit her herself that Stephanie immediately connects all the pieces of the puzzle: Liz, Eric's teenage sweetheart, with whom he has started seeing again, is none other than Beth! Inevitably, Stephanie decides to ask for a confrontation with her husband, who confirms her suspicions and does nothing to hide the fact that something is going on between him and Beth.