1989 (#10) - The discovery of Jamie's identity, the end of the flirtation of Donna and Bill

Exhausted and under stress from the events and scandals that have involved him, Bill agrees with Caroline that he needs a break and to relax with a vacation. And so, wanting to distract himself and cultivate his relationship with Jamie, he surprisingly invites the girl on a trip to Europe with him. Donna, more and more afraid that Bill might find out everything, nervously accepts the invitation fearing that her refusal might make the man suspicious; an invitation that, after all, makes her very happy both because she has the opportunity to discover new places never seen before and because she can finally be alone with the man who fascinates her more and more. Not at all happy with this news, however, appears a disconsolate Nick, who feels more and more cut off from the life of Donna, despite the reassurances of the latter. In the meantime, Rocco, who has definitively broken off all relations with Katie, who has become more and more involved with Kurt, suggests to Nick that he try to find out what information Bill actually knows about the scandal that has involved him, in order to better understand if they are really risking to be discovered. Through the waitress at Griffey's who is a friend of Rocco and Donna's, Stacy, who agrees to help them by posing as a masseuse, Nick is able to understand that Bill is now on their trail. The variable that shatters Nick and Donna's hopes of getting away with it is, as often happens, the unpredictable, in this case Caroline, who notices that Bill's masseuse, Stacy, works in the club frequented by Rocco and Donna, Bill's new model with whom he seems to have a lot of chemistry; and so, when Caroline unwittingly and innocently starts talking to Bill about Donna, telling him that she has seen her in the company of Stacy, Bill immediately puts the pieces together and understands everything. Sarcastically, Bill immediately runs off to meet Jamie, calling her by her real name, which leaves Donna stunned and devastated, and feeling exposed, she takes it out on Nick. Accused of trying to save face and his job by betraying her and trying to come clean at her expense, an incredulous Nick futilely professes his innocence to a Donna who no longer wants to know anything about him. However, he regrets this rant immediately afterwards when, after confessing to Bill what he already knows, namely that it's not Jamie but Donna, the man reveals to her that it wasn't Bill at all who made him come to the truth. Bill, despite showing himself to be very hurt by Donna's behavior, admits to understanding him as she simply responded with her own coin to what he had done to her. The two, finally face to face alone, let themselves go to passion and make love, before agreeing that it is better to nip their relationship in the bud, Donna being after all even younger than his daughter Caroline. Nevertheless, Donna thanks Bill for what he has managed to give her, namely the belief in herself and the confidence that she can achieve any dream. Finally, Donna asks Bill for one last wish, that of being able to bring her parents Beth and Stephen back to Los Angeles; but the man, strengthened by an agreement with Stephanie that he can't and won't break on his own initiative, refuses to grant it.