After 5 years of constant tension, Patricia finally extends an olive branch and invites Kathryn to her Winter Ball. As these two former enemies make peace, the delicate truce between Craig and Naomie blows up when he brings a date to the Ball. Meanwhile, as Austen tries to warn Thomas that there's a nasty rumor circulating about Ashley, he's the one that gets burned by Ashley. When Kathryn and Ashley finally sit down to talk for the first time since Hilton Head, their conversation quickly turns combative.
