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Rodney Mathews was caught off guard when Lace Morris arrived again on the seashore throughout break up week on the Oct. 24 episode of Bachelor in Paradise. Immediately after Rodney returned from his date with Eliza Isichei, Lace pulled him apart to search out out the place he stood of their relationship. “It’s just been hell the last couple of days for all of us,” she admitted. “We had to just up and leave you guys. I came here to tell you that it made me realize how much I really do like you. I came to get on the same page because it’s either you or no one. I’m not going to settle. I want to be here with you and pursue this. I just want to get on the same page as you.”
Unfortunately, Rodney was not on the identical web page as Lace, and he needed to break it to her as simple as potential. “I didn’t think I’d have to make this decision tonight, but I just want to be upfront and honest with you about where I’m at and where I stand,” Rodney defined. “I just don’t want to waste your time at all and I don’t want to hurt you. This is tough. Lace, I’m sorry. I could’ve never seen any of this playing out like this.”
Lace broke down in hysterical tears and received as much as begin to stroll away. Rodney tried to consolation her, however she couldn’t maintain again her feelings. “I trusted your words,” Lace revealed. “You left me feeling secure with what we have and [telling me] not to worry and now it’s just like…I had to come back because it was eating me alive. I don’t want to sit there and waste my time worried sick about whether I have a connection here if I just don’t. So I’m going home. This all sucks so bad.”
Rodney informed Lace that she was an “amazing woman” and stated that he hopes she finds what she’s searching for. She was hysterically sobbing as the opposite guys tried to consolation her earlier than she formally left the seashore. “I knew this was coming, I should’ve expected it,” Lace stated. “I can’t find love and I’m so sick of it. It’s so hard. I’ve worked so hard to put myself out there and then I just get hurt again. I don’t know what to do at this point.”
Meanwhile, Rodney was admittedly bummed that he needed to damage Lace. “Tonight’s ending was bittersweet,” he defined. “I had such an amazing, beautiful night with Eliza. Obviously to come back to this was very difficult. I was not expecting to have this conversation tonight. Lace is a really amazing person who really deserves love. She’s been through a lot. I just really hope she finds what she’s looking for.”
Once Lace was gone, although, Rodney was able to focus all of his “time and energy” on Eliza, and he or she was down, too. “Everyone’s going to have to deal with something that’s going to test their relationship and I think that what happened with Lace was hard for him,” Eliza admitted. “So it’s reassuring that I made the right choice, that I set my eyes on someone who is caring and is just a good man. I think if we can get through certain things it will just be a really good tell for if this can work in real life. I hope that now we can continue on this momentum we have going and just be able to relax and really pursue each other.”