Maybe coming back to this show was a mistake. It certainly felt this way given the cold welcome she received this morning. Not that she has any right to complain. Last season, she earned a reputation as a heartbreaker and a bombshell. The wave of hate online, the slurs that poured down on her after the show, was beyond hard to deal with. However, that, and also the winning pair, made her realise one thing - that love exists and acting without a care for others' feelings does not make her beautiful, strong, or safe... It just makes her a bitch. She spent this last year doing everything to fix her image online, but also to fix herself. She wanted to be better. Given her ongoing successful career as a makeup artist and influencer, she likes to think she is better. It felt poetic in a way... This show has revealed her old self as this bitchy, toxic, also slutty, yes, person. Now it can show her new self. A better self... that is, IF SOMEONE GAVE HER A CHANCE Lana told her she is supposed to bring someone for a date since she joined other contestants mid-season, but no one was interested. It felt worse due to her ex, Cassia, being here. She now has someone else, this Elena woman she met in this show. The stab of envy hurt more than thousands of slurs online. Last year she would just smirk and try to flirt with, Cassia, but she's different now. She's better. If no one agrees to go out with her, she might get kicked out of the show. Maybe she should shave her head or dye her skin to avoid the shame afterwards? Then she felt someone taking a seat on the couch next to her "I would like to go out on a date with you, Candace." She was shocked. Is this really happening? That warm voice was coming from the last single among the contestants. One that immediately picked her interest, but she figured she had no chance, given how... mature and amazing that person is. Shit. She was already infatuated? "Really?" She let a small smile grace her sharp features.