After coming to the belief Rachel is “purposefully not speaking” to him, Sandoval tries to make amends together with his costars — particularly James Kennedy — on a clumsy, Ariana-less journey to Tahoe.

Lisa Vanderpump beforehand steered to Tom Schwartz that he invite everybody to Tahoe to take a look at her new restaurant, one thing everybody aside from Ariana and Katie Maloney took him up on. LVP thought it may very well be a approach for Schwartz to get tensions to chill between Sandoval and the gang … and she or he could have been proper.

Earlier than the journey, the Toms chatted about Rachel Leviss — after Schwartz was texted some headlines about her reverting again to her outdated title and her getting out of a psychological well being facility. Whereas Sandoval knew each issues had been taking place, he hadn’t heard from her.

“I went to ship her a textual content message and as a substitute of it developing inexperienced, it went by blue. Meaning her cellphone was turned again on,” he mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘Hey, I do not know if ur out but however I simply wished u to know I am considering of u, and I hope ur doing okay.”

He bought no response, including in a confessional that after he did not hear from her on his birthday, “I began to assume one thing was happening and she or he was purposefully not speaking to me.”

The boys thought the Tahoe journey can be alternative to “begin therapeutic and transfer on” and hoped they might all have enjoyable, regardless of all of the drama.

Speaking to LVP on the cellphone after they landed, Sandoval bought emotional as he mentioned Scheana Shay — who he beforehand had a fairly unhealthy falling out with over the affair — mentioned hey to him on the airport. “It was very stunning,” he mentioned, as Schwartz added, “A bit of humanity from the gang. You have not gotten a lot of that. Simply to get a hey by people who find themselves disgusted by your essence is good.”

Sandy began to cry, saying the interplay left him just a little extra optimistic in regards to the future — and including in a confessional, “Scheana saying hello to me on the airport like that, it felt like a touch of acceptance.”

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Issues had been nonetheless just a little awkward, nevertheless, as soon as all of them bought to their shared rental for the getaway. In the home had been each Toms, Scheana and Brock Davies, Lala Kent, James Kennedy and his girlfriend Ally.

Proper off the bat, Brock did not maintain again — telling Sandoval he “put everybody’s friendships in a very tough place” due to the scandal.

“What I did was horrible. However neither Raquel nor I did that with any malicious intent,” he mentioned, earlier than including that they each felt they had been handled by the forged “with very particular malicious intent” after every little thing got here to mild.

“Your emotions are legitimate, however it’s important to perceive there are different individuals concerned. We’re not your enemy, we’re simply very damage buddies,” Brock instructed him.

In a confessional, Tom expressed his frustration on the state of affairs — which, after all, his actions prompted — saying the group was “failing to acknowledge the way in which they got here after me” following the scandal. “Speaking s–t about me on social media, promoting merch, hardcore pushing conspiracy theories on podcasts. This is not nearly them forgiving me, that is one thing we have to mutually transfer on from collectively,” he added.

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Throughout a bunch meal later within the hour, Lisa put James on the spot and requested him to share one thing constructive about Sandoval. “That felt awkward, Lisa,” mentioned Tom, as Kennedy merely mentioned it was “good” that they had been all in a position to sit at a desk collectively with out all of it going to hell.

Tom additionally spilled about his dealings with Ariana as they ate, saying that he gave her a proposal to purchase her out of their house — however had not truly spoken along with her since they filmed the reunion. “If she needs to speak to me, I might completely discuss to her. If it is simply gonna enrage her, I do not need to do this,” he added.

After dinner, the group went out for drinks collectively sans LVP, with Sandoval asking James if they might go for a stroll to clear the air between them after Kennedy went off on him at his party earlier this season.

“I do not need to trigger any issues, I do not need to create hostility. I simply need to coexist. When it went down, I used to be scared to speak to you. It was so overwhelming,” he mentioned. “I by no means, nor did she, imply to harm anyone.”

That, mentioned James, nonetheless did not give him an excuse to “deceive and betray.”

“No one needs to harm anyone, however you knew it could,” Kennedy instructed him. “You do not assume when you had been sensible sufficient, you would have ended issues with Ariana and made issues work out with Raquel, with out issues blowing up the way in which they did?”

“When you actually wished to, you stroll out the door, say what you wished to say, look her within the eye, bye bye, shut the f–king door,” he continued. “It simply comes all the way down to not having the ability to man up and depart the connection.”

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When requested by James whether or not he thought he and Rachel can be collectively now that she was out of remedy, Sandoval mentioned he wasn’t certain. He additionally wasn’t certain whether or not the affair was value all of the drama it prompted everybody.

“It wasn’t nearly being with Rachel, it was additionally getting out of a relationship that I knew wasn’t suiting my life” he added in a confessional, saying, “The trail that I used to be on, was not path. It wanted to vary.”

Tom went on to apologize to James for “discounting” every little thing that they had been by, as one of many few individuals Kennedy truly trusted on this world.

“I am unable to take again what I’ve achieved and I’ve to simply accept what I did and principally embrace it and be like, ‘Yo, do not ever do this s–t once more, you fool,” he mentioned, earlier than telling James, “I am sorry.”

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“Rattling, I simply gotta take this all in. I miss all of it, Tom, I miss the entire thing. All the great instances. I miss all of that,” Kennedy instructed Sandoval. “You understand what breaks my coronary heart, bro? You had been like a giant bro to me, you actually had been. I f–king imply that. After which it is like, nothing will ever be the identical. That is why I have been so indignant. That is why I say betrayal.”

Tom mentioned they might “work by this” at James’ tempo, earlier than promising to hearken to him extra sooner or later. The episode ended with the 2 strolling again to the group collectively, with James calling it a “good chat.”

Whereas the 2 seem like they’re in a greater place, Tahoe will not be all rainbows for Sandoval — as a preview for subsequent week confirmed him and Lala going at it onerous throughout a ship outing with the group.

Keep tuned … new episodes of Vanderpump Guidelines air Tuesdays on Bravo.

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