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Another group date included Kiarra, Sarah, Tammy, Kelley, Shiann, Savannah, Sydney and Alayah, who are warned that Peter \"likes surprises\" and hopes they do too.

The first surprise is the return of \"The Bachelor\" season 23's Demi Burnett, who helped out Hannah Brown during season 15 of \"The Bachelorette,\" and wants to do the same for Peter. She brought along a couple of \"henchmen\" who roused the girls out of bed with an early morning pillow fight.

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Next, all the girls were asked to choose one of eight shopping bags, each containing some form of sleep ware, leading to the next surprise: an extreme pillow fight at a packed local saloon -- emceed by \"Bachelor\" host Chris Harrison and actor/comedian Fred Willard.

Alayah, \"The Royal Pain,\" and Sydney, \"Syd Vicious,\" are the two finalists deemed worthy of fighting it out for Pete's heart. Alayah decided to throw her weight around -- literally -- by sitting on Sydney and is declared the winner. That victory only riled Sydney all the more, who already had daggers out for the former beauty pageant queen.

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She exacted her revenge by telling Peter that Alayah was fake, both privately and in front of the other ladies on the date, explaining that she doesn't want him to get hurt. Peter believed Sydney was sincere and offered her the group-date rose.

The following day, Harrison informed all of the ladies that instead of the usual pre-rose ceremony cocktail party, Peter will be joining them for a pool party. It's there that he discovered that several of the other women share Sydney's opinion of Alayah.

However, it's Victoria P. who delivered the final bombshell. It turns out that, unbeknownst to the show's producers, she and Alayah knew each other before the show, and that Alayah has pressured Sydney to keep their friendship a secret.

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There's more. Victoria also disclosed that Alayah was \"open to all the opportunities that will come after this\" even if she didn't marry Peter, adding, \"So, maybe she's not the one for you.\"

When Peter confronted Alayah, she admitted to the cover-up, explaining she did it because she thought it would protect both women from disqualification.

Peter, who feels a connection with Alayah, was then forced to decide on following his heart or his head. Then, in a dramatic rose ceremony, he sent Alayah packing, along with Alexa and Maurissa.

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