<P> CeCe's condition worsens and Ivy is forced to take her to the hospital, where she has a run in with the Van der Woodsens and Carol . When Charlie arrives, Ivy and Carol finally tell the truth about Carol's scheme and Ivy's role in it . Ivy is turned away by the Van der Woodsens . Following this, Ivy turns to Georgina and the two later crash CeCe's wake, during which, through the reading of CeCe's will, Ivy is left everything under her legal name instead of her alias Charlie Rhodes, revealing that CeCe knew about the fact that Ivy isn't her real granddaughter . After this revelation, Ivy kicks Lily and Rufus out of the apartment as it had been paid for by CeCe and was now hers . Ivy throws a party to commemorate the Celia Rhodes Foundation and to gain acceptance in the Upper East Side . She believes she has found an ally in William van der Woodsen after he agrees to persuade people to attend the party in exchange for money, however, it is later revealed he is working with Lily to gather evidence against Ivy to take her to court and contest CeCe's will . </P> <P> After a courtroom hearing, Ivy loses all of her inheritance after Lily bribes CeCe's nurse to testify against Ivy so she can re-claim Ivy's share of the inheritance . Rufus takes pity on Ivy being without a home and family, and pays for her stay at a hotel . Lily finds this out later on and they fight, and Rufus returns to Brooklyn . Ivy later visits Lily and tries to seek her acceptance, confessing that she really wanted to be part of her family . Lily rejects her but offers her a cheque of 1 million dollars, asking her to leave and never return . Ivy leaves the apartment and tears up the cheque, revealing her confession was genuine . Later, Lily has Carol Rhodes arrested and charged with fraud in order to acquire her share of CeCe's estate for herself . After William van der Woodsen takes pity on Charlie' Lola' Rhodes, he gives her Carol's share of CeCe's wealth so she can live on . </P> <P> In the final episode of the season, Lola signs over her entire half of Cece's estate to Ivy and asks her to do one favor in return: Take Lily down in revenge for Carol's imprisonment and her manipulation of events . Ivy accepts, more than happy to help after her rejection . </P> <P> Ivy looks in on Rufus after Lily annuls their marriage and the two soon become lovers . However, Ivy is actually sleeping with Lily's ex-husband William and using Bart in a plot to take down Lily . When Rufus sees the two kissing (although not seeing William's face), he breaks up with Ivy . Ivy helps Blair in her plans to try and take down Chuck's father and when the man dies, she believes it's finally time she and William come out in public as a couple . However, when she meets William, he is with Lily and claims to have never met Ivy before . Ivy tries to tell Lily of their relationship but Lily doesn't believe her . After Lily leaves, William informs Ivy he was using her all along to break up Lily and Rufus so he could finally have Lily to himself . He coldly informs Ivy nobody wants her around and she should just take her money and leave . In the final scene (set five years later) Ivy has written a book about her experiences that's being made into a movie . </P>

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