Thorne came into Ridge's office to break the news that he wasn't Liam's daddy. Stephanie winced, noting maybe Liam deserved their sympathy for winding up Bill's child. A bittersweet Thorne reminisced about Kelly, and Ridge wryly noted that he'd "never kissed anyone he didn't fall in love with." Poor Thorne talked about how adrift he'd been since Darla died and how, for a few hours, he'd felt like he had a renewed purpose. And he'd started looking forward to introducing Liam to Aly! Faced with the prospect of Bill being the kid's dad, he'd wanted to bring Liam home like he was a lost puppy and ask, "Mom, can we keep him?" Unfortunately, now, he felt like his time for raising a family was long over.

Oliver found Steffy hiding out and pouting over Thomas hating on her. Defeatist Steffy wondered if she should just chuck it all and hold on to the one thing that makes her happy. Meanwhile, Oliver pointed out that with Brooke gone, he was the remaining "other half of the scandal." He wanted to leave before he could be fired! He also told Steffy that he thinks he and Hope are doing okay.

At Spencer Publications, Katie popped champagne, while Bill went for something a little stronger. When he mocked Liam for not drinking, Liam acidly wondered if alcoholism was something he might've inherited from Bill. Bill returned fire by toasting "Cheers!" to his daddy search and saying he had to live with the consequences. Back at Spencer, Bill talked to Liam about his relationship with Kelly and insisted that he didn't abandon Liam. Kelly made the choice to raise him without Bill. Liam then told him his stepfather was a "nice man." Thunderstruck by the bland description, Bill asked for time alone with Liam...swearing that he wouldn't throw Liam out the window. Bill wanted to know what Kelly had told Liam about his biological father. In the hall, Hope wondered what she would do if she ran into Deacon. Inside, Bill assumed Kelly had sent Liam on a financial scavenger hunt. Shaken Liam talked about how Kelly was suffering from stage 4 breast cancer and so out of it that all she'd been able to do was give him the clippings...and tell him, "Handsome is as handsome does." A cryptic Bill interpreted that as Kelly's way of telling Liam she loved him. He then asked what Liam had asked his mother about his biological father, angry about how Liam hadn't tried harder to find him. Liam lashed out, noting that finding a man like Bill wasn't exactly an ideal. They snarked some more, with Bill wondering if Liam wanted an allowance and a bed time story. When Liam hauled off and punched Bill, he marveled, "Maybe you could be a Spencer after all."