Randi complained to Brot about Angie's decision not to come to Germany. A despondent Frank watched her cry on Brot's shoulder. Randi reentered the room and tried to get through to a resistant Frankie. Randi threatened to count to ten and then leave. She had flashbacks of her life with Frank as she counted. Brot strongly urged Frank to go after his wife. Frank insisted that he didn't want to and continued to grouse about how his life is over. Brot pointed out that they are both lucky to be alive. Frank begged Brot to drop it. "If you do this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life," Brot said forcefully. Brot said that he was determined to stop Frank from making the biggest mistake of his life. Randi, meanwhile, prepared to return to Pine Valley alone.

Marissa blasted JR for making David's life harder. JR ranted about what a slimeball David is. Scott defended Marissa to JR, who advised Scott to tell Marissa to leave town.

In Annie's hospital room, Adam defended Annie to Ryan. Annie confirmed to the men that she saw David at the mansion on the night of the murder. After Ryan left, Adam accepted Annie's condolences about Stuart. Adam reiterated his vow to help her get the charges dropped and get Emma back. Annie was thrilled. Adam described Annie as his guardian angel and held her hand as she slept. Aidan was none too thrilled when he entered to that sight.

At the mansion, Jack and Jesse oversaw a new forensics sweep of the crime scene. A cop reported to Jesse that he found a footprint. JR and Scott entered and Jesse asked them what size show they wear. JR was convinced that the footprint belonged to David.

In Ian's hospital room with Zach and David, Kendall recalled that she tripped over David on the night of the murder. David denied it and decided to remove himself from Ian's case. After David left, Ryan came in and told the Slaters that Annie also saw David at the mansion that night. They met up with Jesse and told him about the two witnesses to David's presence at the manse. Jesse noted that the footprint doesn't necessarily belong to the killer. Kendall, Zach and Ryan discussed whether this was the break they had been waiting for.

David returned to Wildwind and told Marissa that he was leaving town. David explained that the cops were going to try to pin Stuart's murder on him. Marissa told David that she wasn't going to leave him and tried to talk him out of running. He thanked her for offering to help. JR and Scott then barged in and had a physical confrontation with David as he bolted. Jesse entered and put an APB out on David, which he quickly cancelled because David returned unexpectedly. David said that he had come back for Marissa.