District Attorney North had trapped Randi in an elevator, and kissed her. He said, "It's been a long time." Randi protested that she didn't "do that" anymore; she had a husband. North was persistent and asked Randi to get together; he said she owed him. North opened the elevator, and Jesse was outside. He introduced North and Randi, and they pretended not to know each other.

After JR told Erica at the yacht club that Adam kicked him and Little A out so that Annie could stay at the mansion, Erica wondered, "What in God's name has gotten into Adam? You must be furious." JR said he was trying to understand why Adam was dead-set on helping Annie. He thought his father was looking for someone who needed him. Marissa arrived and said she'd fixed it so that JR and Little A could stay at the Yacht club, in a complimentary suite. When they went to check it out, Little A asked if Marissa could come. Little A asked JR to tell him about Babe. JR told Little A and Marissa how he and Babe met in San Diego. Marissa was touched.

Colby overheard Liza's and Adam's bargain, that Adam would help Liza win over Colby if Liza took Annie's case. Colby said she wouldn't be used as a bargaining chip in either of their lives anymore. Colby said to Adam, "Why should I be surprised? You turned your grandson into a time-share." Liza said they were not manipulating her; she only wanted to have a close relationship with her daughter. Colby called Liza a habitual liar and stormed off. Later, Liza found Colby and told her she knew she couldn't force Colby to accept her. Liza said she would be proud of Colby no matter what she decided to do, and that she would never try to destroy her relationship with Adam.

After Aidan ambushed and kissed Annie on the Chandler mansion patio, she got angry, pushed him away and told him, "I don't need you anymore. I have Adam." Aidan said she owed him the truth and asked what she was doing at the mansion. Annie said that Adam had done so much for her, she finally thought that with his help, she could actually be free and live in Pine Valley. Adam believed in her. Aidan said he did, too. Annie insisted she didn't need to explain herself to Aidan anymore.

Annie found Adam inside the mansion, looking at a picture of Stuart. Annie said, "You must really miss him." Sometimes life deals us harsh cards, and how we deal with them shows what we're made of, he replied. She took his hands as Erica interrupted them. "I hope you've hidden all your knives," Erica said coldly to Adam. She told Adam to check into Oak Haven himself, that he was crazy to take in Annie. Adam accused Erica of being jealous. Erica said she just wanted him to stop making a fool over himself for a woman who was using him. Adam insisted he knew exactly what he was doing. Annie saw Erica leaving. Erica turned to Annie and said that Annie wouldn't be in the Chandler mansion long enough to cause any more problems. Annie told Adam he didn't need Erica anymore: He had her. A bit later, Adam presented her with a special meal and champagne. They clicked glasses, and Annie seemed supremely happy.

Taylor found Brot in the hospital and wanted to talk. Brot told Taylor he saw her laughing and relaxed the other day with Tad Martin, and that she didn't act the same way with him. He insisted Taylor was not happy. Taylor wanted to know why he hadn't proposed to her. He said his mother told him never to ask a question he didn't know the answer to. Taylor asked, "You think I'll turn you down?" Brot said all they did lately was go around in circles and never get close enough. They'd been dancing around the issue for so long, things had changed between them, and they didn't know if they could get "us" back. Taylor left, and Frankie showed up to thank Brot for helping him get his courage back. But he could see something was wrong with Brot. Brot told him Taylor and he were finished, and that "real" in Iraq didn't translate to "real" in Pine Valley. Taylor, alone, was thinking the same thing.

Randi visited Frankie, who was smiling, and said he was going through the surgery because of Randi's support and faith in him. Randi flashed back to being in bed with North. He said he wanted to spend his life with her and that Randi was an amazing woman. Randi responded: a woman "who charges by the hour…." North asked her to stay with him forever. Snapping out of her reverie, she told Frankie she'd be with him forever. Frankie said it was weird being a patient instead of a doctor. And suggested running away with Randi, taking the honeymoon they never had. She recalled when North asked her to run away with him. North told her he loved her. Jesse walked into Frankie's room and said he did not like North, that he was a "pompous ass" who only cared about his political career.

North found Randi later, asking why she never showed up to run away with him. Randi said she was just "some hooker he helped out of a jam." North replied, "So, I was just a get-out-of-jail-free card?" Randi admitted it was much more than that, and he knew it. North asked why, if she felt that way, did she disappear? Randi explained she felt she would have ruined his plans of being some big politician. North said, "You did." His career was all he had, he said. He married his wife for her connections, not out of love. Randi said she was sorry. North said he loved her more than he ever loved anyone; Randi countered that she loved her husband , and North needed to forget about her. "We're strangers," North agreed.

Ryan confronted Liza about getting Annie released. He was concerned for Emma's safety. She insisted the court's evaluation would be fair. Ryan said Annie could fool any shrink, just like she fooled Adam. And Liza. Liza noted that Ryan's testimony would weigh heavily on Annie's fate. Ryan stood firm, and said he would not let a dangerous, unstable woman take his daughter away from him. Liza insisted Emma would need her mother some day. Ryan said Annie was sick and needed help, and he was not changing his testimony. Then he told Liza to leave. Emma woke up, and asked why Annie wasn't there. Erica walked in, and told Emma that Annie loved her, but she couldn't see Emma until the judge said so. Ryan said he thought Erica had been swamped with work. She said he wasn't going to like what she saw at the Chandler mansion. Ryan told her about his visit with Liza. And that he couldn't let Annie anywhere near Emma. Erica said that together, they'd prove Annie was still dangerous.