"You're really trying my patience," Stephanie warned Donna, who claimed she tried to dump Eric but he refused to accept it. La Forrester threatened to call the police and Donna tried to call her bluff, but Steph ordered her to end her relationship with Eric or else Storm goes to jail.

Nick was elated when Dr. James Warwick showed up at Spectra. "I thought you weren't coming in until tomorrow?" said a surprised Nick but James said that Marone's request for help sounded urgent so he jumped on the next "redeye." Nick explained how Brooke was the biological mother of his and Taylor's son and she was having a very difficult time dealing with that fact. Nick did mention that Taylor seemed to have "turned a corner" recently and her mood was more upbeat. James asked if Taylor was drinking again — Nick assured she wasn't.

As Taylor continued to drown her sorrows with booze, Rick suddenly showed up for a visit. He explained that he didn't think she would "be truly happy" raising Nick and Brooke's child. Rick suggested that Taylor get out now since her husband would eventually end up with Brooke. Taylor accused Rick of trying to get rid of Ridge by reuniting Brooke with Nick. "I'm worried about you," Rick noted. Taylor asked him to go. As he was leaving, Rick noticed an almost empty bottle of liquor and asked her if she was drinking. Taylor admitted she had a "tiny cocktail" and asked him not to create any more problems for her. "I'm not going to promise you that," declared Rick and he walked out with the bottle in hand as Taylor yelled after him.

Katie dropped off some marketing proposals for Eric then realized during their conversation that Donna had not yet broken up with him yet. After Eric left, Katie called Donna and urged her sister to "end things with Eric once and for all."

Eric returned to his hotel room and a tearful Donna confessed that Stephanie was blackmailing her into breaking up with him. When Eric asked why, Donna explained that Storm was the one who shot Stephanie.