Taylor woke up alongside Ridge in bed but they had their clothes on so no hanky panky occured. They immediately starting worrying about their son's fate. "We've got to protect him," Taylor whined. They went into the living room to talk to Steffy and Thomas. Ridge affirmed that the best thing to do was to cover up Thomas's acts of violence, which meant that Rick could never know. Thomas wondered what would become of Pam and Ridge said they will think of something. He then suggested they all go home.

Rick couldn't stop thinking about lovely Steffy and being socked by Thomas. He was thrilled when Steffy suddenly arrived. They started making out and tearing off each other's clothes. After they had sex, Rick could tell that something was bothering Steffy and asked her to come clean. "There shouldn't be any secrets between us," she explained.

Brooke obviously believed Pam's innocence and ordered around-the-clock security for Rick. Stephanie showed up and Brooke admitted that she didn't think Pam tried to kill Rick. Steph then suggested Donna and Marcus are the guilty parties and Brooke strongly disagreed. After Steph departed, Ridge returned home and Brooke shared her belief that Rick's attacker is still on the loose. Ridge assured her that Rick isn't in danger, then said he had to go somewhere. "Your son's going to be okay, I promise," he said and left.

Katie showed up at Jackie M to bring Nick's phone and Jackie didn't miss the opportunity to call Ms. Logan "very bad news for my son." Katie urged Jackie to accept her, for Nick's sake. "Nick still hasn't changed his mind about marrying me," Katie pointed out, but Jackie said it will only be a matter of time until Nick sees the real her. Katie warned Jackie to back off or she'll have a real fight on her hands.

When Thomas got back to his home, the gravity of his actions weighed on him. "What have I done?" he agonized. Taylor called James and left a message that she needed his help for another family emergency. Meanwhile, Ridge confessed to Stephanie that Thomas is Rick's assailant. When Ridge said he didn't want to go to the police, Stephanie realized that he wants Pam to stay in jail.