Brady brooded over the newspaper headline touting Nicole and EJ's marriage, while Nicole warned Mia about the consequences of revealing Sydney is hers. Mia was willing to take the risk. Until "compassionate" Nicole started doing a number on her. Mia was suspicious but Nicole eventually got to her. Heartbroken Mia fled. Brady remembered Melanie's advice that he tell Nicole how she feels. Naturally, as Nicole breathed a sigh of relief over Mia, Brady appeared at her door. Nicole admitted she and Mia had fought and then asked Brady to "fake being happy for me." He couldn't, and he had something to tell her. Nicole assumed it was about the baby secret. Brady told her she deserves more than a prepackaged baby deal" with EJ. They drew close enough to kiss and Brady leaned in...but Nicole pulled away. She noted she and EJ were wired the same way but Brady was one of the good guys and needed better than her. "I need you," he declared. She begged him to leave, noting he'd walked away from her before and could surely do it again. Brady didn't want to see her get hurt. Nicole didn't want to be saved. "You don't want to waste all the good stuff on me, Brady," she told him, kissing his cheek. He kissed her lips, regretfully, before walking out. Alone, Nicole tried on her veil and swore nothing would stop her from getting married.

Rafe flashed back on telling Sami he's leaving town and then knocked on her door with her St. Ann's medallion. No dummy, Will realized this was a goodbye and wondered if Sami had dumped Rafe. When Grace began crying, Rafe came in to settle the baby down. Will got a call from a teary Mia, who wanted to come over. Rafe cuddled a pink hat-wearing Grace and asked Will what was up. After Will stonewalled, he handed the baby off to him and said his goodbyes. Later, Mia refused to open up to Will but baby Grace was a different story. The infant cheered Mia's spirits — especially when Will got her to hold her!

Bo questioned a fellow cop, wondering where Hope was! He got increasingly cranky remembering his vision. On their stakeout, Hope didn't have a cell signal and when there was a knock at the door, she and Roman drew their guns. Luckily, it was just housekeeping. Then, their gun-toting quarry showed up in the parking lot! Bo finally got a tip about something going down at the Hacienda motel and burst in on Roman and Hope's room. The cops outside had taken down the bad guys! Bo was relieved to realize his visions weren't exact and Hope told him them being together on this was the most important thing.

Max brooded and then made nice with the new waitress...whom Melanie was promptly rude to. Max introduced his "freeloading" sis to Arianna and then chided Mel for her 'tude. Melanie complained about her new job at the hospital. Fortunately, a commotion with Arianna saved Max. He checked out her bruised wrist as Chelsea walked up and got a wee bit jealous. Max made introductions and Melanie smirked knowingly. Mel and Chels traded some snark and then Chelsea praised Max's bedside manner. She was shocked when Melanie brought up Max's application for medical school. Was Max ever planning on telling her? "Probably not," he admitted, saying he hadn't want to disappoint her by not getting in. Chelsea had faith he'd get in and be a fantastic doctor. Max told her and Melanie he's turning his application in. As Max and Chelsea cuddled, Melanie ran into Brady by the docks. She comforted him with a passionate kiss.