Will was surprised to learn that Chad was attending Salem High in the fall. Chad explained he transferred because his parents bought a new house. Will played it off with Chad and acted like it was no big deal, then Will and Mia took off. Kinsey showed up and she and Chad argued that Kinsey wasn't doing her best to get Will and Mia to split. They headed back to the gym to plot anew. There, Chad admitted he didn't buy Mia's drug addiction claim. Once in the park alone, Will asked Mia why she didn't tell him about Chad's big move. She said with everything going on with Lucas/Chloe/Grace's death, she didn't want to add to the drama.

Sami told Nicole all about Meredith's damning letter, which said Rafe killed Emily. It also said that Emily knew a secret about Rafe that would destroy his career with the FBI. Sami was aggravated; Nicole pointed out that maybe Rafe couldn't talk about it and that Sami should give him the benefit of the doubt. Sami was surprised Nic was defending Rafe, but said she understood since Nicole looked the other way with EJ's dirty deeds. Sami explained that she couldn't do that. She rued the mistakes she made in her life and began to get teary. "I deserve it," she reasoned. Nicole insisted that wasn't true and it wasn't Sami's fault.

Rafe approached EJ, who had just left a message for Nicole. EJ asked if Hernandez was spying on him. Rafe went to the Brady Pub to say good-bye to Arianna. He revealed he was leaving Salem. Ari slipped out when Rafe was talking to his boss.

The Carvers visited with Stefano, who was thrilled to see his grandson. Theo was upset when he couldn't find Charlie, his stuffed dog. Abe took him to the car to look for it. Stefano and Lexie discussed Theo's autism after. An emotional Phoenix admitted it broke his heart to see Theo upset. EJ returned home just as Lexie was leaving. After, EJ was dismayed to hear that Nicole had missed Sydney's half-birthday party and couldn't imagine what was more important than that. Stefano admitted that he heard EJ and Nicole arguing earlier and asked what was going on. EJ said that he felt Nic was keeping something from him. EJ then reported that he ran into Rafe. Nicole returned home and told Stefano about her talk with Sami. Nicole felt badly for causing more pain for Sami. Stefano got angry at her for getting upset, noting that she didn't seem to mind when she switched the babies. Nic began to cry, insisting that she didn't like hurting people. They began to yell at each other. EJ came in and demanded to know what they were arguing about. Stefano excused himself. Nic explained to EJ that Stefano accused her of being insensitive by not wanting to talk about Grace. EJ pointed out that it was insensitive of her.

Lexie and Abe came in to the Pub and asked Rafe if he had seen the stuffed dog. Rafe and Lexie discussed Grace and Sydney. Rafe noted that Grace's death hit Nicole hard. After, Rafe found the dog, to the delight of the Carvers. Then, he went to Grace's grave to talk to her.

Ari visited Sami and accused her of doing something to Rafe to make him leave town. Sami said she didn't do anything, but was stunned to hear Rafe was taking off. Sami told Ari about the letter from Meredith and showed it to her. Ari read it then hurried out. She returned to the Pub to talk to Rafe. Back at the townhouse, Sami talked to Allie about Rafe leaving and decided that she should just call Rafe and ask him for the truth.