At the Brady Pub, Bo told Justin that Carly needed Justin to represent her because she killed Lawrence. Justin asked why, but Bo was vague. Bo added that nobody — especially Hope — could know Carly was in town. Justin was confused. Bo explained that it was too dangerous and he didn't want his wife involved.

Hope walked into her bedroom and was stunned to see Carly sleeping in her bed. Carly uttered Bo's name, so Hope threw the lights on and demanded to know who Carly was. Carly introduced herself. Hope asked why Bo didn't tell her Carly was there; Carly explained that she asked Bo to keep it quiet. Hope deduced that Carly was there because of Lawrence's murder and pointed out to Carly that she was putting Hope's family in danger. Carly explained how Lawrence was great when they first got together, but he got sick and nearly died and turned into a different man who was paranoid, abusive and dangerous. "So you killed him," Hope replied. "It was him or me," Carly explained. Hope told Carly to get out of her house. Bo and Justin entered to find both women in the living room. Hope made her displeasure known to Bo. They went outside and faced off. Hope was upset that Bo didn't tell her Carly was there. "The same way you let me know that you were taking my daughter and going to Doug and Julie's, not having any contact with me for days?" he shot back. "How do you think this looks? Police commissioner aiding a fugitive? Forget about your career. You could go to jail for this," Hope pointed out. She suspected something bigger was going on. They headed back inside, where Carly was insisting to Justin that she killed Lawrence in self-defense. Hope asked Carly what she wasn't telling them. Carly said she had been honest. Victor called Hope to say Ciara had a nightmare. Hope hurried out, saying Carly had 24 hours to figure everything out or else Hope was turning her in. Hope returned to the Kiriakis manse and checked on Ciara. Vic told Hope that when Ciara was crying, she said she wanted to go home. Hope got defensive, saying she was doing the best thing for her daughter. Victor wasn't so sure. She sighed that things had gotten so much more complicated. When Victor wondered why, she noted that she couldn't go into detail.

Back at the Brady house, Justin told Carly he needed the whole truth from her or else he couldn't defend her. She didn't like his badgering and said she could go to someone else. He told her to call him if she changed her mind. After he left, Carly noted to Bo that she couldn't come clean completely because someone else's life was at stake. Bo hugged her and insisted they would find a way out of it.

Vivian Alamain kept tabs on Carly from afar. Gus, her manservant, reported that Carly was in Salem. "Carly is nothing if not predictable," Viv laughed and devised a plan that would bring about "the end of Carly Manning."

Brady demanded the truth from Arianna and pushed her to admit she was a drug dealer. Through tears, she confessed, then said she needed to explain. He was angry. She said she had to struggle and didn't have the same advantages Brady had. "So you decided, ‘Hey, I'll just push poison?' " he asked incredulously. He rushed out and ran into Roman downstairs in the pub. Arianna followed. Brady told Roman he needed to know something about Ari. He then decided to let Ari tell Roman and left. Arianna explained what happened. Roman informed her that if her cover got blown, she was going back to prison. "Don't count me out just yet," she urged. She found Brady on the pier. He was kicking himself for being so stupid. She said he wasn't stupid and tried to talk things out. He wasn't interested and advised her to quit her job at the Pub.

Rafe left Sami's house with the DNA samples and ran right into her in the hallway. "What are you doing here?" she asked. He said it would take a long time to explain and urged her to be patient. He pulled her into a searing kiss. They took their business inside, but Rafe said he had to go. Sami was confused. Rafe promised he would come back but Sami wanted answers. He said he couldn't go into detail. "More secrets — awesome. Picking up right where we left off, huh?" she groused. He said he was doing it for her and asked her to trust him. She accepted that. They had sex on the couch. After, Sami giggled that she was happy her roomie, Nicole, didn't walk in on them. Rafe asked Sami to keep it quiet that he was back in town, explaining that he was working on an important case for their future. She promised to keep his secret. They exchanged "I love yous." There was a knock at the door...