At the hospital, Dr. Webb told the Newman clan Victoria's condition was "stable as of now," but could make no promises about the future. While Victor had a word with him, Brad came in and was angry to learn he was out of the loop on Victoria's blood pressure problems. Victor wanted to find another doctor, but an emotional Nikki didn't want Victoria "poked and prodded and tested any more than she has to be." She then brought Brad to see Victoria, interrupting Nick's visit, and later JT apologized for not updating Brad during the "roller-coaster" night Victoria had. Then the doc revealed he was concerned Victoria had preeclampsia, "a pregnancy-related circulation problem," and that if the condition progressed, the baby would have to be delivered. Therefore, they were checking out the baby for early delivery. As they tried to swallow the news that the baby might not survive, Nikki turned to Victor's shoulder for comfort.

Heather and Paul cried as she fought to come to terms with his reveal that he is her daddy. "You didn't care what happened to me," she marveled, and refused to hear otherwise. He wanted to "make it up" to her, but she assumed he was only confessing because he knew she knew about his involvement with Sheila Carter. "I will find evidence to make sure you are charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment," she promised, but a surprised Paul warned any investigation would only hurt Lauren. She countered it was her duty to report him. Concerned, he called a meeting with Lauren, Michael and Maggie. Michael was furious to hear Paul's connection to Heather, not to mention annoyed that the Sheila kidnapping was coming back to bite them. Maggie said not to jump to the worst case scenario, noting Heather must not have hard evidence. Lauren started to panic, but Michael promised he'd stop Heather if she came at them. "Admit nothing," Michael advised. Lauren was still concerned, especially when Paul exited saying, "I will handle this in my own way."

At Newman, Phyllis, Michael and Lauren were overjoyed at news that Phyllis' appeal was being reconsidered. Daniel was thrilled too and after promising he wasn't ditching his community service for the day, he let Phyllis snag his cell phone. She went into the elevator, where Sharon watched her call Nick with her good news. Meanwhile, already in a funk, Heather blasted Daniel for missing his community service. He said he'd cleared it with his parole officer and reminded her what was on his plate with Phyllis in jail, Nick at the hospital and Jack recovering from the Clear Springs disaster. Unmoved, she was ready to suggest a violation hearing. They were interrupted when Phyllis called because a sick Summer needed to be checked on in daycare. Daniel picked her up and brought her by Phyllis' office to talk baby biz, cutting it short so his mom didn't get caught with her kids. Unfortunately, Daniel opened the door to fuming Heather, who stormed, "This is a flagrant violation of your work release program." Phyllis explained Summer was sick and again reminded Heather of the family's tough times, but it was Daniel who stopped her by gasping, "Where is your heart?" Heather piped down and walked away. When he went to thank her and apologize for being harsh, he found her crying in the break room. The empathetic guy quickly got her laughing and even cleaned a smudge off her face, but after he left she called for a random inspection of Phyllis. Daniel overheard and gave his mom the heads up, while Heather again faced again her dad at Crimson Lights. Paul told her what happened with Sheila and why, leaving everyone else out of the story, and admitted he'd done wrong. Then he asked, "You want to charge me with a crime for what I did to Sheila? Or for what I did to you?"

Karen and Neil mixed business with pleasure at work, but Neil turned moody when she mentioned her favorite movie. He coldly excused himself and after a meeting, she asked for an explanation. No surprise, it turned out her movie was Dru's fave too. She wanted to talk things out, but he used Sharon as an excuse to cancel their plans. When Sharon and Karen discussed Clear Springs, deciding to await news on the insurance before moving forward, Neil came in and "got busted." Later, at Crimson, Sharon called him on using her as an out with Karen. "I can't move on," he said about Dru, but after Sharon reminded him Dru would want him happy, he went to pick up Karen for dinner.