Cane and Lily reveled in their post-sex afterglow. "I'm the luckiest man in the whole world," he purred, just before Devon and Chloe busted in. Chloe excitedly yakked about their trip to New York but suddenly ran to the bathroom as if she needed to hurl. When she returned, Chloe seemed even sicker and Lily said she would go to New York alone. Later, Chloe called Cane and asked him to bring her laptop and some ginger ale. After hanging up, she started munching on chips and seemed perfectly fine.

David tried to get Paul to leave Nikki's office but the P.I. wouldn't budge. David finally asked if this had anything to do with his ex-stepdaughter Mina. Paul copped to his curiosity and David professed that he loved both his wives then explained that Mina was cut out of her mother's will due to a drug problem. Paul found the story hard to believe and left without seeing Nikki. Paul later learned that Mina had indeed been expelled from school due to a cocaine problem. He confronted Mina with the truth but she still insisted that David killed her mother.

Jack asked Katherine if she was the one who anonymously donated millions to the Abbott Foundation and Cassie's Challenge but she denied it. Jack went for a workout at the gym where Jeffrey revealed that Gloria is broke. Jeff asked Jack to allow Gloria to move into the Abbott house. Jack then surmised that Jeff was still in love with his ex which seemed to hit a nerve with Bardwell. Back at the loft, Jack began playing with the letters of the mysterious benefactor, Marks Algoria, and realized they spelled out Gloria's Karma.

Kevin told Nikki that Jill fired his mother. Meanwhile, Michael advised a depressed Gloria to find a job. "Where?" she sighed and he suggested working for Kevin fulltime. She went to Crimson Lights where she asked Kevin to hire her. He was reluctant to do so but finally caved. While she was working behind the counter, Jack showed up and asked to speak to Gloria on the patio. There, he asked what happened to her money. She admitted to "bad investments" and that she was fired from Jabot. Jack then offered the pool house for Gloria to live in "rent free for as long as you like." Stunned, Gloria hugged Jack.

Over lunch, Katherine told Amber that she wasn't sure about writing her book. Amber offered to help but Katherine said Amber would be too busy coming up with new design sketches for the next issue of Restless Style. Since Amber was discouraged about her last designs not getting much attention, she was buoyed by Kay's faith.

Nikki confronted Jill about Gloria's termination but Jill didn't have time to discuss he subject, except to point out that she had been waiting for Nikki to fire Gloria. Nikki finally cornered Jill and they loudly argued about their duties when Katherine arrived. "What the hell is going on?" she demanded and the battling ladies stated their cases about Gloria. Jill got upset when Kay sided with Nikki and stormed out.

Lauren and Michael worried about what Gloria will do with her life. "She's one martini away from a donkey basketball franchise," Michael lamented.... David was upset when the horse he bet on didn't win. He then called Walter for another loan.... Michael punched out Jeff at the GCAC.