Billy wanted to fight Victor, but Jack warned him to be careful. Billy hated the idea of just sitting around and was determined to go after Newman. Jack wanted to wait until they had Patty so she could tell everyone that Victor brought her to town; he hoped that Ashley would then finally leave Victor.

Meanwhile at the Newman Ranch, Colleen fought with Victor over losing the teaching job at the university. Victor said it was her own fault she got drunk and made a fool out of herself and stated that Jack had been using her to get back at him.... Upstairs, Ashley confided in Traci about her nightmares involving Sabrina. Adam interrupted and Traci introduced herself to him. Ashley demanded that he leave. After, Traci advised Ash to see a doctor, but Ashley refused. She insisted that she just needed a good night's sleep. Adam eavesdropped from outside the bedroom door.

At Crimson Lights, Jana was determined to help Amber find a way out of her mess with Deacon. Daniel arrived and didn't want to speak with Amber, but Jana insisted he not give up on her. He finally agreed to give Amber a certain number of minutes of his time. Amber revealed that Deacon's forcing her to marry him, but she still loves Daniel. Daniel planned to go to Deacon, but Amber begged him not to.... Kevin visited Ryder in jail and tried to figure out if Ryder is his half brother. Ryder insisted that he's not trying to con Kevin and played on Kevin's sympathies by bringing up Tom's abuse. Kevin became more understanding and promised Ryder that he'd get through this — then offered to help Ryder. Later, an envelope arrived for Kevin at the coffeehouse. Jana signed for it. It was the DNA results for Ryder and Kevin. She met up with the men at the jail, where Kevin opened the envelope: the results said that Ryder and Kevin are brothers.... Daniel asked Amber to marry him instead.

Traci came downstairs and found Colleen arguing with Victor. Colleen explained that Victor had hired someone to ply her with drinks. Traci asked her daughter to step away and shared her concerns about Ashley with him. She didn't understand why he hadn't gotten Ashley professional help; he argued that Ashley didn't want to see a psychiatrist. Traci believed that it was his feud with Jack that was keeping him from seeing that something's wrong with Ashley. Victor became angry and demanded that Traci and her brothers respect his relationship with Ashley, as well as his decisions regarding her.

At the Abbott cabin, Gloria and Jeffrey tied up Patty and continued to argue over who to give her to — Victor or Jack. Patty warned them that if she's going down, she's taking the Bardwells with her. Jeff joked about how he was hoping for a little Stockholm Syndrome from her. He then went to make the calls an left her tied to the chair. Patty begged Gloria to leave Kitty Kitty and she obliged.

At the Abbott manse, Colleen complained to Jack and Billy about the job. She then blamed Jack for using her and for putting her in Victor's path. She began to cry as she stated that she was counting on Jack to be her replacement father. "Where were you when everything went to hell?" she asked. "I never thought that you would walk out on me." A stricken Jack apologized as Billy tried to comfort Colleen. Billy explained that this is why he wants to go after Victor. Traci arrived and Jack took the blame for not protecting Colleen. Traci implored him not to use Colleen or Ashley as pawns in his feud against Victor. "Who's looking out for Ashley?" she wondered.

Ashley sat in her room and thought about the lies Adam had told her. Adam then entered, but she yelled at him to leave her alone. She again accused him of tricking her into thinking Sabrina was alive; he argued that he was just trying to support her. He apologized for hurting her and she broke down. She revealed that she believes she hit Nikki with the car that night. Adam offered to look into it, but urged her not to say anything. Later, Victor asked Ashley if Traci had said something to upset her, but she didn't feel like talking.

Colleen and Billy went to the coffeehouse. When she said that she wanted to get out of town for a little while, he gave her the keys to the Abbott cabin. Traci joined them and Colleen invited her to go with her, but Traci had a book signing. Traci praised her daughter for standing up to Victor and Jack. After Colleen left, Traci and Billy discussed how worried they were about Ashley, and how frustrated they are with Jack and Victor. Later, Billy went to the ranch and carried Ashley out of her room. Adam tried to stop him, but Billy shoved past him.

Jeff called Jack and told him he had Patty. He and Glo then planned to go to Victor, too, so they could get all of the reward money. They laughed at the idea of the men being on a "collision course.".. Jack counted the reward money and thought about when he learned that Mary Jane is Patty. He left to find her.... Colleen entered the cabin and found Patty tied to the chair. She asked Colleen for help.