Lyla and Mike go into the warehouse behind an armed Jack and a worried Margo. They all make plans to split up and look for Katie. While yelling for Katie, Lyla hears a cat run off and finds some old food morsels in the dirt. Beside the food, she finds tracks..where it looks as if several people have walked. Several clues later, Lyla finds herself in the middle of Katie's previous holding cell. Just as she thinks that Katie didn't leave any clues...she sees Katie's message in the sand and guesses from the dirt kicked over part of it that she was drawing the note when she was moved. Lyla reads the part that says "Don't go" over and over again but tells Katie under her breath that if anyone blames Katie's stubborn nature on her (Lyla), then they were correct to assume so. Lyla cries out for the rest of the gang that she didn't find anything...but she has a hunch.

Craig assures Sierra that his love for his daughter and his concern for her safety and health is what brought him to the hospital, but a nurse interrupts the akward conversation by saying that Lucy has requested her father if he's there. Craig rushes to Lucy's bedside and assures Lucy that he's there for her. Lucy tells her father that though she didn't believe him at first, the fact that he came when she called and wasn't tying up with anyone in the waiting area...is enough proof for her that he's a changed man. Meanwhile, Sierra walks upon Lily in the chapel and asks what's bothering her sister. They talk about the situation with Lucinda and Holden and the vice presidency and Sierra really gets through to Lily that asking Lucinda to choose between them was un-Lily-like and pure selfishness. Lily reiterates what Holden told her earlier about her being jealous and though Lily denies it to the death in front of Sierra, she slowly begins to inwardly realize that she is, in fact, jealous of her own husband.

Kim and Nancy see that Erin ahs come back from her daily jog and the two ladies comment on what a healthy lifetsyle Erin lives when she's not out on the streets. Erin says that when you're thrown out on the street, you learn to work with what you have in order to obtain what you don't have. Erin breaks down, thanks to Kim and Nancy's prying, and reveals that she was only four when her father shot himself because his alcoholic wife had driven him to the point of hysteria. Later, her mother was sent to a rehab facility for alcohol, but ended up taking the place hostage and eventually being shot down by the police. This was by the age of eight. She says that her brother tried to care for her, but he was soon stricken with leukemia and died when she was twelve. Nancy is touched and later, after Erin has left, tells Kim that she is glad that the girl finally spoke her mind but holes in her story have Nancy doubtful. Kim tells her mother in law that she's not the only one that doesn't buy Erin's story and excuses herself. In private, Kim makes a call to Henry...and asks for a favor.

Dusty and John hold a conversation while Meg and little Nicole sit with Emma. In an interesting camera trick, Dusty and Meg tell their stories to each of their respective parents, creativly finishing each other's sentences. Dusty and Meg tell of all the hardship that they have had to face in Oakdale and how the birth fo little Nicole has totally gave them a new perspective, but not wanting her to grow up in a "soap opera"-like life filled with drama, betrayal, lust, deceit, etc., they have made the decision to move to Louisiana. John and Emma are respectively crushed. Moreso Emma than John. John wishes Dusty all the luck in the world, but Emma worries that Nicole won't ever know her. Emma and Meg have a heart to heart about their miscommunication regarding the Josh issue and vow never to let anything as petty seperate them again. Emma asks when they're leaving and when Meg answers "tomorrow", Emma is even more crushed! Emma suggests that she take little Nicole for the night and let Dusty and Meg have one final night in Oakdale together. Pan out on a split screen of Dusty leaving John's house and Meg leaving Emma's farmhouse...both saying "I hope we're doing the right thing."