Fearing for her life, Carrie uses a paperweight to get Paul off of her. While her blow fails to incapacitate him, Paul struggles to maintain his balance and brushes his throbbing scalp. Tears flow from her face as Carrie admits to being Darryl's daughter, but she's nothing like the old drunk bastard, and she never will be. As for James, she retorts, the only time she's seen him was at the grand opening for the cancer ward. Barbara comes in amongst the yelling as Paul accuses Carrie of having ulterior motives. Later, after Carrie has long tucked her tail and ran, Barbara blindly accuses Paul of having it out for "that poor girl". Vowing silently to keep James and Carrie's connection from his mother until he has more evidence, he simply tells her that he thought he saw Carrie snooping in Barbara's files and called her out on it. That's all that happened, he concludes, it was all just a big misunderstanding. Later, Barbara combs through her documents to esure nothing's been tampered with when she notices one particular document missing.

Meanwhile, Paul returns to Fairwinds and as he details his encounter with Carrie, Rosanna soothes his throbbing head. In a moment of closeness, the two almost kiss but Rosanna coldly retracts. Paul guesses that she's not over how he trusted Meg's word over her own and Rosanna gives a painful glare. Rosanna admits that she's grateful for all his help in trying to find Cabot, but she can never forgive him for what he put her through. He toyed with her emotions and then took his lying, conniving fiancee's word over hers. Paul tries to apologize, but Rosanna makes up a last minute excuse of a business meeting and reminds Paul to let himself out.

Katie checks her watch again and Brad guesses that her unle's flight was delayed. Katie surmises that although she hasn't known her uncle too long, she does know he's very punctual and the fact that he's late causes her worry. Brad offers to call the airline to prove to Katie there's nothing to worry about. While Brad makes the call, Katie tries Michael's phone once more. "It's just not like him to make a sudden change in plans and not let someone know", she tiredly whines. Brad tries to calm her fears, but tells her that the airline said he got off the plane as scheduled. With no other choice, Katie calls Margo and offers to meet her at WOAK since Margo's there talking with Kim. Once there, Katie explains to her sister that Michael's missing. Margo halts any further mention of the name and reminds Katie that Lyla wants them both to steer clear of the trouble-prone doctor. In a huff, Katie demands that if Margo's not going to do anything, she will do it herself. Katie storms out while Brad stays behind and hurriedly tells Margo she knows Katie can't conduct a full-on search like her police office sister. She might have the energy, he asserts, but she doesn't have the connections or the power. With that, Margo begrudgingly follows them both out.

As Kim embraces Carly, joyous over her safe return, Carly takes notice that the single desk once occupied by Carrie has vanished from Carly's office. Kim remarks that Carrie went to work for Barbara and she accepted Carrie's resignation only because Barbara said she saw potential in the girl. Noting how odd it is that her roommate would quit WOAK without at least telling her, Carly decides that she must have opted not to tell her for fear it might unsettle the joyous relief of being home after a chaotic last week. Later, Paul arrives at WOAK and starts probing Carly to see if she knows any more than what the file says about Carrie. Carly, annoyed, hisses at Paul to leave her alone. Their search failed. If Carrie wanted them to know anything about herself, she would tell them. If not, she might have good reason that she buried her past and started a new future. After Paul leaves, Carly reflects back on her night of steamy lovemaking with Jack and quivers at the thought of his touch. Irritated with herself, she mumbles under her breath how she wishes sometimes that she could do like Carrie did and just start all over with a new life.