Susan appears at The Enquirer and finds Emily working. Susan apologizes for the way that she snapped at her yesterday and feels as though she owes her daughter an apology. Emily admits that she was in the wrong too for being so hard on Michael and reminds her mother that she said some pretty cruel things about her mother's taste in men. Susan sighs and guesses that one day, the Stewart women will finally get it right with the men in their lives and smiles that maybe Emily has a chance to do just that with Dusty.

At Carly's, a grounded Parker sits and stares at the ceiling, hoping that Carly will come home soon and at least let him play some video games. Parker startles when he hears a knock at the door and finds his brother, Will, obviously drunk on the other side. Parker tells Will that Carly isn't hope as Will barrels past him, calling for Carly and demanding she help him win back Gwen. Meanwhile, Carly arrives at Gwen and Iris's and shudders at the fact that her sister has to live with such a vile woman. Iris opens the door and immediately, smothers Carly with a smile and hug. Inside, Carly scolds Gwen for not calling her sooner. Iris appears from around the corner, brightly chiming in that she was there for her angel baby and precious granddaughter. Rolling her eyes, Carly ignores her and asks where Will is. Gwen mumbles that she called Will, and he knows Hallie's out of danger. But she hasn't seen him since he came to the hospital. Carly gets a call from Parker, reporting Will's intoxicated state. Gwen overhears and whispers that she certainly doesn't want him around Hallie if he's going to show up drunk. Carly has Parker make up a lie about Carly being at work and Gwen and Iris being out of town. After Carly leaves, Iris drops the smile and sighs that she didn't know how much longer she could be fake to such a dimwit like Carly. Gwen takes offense and reminds her mother that as long as she is staying with her mother, Carly is welcome any time. Acidly, she hints that if Iris doesn't like it, there are several hotels in town for Gwen to take herself and Hallie.

At the station, Margo crumbles up paper, throwing it at the trashcan as Barbara walks in and huffs that Margo needs to be doind her job and finding Carrie and Noah instead of playing trashcan basketball. Irritated, Margo informs Barbara that they have no leads. Barbara comes home and finds Paul and Rosanna poring over online information about all of James's known hideouts. A small house on the outskirts of town catches their eye and Paul reasons that James wouldn't want to travel far for someone he's just going to do away with in the end. Barbara's disheartened by Paul's comment and later, Rosanna calls out Paul, accusing him of wanting James to kill Carrie just so Barbara will never find out who she is.

Katie comes home and finds that Lyla has left her a note on the counter. The note says that Lyla has gone out for a while to think and will be back shorty. Confused, Katie hopes that Lyla is doing well and recalls how upset her mother has been, especially since Casey's accident last week. After a while, Casey comes by and learns from his aunt that his accident has prompted Lyla to enter a very secluded and depressed state. Once Lyla appears, she's overjoyed to see Casey doing so well. Casey explains that he was upset over losing Sofie to Gabe, but being in the wreck made him see how precious life is. After he leaves, Lyla's on cloud nine until Katie starts talking about leaving Oakdale with Brad. Lyla's worry starts to set in, but she brushes it off to Katie as a look of exhaustion. Back at Tom and Margo's, Casey opens the door and sees that Tom is waiting at the table for him with bad news. Casey's parole officer is coming by today and he wants to speak with Casey about the accident. Casey feels like Tom is holding something back from him, but Tom refuses to say anything more.