Brad mumbles to Carly that Katie never went to a conference. Raising an eyebrow, amused at how easily he can be fooled, Carly tells him to check with Kim if he wishes, but his wife was in Chicago. Later, Brad approaches Kim and asks if Katie went to Chicago. She tells him yes and Brad decides there's only one more thing to do: call Cricket. After learning from Cricket over the phone that Katie never came by, Brad is stunned. He eyes the expense report that Carly handed him and starts reading off "wine, lobster, trout, beer". His eyes grow wide with confusion and hurt. Over in Milltown, Jack arrives to announce to Carly that he's leaving out tomorrow and will be by to say goodbye to the kids. Carly nonchalantly hisses that the kids will be disgruntled if they learn that Jack is missing another holiday. Apologizing, Jack retreats and calls out that he'll be by first thing in the morning before the kids go to school.

Aaron sees Casey drive up to the apartment. He asks Casey what he's doing here and Casey smiles that he just got his own apartment in the same complex. Old jealous habits die hard and Aaron later vents to Holden that he thinks Casey might have bought the apartment to be close to Alison. Holden urges his son to give Casey the benefit of a doubt. Later, Aaron's fears are settled when he overhears Casey telling Alison how great it was to see Gwen the other night. Alison suggests they go on a double date, but Casey fears Gwen might not want to. Aaron shrugs that it's worth a shot.

Will thanks Carrie for agreeing to meet him on such short notice. He recalls how jealous Noah seemed the other night, but Carrie laughs it off. She and Noah are just friends, she giggles. It's not what it looked like to Will, he discloses, and Carrie might have to deal with the fact that Noah still has feelings for her. After returning home, Noah grills her as to where she's been and Carrie finally asks him if he still likes her. Noah reluctantly admits that he does and Carrie lets him down easy, smiles that they're great as friends, but nothing more. Noah, hurt, calls Barbara once Carrie has gone to bed and remarks that their plan is off. Barbara tells him that she has other plans and she'll be home tomorrow to discuss them with him.

Meg gathers up her luggage and kisses Emma goodbye. She hates that she can't stay any longer, but Josh has planned a big Christmas back home. Emma understands and asks Meg to keep her updated. Clark comes down and explains that he's late for a business meeting. It seems that a company named Worldwide is interested in buying out Allan Enterprises. They're set to negotiate this evening. Hours later, in a huddled conference room, Lucinda calls a start to the meeting, neglecting to realize that Clark is in the room. Clark, meanwhile, can't keep his eyes off of Lucinda. Once she eyes Clark in the corner of the room, she quickly excuses herself and leaves the meeting. The meeting comes to a close and Clark finds Lucinda pacing in her office. He knocks gently and asks if he knows her from somewhere. She quickly retorts that she doesn't think so and shuts the door, grumbling that she's very busy. As Clark walks away baffled, Lucinda braces herself against the doorway and exhales heavily.