The next morning, a package arrives for Parker. It's a gift from Jack, a Brazilian soccer team jersey signed by the entire team. Also attached is an apologetic note, since he knows it's going to be late. Carly offers to get it framed, but Parker insists he'd rather wear it. Carly offers to give him a ride to hockey practice, and when Carly tries to assure him Jack will be home soon, he sits in stony silence. At the rink, their coach announces he has to have surgery, but he's gotten an assistant to take over for the rest of the season, Mick Donnelly.

Lily assures Craig through jail cell bars that Rosanna will see the light and eventually drop the charges. Until then, she's hired Tom to represent him. Craig chimes that he and Tom haven't exactly gotten along, which Tom walks in to hear. Tom changes the subject, stating that Craig's case is pretty open and close. Since Craig is technically Cabot's adoptive father and the child was in danger, the court shouldn't have a case. Later, Holden voices his concern in Lily's innate soft spot for Craig. He's showed her time and time again that he can't be trusted, he grumbles. The fight is cut short when Lucinda calls Lily and orders her over as quickly as possible. Across town, Rosanna makes her first public appearance with Cabot in tow, knowing that Craig is behind bars. She calls Gwen over and the two have a bonding moment with the toddler that they both once called their own.

At Lucinda's, Lily walks in to her mother's worst nightmare. Reporters crawl the lawn, hoping to get a quote from the millionaire's daughter. Lily's confused and once inside, Lucinda has her sit down. She explains that when she was Mary Ellen Walters living in Peoria, she met and fell in love with a man. They soon got married, but things didn't work out. In the end, she fled to Montega and the rest is history. Lily's overcome with shock; her mother had a past that she neglected to mention until now. Lucinda prepares her, hissing that Emily broke the story in today's Intruder and she wanted Lily to know before she picked up a copy or heard from someone else. Lily asks who the man is and why Emily had anything to do with it. Playing innocent, Lucinda comes up with a last minute excuse for Emily's involvement and blurts out that the man is Clark Allan.

At the farm, reporters are buzzing outside. Emma's livid, demanding that they all retreat. Holden offers to scare them off, but Emma says she already tried. They've been out there all morning. Since the Intruder made a false claim that Lucinda and Clark were once married, her phone has been ringing off the hook. Even Chicago reporters are taking an interest in the humorous tale. Clark comes in, fresh out of a meeting back home, and asks what the fuss is about. Emma explains everything and Clark chuckles. He doesn't even know Lucinda Walsh that well; only from business dealings. Later, Clark sees the photo from the Intruder and finally realizes that Lucinda is Mary Ellen.

As Susan kisses Michael goodbye, Emily rushes in the door. She mumbles that her life is falling apart, wiping tears from her eyes. Dusty won't return her calls and the city is abuzz with a story that she never intended to go to press. After recalling the story of how she found out Clark and Lucinda were once married, she explains that Lucinda paid her off to keep quiet. The story was just a mock-up, she cries, in case Lucinda did anything to further complicate the situation. Susan rolls her eyes and grumbles that Emily digs her own hole alot of times. Meanwhile, Dusty tosses back drinks at a dark and empty Donovan's. Alison comes in to help clean up the debris from the previous night's party but Dusty moans for her to go home. Instead, Alison pulls up a chair and Dusty informs her that he and Emily are over. This time, for good.