Luke's foundation had a meeting with all the principals. Brian Wheatley apologized again to Luke for his seemingly homophobic comments, but Luke was not impressed. Lucinda offered to buy dinner for the four of them, but Luke begged off because he and Noah had been invited to the engagement party for Alison and Aaron. Lucinda and Brian went to the diner where Brian invited Lucinda camping so that they could hunt mushrooms. She accepted the invitation with no hesitation. Brian expressed interest in getting Luke to trust him again.

At Memorial, Alison had Susan check out Aaron's healing wound one more time. They planned the engagement party for that evening. Someone sent Alison a huge bouquet of freesias and she assumed they were from Aaron. She had to leave, so Aaron read the card on the flowers and learned they were from Chris. He asked a nearby nurse for Chris's cell phone number.

Dani Andropoulos found Chris at the coffee shop and invited him to dinner to thank him for setting up her appointment in the morgue. Chris admitted he was still carrying the torch for Alison and explained that the situation was complicated but that he was not available.

Emily told Casey she was headed to her sister's party but excluded him as not being family. Casey reminded her that they were married, which made him part of the family, but Emily did not want him to accompany her. She left without him, so Casey went to the coffee shop where he met up with Dani. Casey told her about Alison's engagement to Aaron, which pleased Dani because of her interest in Alison's other suitor, Chris. Dani found a message on her cell phone inviting her to the party, and she took Casey with her.

Holden arrived at Lily's to pick up his children for a special date, but the girls were already excited about going to the races with Mike. Holden declared he was taking the children and felt he should not have to compete with Mike for his children's attention. He felt Mike could hurt the kids by disappearing when Lily's relationship with him was over. Holden told Lily about the engagement party for Aaron, and Lily agreed that a family party took precedence and said that she would drop the children at the Lakeview so they could attend.

The party got underway with the arrival of Alison, and Aaron greeted her with a big kiss. Julie and Caleb, Aaron's mother and uncle, called from the northwest to congratulate the couple. Much to Emily's chagrin, Casey walked in with Dani. Emily warned Dani not to mess with her life and took Casey away with her. Lily dropped off the girls and chatted with Aaron, who begged her to stay. She left a message canceling her date with Mike and joined the party. Holden was not pleased that Lily was staying, however. Aaron began a toast to his beautiful bride-to-be when Chris Hughes walked into the room. Aaron continued his speech, and Chris turned and walked out. Alison followed him and asked why he had come. He told her she had invited him by text message, but Alison denied it. Chris showed her the message on his phone, and told her he had sent the flowers. They both realized that Aaron had set it up so that Chris would be humiliated. Chris walked out.

Lucinda found Luke and Noah at the farm, dressing for the party. She told them that she was going camping with Brian to hunt for mushrooms. After his grandmother left, Luke could not believe the lengths to which his foundation director was going to impress him. He also wondered why Lucinda was so interested in the man. He persuaded Noah to abandon the party and instead check out Wheatley by starting with the recommendations on his resume.

Alison went back to the party and confronted Aaron about his sneaky tactics with Chris. She was unhappy that Aaron had used her to hurt Chris. Aaron complained that she was sending mixed messages to him about Chris, and Alison accused Aaron of acting like the old Alison, sneaky and underhanded. Lily and Holden came by with the girls to say their goodbyes, and Aaron especially thanked Lily for staying. Holden sneered when Lily announced that family came first.

Chris went to Yo's to get drunk, and Dani found him there. He asked her if she could read the future, and she answered that he needed to rethink his dating options. They played some pool, and Chris admitted that he still cared about Alison.

Luke and Noah called all the people on Brian's resume, but no one answered. Brian showed up and questioned Luke why he was checking up on him. Luke suggested that cozying up to wealthy women was more lucrative than working for non-profit organizations. Brian then invited the boys to go camping with him and Lucinda, and they accepted. Luke called Aaron and apologized to his stepbrother for missing the party. Noah told Luke he felt different about Brian, but the boys were sure the camping trip would reveal Wheatley's true colors.

Lucinda dropped in to World Wide and was pleased to find Brian there. She had bought a book on mushrooms in preparation for the hunt, and she was surprised when Brian told her that Luke and Noah would be coming along.

At Lily's house, Holden told Lily that he missed the bedtime routine with the children. Lily reminded him he was welcome anytime. They reminisced about raising Aaron from a surly young teen to the young man he had become. They made a deal that they would not ruin their other children.