In the park, a terrified Lexie shrieked at Lacy for not keeping a better eye on Theo, who was missing. Though Abe was obviously just as worried as his wife, he calmly questioned Lacy about what had happened. He then tried to reassure Lexie that Theo would be found, and that he hadn't been kidnapped, but she was inconsolable. She excoriated Lacy, preemptively blaming her if Theo were harmed, and was speculating hysterically about what could have happened, when Officer Chatsworth arrived. He gave Theo's cap to the Carvers and told them an officer had found it near the road on the other side of the park. Lexie clutched the cap and sobbed, even more frantic and worried, but Chatsworth assured them that there was no evidence that Theo had been hit. He vowed that he and the other officers would keep looking for Theo all night if they had to. When he left to continue the search, Lacy ran after him to help.

Chelsea found Daniel in the hospital hallway, where he asked her to find Kate and convince her to return to the hospital for more tests. When Daniel stressed that Kate's life could depend on it, Chelsea became worried, but Daniel couldn't tell her anything more. He would only say that Kate had checked out of the hospital before she'd had all the tests he'd ordered.

As Chelsea was thanking Daniel for calling her, Theo ran up. He put his toy giraffe in Chelsea's hands and said, "Chelsea. Zoo." Daniel immediately called Lexie to tell her Theo was at the hospital. Overcome with relief, Lexie thanked him and hung up, falling into Abe's arms with grateful sobs.

In her down-to-earth way, Chelsea questioned Theo about how he'd gotten to the hospital. Daniel reported back that Theo had wandered off from his sitter in the park across the street, and when Chelsea asked the child if that was what had happened, he nodded. Chelsea asked why, adding, "Don't tell me you came here to see me." Theo nodded harder, and leaned against her in his "no-arms" version of a hug.

A little later, as they waited in an exam room for Theo's parents, Chelsea gently asked Theo to promise not to wander off from his sitter or parents again. "Okay," Theo replied quietly, and his verbal response thrilled Chelsea. Just then, Lexie and Abe rushed in, and Lexie screeched, "Theo!" when she saw her son. The boy covered his ears and lay down on the bed, as if to try to hide, but Lexie and Abe seemed not to notice as they gratefully scooped him up and kissed him. Daniel explained that Theo had come to the hospital to find Chelsea, who just looked embarrassed as Lexie and Abe turned their baffled gazes toward her.

After the Carvers had gone, Chelsea expressed her relief that Theo hadn't been hurt coming to find her, even if she didn't understand why he had. Daniel maintained that she shared a bond with the boy like no one else seemed to. When his flattery began to make her uncomfortable, she tried to leave, but he stopped her and asked if they could try to at least be friends, if there were anything that would enable them to get past what had happened. Chelsea angrily replied that they'd already talked it to death, and besides, Daniel had lied to her-which she'd never be able to get past. Daniel pleadingly stated that he missed Chelsea, but she urged him to move on, as she had.

After thanking all the volunteers who had helped in the search, Lexie and Abe returned to the park with Theo. Both parents gently admonished Theo to never run off from them or from Lacy again. Later, as he and Theo enjoyed their ice cream cones, Abe marveled at how Theo had found his way to the hospital, and Chelsea, on his own. He and Lexie were both impressed at the bond Chelsea shared with their son, and the affection he showed her-though Lexie was visibly disappointed when Theo didn't comply with Abe's request to give them a hug.

Nicole was waiting for her takeout order at the Brady Pub bar when Sami came in. Pete informed Sami that, since the pub was so busy, the stool next to Nicole's was the only seat available, so Sami reluctantly sat. As she and Nicole traded catty remarks, a waitress set down a tray of steamed clams, which caused both women to bolt, gagging, from the bar.

Marlena and Roman arrived at the pub to meet Sami, and paused for a moment outside to discuss her impending divorce from John. Roman had a hard time believing that John refused to comply with Marlena's single request, to get further medical tests, in order for her to stop the divorce proceedings. Marlena assured her ex that she was only giving John one last chance. They both admitted to being worried that Sami had asked to talk to the two of them together, because that usually meant trouble.

When they returned to their barstools, each clearly annoyed to see the other returning as well, Sami claimed she'd felt nauseated from Nicole's cheap perfume, while Nicole blamed her sudden departure on Caroline's "bad clams." Sami tried to leave in a huff, but bumped into her parents as they were coming in.

Once the three of them were seated at a table, Marlena asked Sami why she'd wanted to meet them. When Sami hedged, making excuses about Nicole's tendency to gossip, Roman and Marlena called her on it, even concluding that she must have done something wrong and that she'd changed her mind about confiding in them. Sami, though indignant at the assumption, admitted that she was in trouble and needed their advice. They implored her to tell them what was going on, so, steeling herself, Sami began by stammering, "What if you know something that you should tell someone that you love-you know, like a husband or wife, someone really close. Whatever. But it might hurt someone else that you love. Do you have to tell?"

Her bewildered parents tried to get her to clarify, but Sami claimed that was the best she could do, so Marlena could only advise her that it was never all right to keep a secret from someone important to you. Sami wanted to know if it were always black-and-white, but Marlena stood firm that Sami should tell the truth. "Even if it could destroy an innocent life?" Sami asked. Marlena and Roman, alarmed but exasperated, urged Sami to just spit it out. Sami tried swear them to secrecy if she told, but they both refused, citing her past misdeeds as legitimate cause not to. Sami insisted that this time, she was keeping a secret out of love, so Marlena asked if by "innocent life," Sami meant the twins. Roman wanted to know if it were Johnny, pointing out that Sami had always worried about Stefano's influence.

Marlena reassured Sami that she and Roman would always be there to help ensure that Johnny had as normal a childhood as possible, and both parents promised to help Sami and her children however they could. Roman cautioned, however, that they would not lie for her, and asked her again to tell them what was going on. Sami thanked her parents for their help and rose to leave. Taken aback, they asked where she was going. "I'm going to tell the one person who needs to hear this news before he hears it from anyone else," she replied as she practically ran out the door. Roman and Marlena remarked that they still didn't know what Sami's secret was-or whom she was going to tell.

John was sitting in front of the fire, sipping a brandy and reflecting on his last conversation with Marlena, when E.J. found him. He tried to persuade John that Marlena still loved him, but John was not convinced, showing E.J. the divorce papers as evidence to the contrary. E.J. argued that Marlena felt John didn't care enough about her to get help-and that she was right to be concerned. Though John admitted quite earnestly that he didn't want to lose Marlena, he still refused when E.J. encouraged him to get checked out. E.J. gently assured his uncle that, because of what Stefano and Rolf had done to John, everyone understood why he feared hospitals. "Unfortunately," John rasped, "I'm not afraid." E.J., confused, asked what else it could be, pointing out that Marlena was going ahead with the divorce if John didn't see a doctor. "There is not a doctor in this world who can cure what I have," John replied, and refused to discuss the matter further, apparently unconcerned that his condition could be fatal.

E.J. tried arguing Marlena's case a while longer, and then finally gave up in disgust. He lit into John, concluding that Stefano had not only removed John's memories, but also the part that made him human, and had left him a machine completely without emotion. Softening a bit, E.J. continued that neither he nor Marlena believed that John was a lost cause. He tried once more to get John to make an appointment, even offering to dial Kayla for him, but John shouted for E.J. to mind his own business. Shaking his head in contempt, E.J. conceded defeat and left after pronouncing John utterly devoid of compassion.

John summoned Nicole to the mansion, and when she arrived, she found him at the chessboard, contemplating a pawn. He invited her to sit, and confessed that he needed a friend-and an honest answer. "Do I seem like the kind of person to you who is incapable of normal human emotion?" John asked falteringly. Nicole reassured him that she thought he was just misunderstood, like her. He then said he'd changed his mind about the advice he'd given her, and she needed to tell E.J. about the baby immediately. John's change of heart annoyed and bewildered Nicole, but he argued that not only would she need E.J.'s help raising the child, he had a right to know about it. Nicole wanted to know what had happened, because until then John had only been concerned with getting Marlena back. John conceded that it was probably too late for him and Marlena-but that might not true for Nicole.

E.J. arrived in time to overhear and asked what they were talking about. "Are you going to tell him, or should I?" asked John with a devilish, though reassuring, grin. Though Nicole told John to butt out and tried to shrug it off as unimportant, John and E.J. persisted that she tell. Finally she gave up, exasperated. "Okay, fine. You want to know? I'll tell you. I'm pregnant, E.J. I'm having your baby," Nicole blurted-just as Sami appeared in the doorway.