After Lizzie revealed to Bill that the baby Ava carried wasn't his, Bill said he never thought Lizzie would sink so low. Lizzie claimed to have learned from a reliable source that Ava had been artificially inseminated. He found it too convenient that Lizzie said she only just found out about it. Bill continued to discredit Lizzie until finally she yelled that Ava's father, DA Jeffrey O'Neill, had been the one to rat out his own daughter. Bill finally listened to Lizzie after she showed him a piece of paper from the medical file. Distraught, he wondered how Ava could do that to him and what he'd do since the wedding was only moments away. Lizzie said she didn't want to ruin things for him but she thought he should know. She left him to think.

Bill left the parlor and encountered Dinah outside. Dinah cooed that the governor was in the front row and Fortune 500 players who'd snubbed Spaulding a year earlier were among the guests. Bill said he had to get out of there and walked off. Dinah yelled after him, asking what she should tell the minister.

Meanwhile Ava was amazed that Remy chose the moment before her wedding to reveal his feelings. Remy pressured her to tell him why she wanted to marry Bill. Remy said he wasn't rich but he could take care of her. Ava admitted to having feelings for Remy and said with him, she didn't have to pretend to be something she wasn't. However, it was too late for them because she was already committed to Bill. Just then Olivia barged into the room and ordered Remy out. Remy said he'd leave if Ava wanted him to. Pained, Ava yelled, "Just go!" As Remy left, Olivia asked Ava if she were okay. She said she had done as Olivia had requested by shunning Remy. Ava asked for ten minutes to gather her thoughts.

Later, Ava prepared to ascend the parlor stairs when she saw Lizzie coming down them. As Ava griped about having to see Lizzie on her wedding day, Lizzie pushed her way passed pregnant Ava on the winding steps. Before leaving, Lizzie said she had just spoken to Bill and Bill couldn't wait to talk to Ava.

Meanwhile Olivia met Jeffrey in the hallway outside Ava's room. When she asked him if he were ready, Jeffrey thought perhaps they shouldn't push the marriage. He didn't think that they should set their daughter up for a life based on false pretenses. Jeffrey said Lizzie was talking to Bill and indicated there wouldn't be a wedding. Olivia was shocked that Jeffrey would stand by and let that happen. As much as Jeffrey loved Ava, he said, he felt sometimes things happened.

Jeffrey went outside and saw Lizzie leaving. He asked her whether or not she had told Bill the truth. Lizzie affirmed that she had. When Jeffrey asked her why she hadn't told Bill sooner, Lizzie replied that she almost didn't tell him at all. She never wanted to hurt Bill that way. Jeffrey wondered what Bill would do and Lizzie said some people lived with lies their whole lives. She cited Alan who had raised Phillip, lying to him about his paternity for half of his life. Jeffrey felt Ava would be humiliated. Lizzie reminded Jeffrey that Bill, too, would be humiliated, and said Bill didn't deserve it after caring for Ava and the baby.

Meanwhile Reva greeted late arrivals, Billy and Vanessa. Reva said Jeffrey had just arrived. Matt had gotten there earlier. Wanda called saying she couldn't make it because she and Lowell had been fighting. When Billy and Vanessa said that Dylan and Josh were at the bar, Reva decided to join them. Billy found Bill on the grounds staring at the sonogram and had a heart-to-heart talk with him. Billy had watched Bill go after the things he wanted and he said Bill had proved himself without using the Lewis name. Billy still wasn't happy about how Bill had done things, but he was proud of him. Billy also thought HB would have been proud of him. Billy spoke about the amazing love a parent had for his own flesh and blood and said Bill would know it when his own son was born. Bill said he was glad that his father was there.

After leaving Bill alone with his thoughts, Billy saw Lizzie on the grounds. Lizzie told Billy she didn't think there would be a wedding and Billy urged Lizzie to stay in case what she said was true. Meanwhile, Jeffrey assured Reva there'd be no wedding and decided everyone should just get drunk. When he and Reva got married, Jeffrey said they wouldn't have all the hoopla; they'd just elope. Reva wrapped her arms around his neck, repeating, "When we get married..." She asked Jeffrey if she could help with the wedding predicament and he grimaced.

In the parlor, Vanessa expressed sympathies to Dinah about her breakup with Mallet and said she wanted Dinah to learn that she was responsible for her own happiness. Once Dinah understood that, Vanessa felt that Dinah would find true love. Dinah stared at her mother incredulously and then said she was going to see what was holding up the wedding.

Later Olivia and Dinah prepared Ava to walk down the aisle. A troubled Bill entered the hallway and Ava requested to be alone with him. Bill asked Ava how she could have done that to him. Thinking he was talking about Remy, Ava assured him that she loved him and he was the only one. Bill said he knew the baby wasn't his. Ava tried to pretend she didn't know what Bill was talking about. With a little pressure from Bill, she quivered with excuses, saying she did it for Bill so that Bill could have a family. Disgusted, Bill said she went to a fertility clinic. Shocked that he had learned that fact, Ava said she had chosen a donor that looked just like Bill. "But it's not me!" Bill said. "You let me believe that this was my son! And I couldn't wait to meet him and watch him grow."

Ava whimpered that she really wanted the baby to be Bill's. Ava said her actions had come from a good place because she loved Bill. Bill told Ava that he wouldn't let her take the house, the family, or the company from him. Ava could have her life, and he would have his. They'd do it under the same roof, but he would never love her like he'd thought he could. Ava seemed confused and asked him if he were still marrying her. "I'm still going to marry you! And I'm going to be the father to this baby because I love this baby more than I am mad at you right now. You made your bed, okay? And you will lie in it. And we will be Mr. and Mrs. Lewis-'til death do us part," Bill said with cold, murderous eyes.

Ava went back into her room and beheld the Indian charm necklace she'd given Remy. She strode to the parlor's overlook and saw Remy below. She smiled sadly and Remy looked hopeful. Ava turned from him when Dinah came up behind her with her diamond necklace. When Ava looked back down, Remy was walking away. Ava returned to her room and Jeffrey came in to ask her if he could do anything for her. Ava accused him of telling Bill the truth. Jeffrey replied that he had told Lizzie the truth. He said Ava could hate him forever, but he felt that she deserved someone who actually loved her. Ava mumbled that she understood why he'd done it but said Jeffrey could walk her down the aisle because Bill still wanted to marry her. Though it wasn't the life she had wanted or the life Jeffrey wanted for her, Ava obstinately said that didn't mean it wouldn't work. She didn't want to discuss it because she and Bill had already made the decision.

Meanwhile, Lizzie reentered the grounds in time to hear the wedding march play. On the mansion's back terrace, Jeffrey escorted his daughter down the stone steps. When Ava met Bill at the altar, she said, "It's a deal." Lizzie and Remy watched from the sidelines as the couple took their vows. In front of the governor and God, Bill said, "Ava, when I look in your eyes, I see my future. You, me, our-the baby. This is for him, for Max. Giving him a home, with two parents who love him and understand each other. Ava, as long as you and I are together, anything is possible. The future is ours." Ava said she had waited for that day and she couldn't have imagined it any other way. She looked forward to their life together and raising their son together. "I know our life will be filled with love and possibilities..." When they were pronounced husband and wife, Olivia and Jeffrey exchanged ambiguous looks.