At the Martin house, Opal warned Damon that her house wouldn't be his crime-spree headquarters. He promised that he wouldn't cause trouble. Kathy entered with a broken clock, and Damon offered to fix it for her. Later, Kathy bounced away with a working clock, and Opal remarked that Damon had a way with children. Damon said that he'd hated them until he'd taken to Stuart. Damon felt that Stuart had taught Damon that he had to be in a good position before becoming a good father. He worried that when he next saw Stuart, Stuart would be Kathy's age.

At the hospital, Colby slipped into JR's room to talk to him, as Damon had suggested. She said that JR might not hear her words, but hopefully, he felt her love. She rested her head on his chest. In the waiting area later, Opal and Damon arrived, and Colby thanked Damon for his encouragement the other day. They discussed his "little housing issue," and he remarked that Tad had been really great. Damon mentioned that he'd been tested, but he wasn't a match for JR.

In JR's room, Tad regretted not "babysitting" Miguel all the way to Pine Valley. He asked a sleeping JR to hold on long enough for Tad to drag Miguel to town. On Tad's way to the chapel, Krystal hugged him. Liza arrived to give Marissa the finalized adoption papers, and Krystal directed Liza toward the chapel to find Tad. Marissa took AJ into JR's room, and as AJ read to his father, Marissa sadly touched a sleeping JR.

Liza found Tad alone in the chapel. He said that he felt as if it were happening all over again. Tad felt just as helpless as he'd felt while watching Dixie slip away. Tad received a text message, and upon reading it, he uttered that there might be some hope left. Tad returned to the waiting area and presented Adam with Sonia Reyes' new number. Adam went to call her.

Aside, Tad told Liza that he'd found Damon sleeping on a hospital gurney after Damon had lost his job and hotel room. Tad continued that he'd offered Damon a place to stay in exchange for labor, and Liza asked why Damon hadn't appealed to his parents. Tad replied that Damon hated his father and didn't want to burden Hillary, his mother. Damon reminded Tad of himself at Damon's age. Liza noted that Tad had broken the heart of a past love named Hillary, and Liza murmured that, at that same time, he'd broken Liza's heart, too.

As Tad and Liza remembered the bad things that they'd done when they were young and stupid, Tad saw a tearful Marissa jerk away from Krystal. He strode over to see what was wrong. Liza looked on, as across the room, Krystal worried that she was too emotional to adequately support Marissa. Krystal didn't think that she could keep it together much longer. Tad hugged her and suggested that they go somewhere quiet. Liza grabbed her purse and left.

Aside, Angie asked if Annie had decided to be JR's donor. Annie stared at a sullen Adam, and Angie said that Annie didn't have long to decide. Brooke entered to show the family a feature that she'd writen for the magazine. It was a worldwide plea for a bone marrow donor for JR. Adam called Brooke's work a stunning effort, and he sat down to read it. After watching Adam and Brooke, Annie asked if she and Angie could talk privately.

In Angie's office, Annie said that JR and she didn't like each other, and JR didn't want her bone marrow. Angie replied that Annie could donate anonymously, but Annie wondered why she should go through the trouble at all, considering JR's hatred of her. Angie stated that Annie was the only match. "Partial match," Annie corrected. Angie replied that she couldn't make up Annie's mind, but Angie asked if Annie could live with it if JR died.

Later, Annie reluctantly sat down with Brooke and complimented Brooke's powerful article. Annie hoped that Brooke could teach Annie to write that way. Brooke replied that she hadn't realized that Annie had already read it. Brooke suggested that they not think about work until JR pulled through. Adam entered, upset that Sonia had no idea where Miguel was. Brooke immediately hugged him, and Annie frowned.

As Brooke assured Adam that the family would take care of AJ, Annie rushed off to JR's room. Inside, she dared the sleeping JR to call her a "bitch" again, because that would make her decision easier. Annie ranted that the thought of taking a medical risk for him made her sick. She didn't want to do it, but she felt that Brooke was closing in her. Annie said that Angie had asked if Annie could live with JR's death. "And you know what?" Annie asked.

Annie didn't finish her statement. Instead, she returned to the waiting area. Scott remarked that it was nice of her to visit JR. "That's me. Florence-Friggin-Nightingale," Annie quipped. She watched as Brooke escorted Adam in to see JR.

In JR's room, Adam told JR that he was sorry to have ever made JR feel as if he'd been a disappointment. Adam said that he'd do anything to prove how much JR meant to Adam. Adam sobbed, and Brooke caressed his back. Annie looked in the window, and Scott slipped up behind her. He said it wasn't a competition; there was someone dying. Annie silently strode off.

Later, Adam wordlessly passed Annie as she tried to offer him some encouragement. She stepped away and dialed her own phone number. She reentered the waiting area, and her phone rang. Annie pretended to get good news from the caller, and she pulled Adam into the corridor to tell him that she was a partial match for JR. Annie hugged Adam and said it was good news for all of them. Meanwhile, in JR's room, his hand lit up when Dixie's ghost touched it.

At Wildwind, Greenlee arrived home, cooing that she'd rattled Erica into considering a compromise. David warned Greenlee not to under estimate Erica. Greenlee reiterated the warning to him, but he said he'd eliminate Erica as a threat to him with one phone call.

While Jake and Ryan conferred outside the turret room, Gayle received a phone call from David. Gayle didn't want to hear what he had to say, but he insisted that he'd realized how deep his feeling for her were. David implored her to meet with him just once more. He said that if Gayle couldn't see in person how he felt for her, then he'd stay out of her life for good.

Gayle argued that she'd heard how David felt about her from his own mouth. David claimed that he'd said what he'd had to say, because Erica had tied him up. He regretted that Gayle had heard him lie about his feelings for her, and he was sorry that it had hurt her. Gayle revealed that she was in a turret room at some "fairy-book" castle and ended the call when Ryan and Jake entered the room.

Ryan and Jake saw the phone in her hand and realized that she'd talked to David. They each reminded her that David was a manipulator. Gayle agreed, but she looked unconvinced. Meanwhile, on the Internet at Wildwind, David looked up castle-like hotels in the area.

Jake took Gayle to his house, and Amanda couldn't believe that he'd been serious about spending the other night with some woman. "Well, I don't lie to you," Jake reasoned. He asked Amanda to keep an eye on Gayle until they could put a stop to David. Amanda reluctantly agreed, and Jake took off to find Ryan. Gayle paced around, calling herself an idiot for being hooked by David. Amanda said that David was a bottomless pit that devoured everything.

Later, David arrived in the turret room to find Ryan there alone. Ryan claimed that he'd rented the whole place out, and David remarked that it hadn't been a stellar idea to lock Greenlee up there. Ryan retorted that taking Greenlee's soul as payment for saving her life was worse. Ryan believed that she'd find her wits and leave David, but David replied that her wit was what had drawn them together.

Ryan and David continued to debate about what was best for Greenlee, and Ryan touted that she loved him, not David. "Trust outlasts love," David replied. Ryan said that he was patient enough to wait for Greenlee to see through David. Ryan left, and David sighed.

Ryan went to ConFusion and encountered Greenlee working at a table. He congratulated her on her marriage. He said that Jake had mentioned that she'd been at the castle on her wedding night, but Greenlee insisted that she'd been there only to say goodbye to the past. Ryan remarked that no matter how many times she said goodbye, it wouldn't just go away.

Greenlee asked if Ryan had enough influence to persuade Erica into a truce for Fusion's sake, but Ryan didn't give a straight answer. David entered, and Greenlee gathered her things. She retrieved a note pad from the patio, and Ryan watched David and Greenlee leave together.

Jake arrived, and Ryan said that he'd thought of a way to get David to reveal the name of the technician at the coroner's office. Ryan said it could be dangerous, and Jake wondered how so. "Life or death," Ryan responded.