Starr's Room at the Buchanan Mansion

Todd comes back to visit Starr as she's writing a letter to a friend from camp about "stuff" such as what her "Mommy's doing to Uncle Max." Todd is intrigued when Starr asks him how to spell "revenge" for her letter. He explains the meaning of the word as "getting even" when somebody hurts you and says "it's something you do." Starr admits she always wants to get even and that "Mommy does, too." Todd's curiosity is heightened when Starr spills that "Uncle Max and the red-haired lady" hurt Blair. Todd promises his daughter that nobody will hurt her, "especially not Max...I'm here now...you'll be safe no matter what." But Todd can't promise Starr he will be here forever. In fact, he "can't be together with Blair" and he "can't be together with Téa either," which prompts his daughter to tell him his "life is a mess." Todd agrees with this opinion but offers that they will always have each other, and Starr agrees.

Asa's Office at the Buchanan Mansion

Max advises Blair that before they go out to dinner "there is a little business matter" he would like to clear up. Blair is shocked when, instead of the latest proof she is trying to bring down the Buchanan empire, Max presents her with documents setting aside big bucks for the baby Max thinks they're trying to make. An even bigger shock is Max's own proof of how much he wants to "stay in this marriage" by the fact he has given Blair access to this money until their child turns 18 and "the catch is that you have to trust me enough to believe that there is no catch." While Blair wonders what might happen if they don't conceive a child, macho Max doesn't doubt his fertility and they make love in Asa's office. Afterwards, Max again apologizes for his dalliance with Skye. "You drive me crazy, but you also keep me sane. I don't think I could possibly stop loving you. I wouldn't even know how...We're perfect for each other." Max observes that "there is something different" about Blair, she looks "softer" and he feels their lovemaking is different and better, too. Before a guilty Blair has to reply, Daniel calls demanding that Max meet him "at The Palace bar tonight or regret it every night thereafter." When Max refuses because he is too busy with his wife at the mansion, Daniel claims, "You won't be at that mansion if you don't show up within an hour." Max explains to Blair that he has to go meet "a man that knew me as Max Holden, son of Wingate Holden." Blair wants to know if Daniel is blackmailing Max, but Max isn't sure "what his game is...he cheated my father once and I think he's looking to make trouble for me." A chivalrous Max promises to take care of the Daniel problem himself because he only wants Blair to "take care of that baby we may have just made."

Later, as Blair searches Asa's computer files, she struggles with her feelings of guilt and renewed love for Max. As she looks at his photograph on the desk, she reminds herself, "I hate him. I don't love him. I hate him."

John's Apartment

John comes home to find Rae waiting inside his apartment and he asks if the outfit she is wearing is "some kind of fashion statement or are you still angry with me?" Rae confirms that her "prison chic" denim shirt is "straight out of the big house" and she is still angry at John for locking her up. "I thought you cared about me." John wonders if the kiss he gave her in the jail didn't give her a clue. "I do care about you which is why I put you in jail in the first place. And if you don't know that by now, you're slower on the uptake that I thought." Rae admits she knows John was trying to watch out for her but when she asks him to promise never to lock her up again, he refuses unless she will promise to stop going after Daniel by herself because she isn't "in his league." Rae claims she made progress with Daniel until Skye interrupted them, but she acknowledges that Daniel probably won't tell her who her child is without the money he demanded. John wants to know if Rae will let him "call the shots on this" and she finally agrees to "take her cues" from him because "we're in this together." But when Rae fears that their romantic relationship is ruining their friendship, John interrupts her ramblings with a passionate kiss. "If you remember, we fought the first time we met. We're going to fight again and then we're gonna make up." Rae is agreeable to these terms. When John asks her to stall Daniel while he searches his room, Rae is delighted to agree to these terms, also.

Later, John searches Daniel's room and finds a key hidden in the bottom of his shaving kit.

The Palace Bar

When Max arrives, Daniel is blunt with his demand for $1 million from Max because that seems to be the "going rate" for the information he possesses. It's what he "charged his wife for the name of her long-lost child" and it's what he wants from Max but Max warns him to stay out of his way because he's "got all the papers to prove" he's a Buchanan. However, Daniel replies, "If you're smart, you won't make threats you can't back up...you're no more Asa's heir than I am." Max believes that Daniel is threatening him because of his knowledge of Wingate Holden and possibly what Skye may have told him because she is "a woman scorned." But, Daniel informs Max that Skye's information came as "no surprise" and his own information "concerning your true parentage has nothing to do with my connection to Wingate Holden...suffice it to say I can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are not who you are claiming to be currently."

As Rae enters the bar, she sees Daniel threaten Max that although he "isn't in it for the money...I simply want to provide a service," if Max doesn't come up with the money he will "tell the whole world who you really are."

Cargo Container - Slow Boat to Ireland

To keep himself going, Will writes a letter to Jessica explaining Cristian's lies. He vows that when he gets out of "this hell hole" he will tell her the truth and be the one to marry her. Will feels that although Cristian claimed to be his friend, by his actions and lies he has "betrayed" them both. "It might take a miracle but I will be with you again someday and I will love you. I will love you like you should be loved," Will writes.

Crossroads Bar

Ben has booked the place for a private function, "one of those sappy surprise parties," but he admits to Viki that this guest of honor is "in for a treat" because he was told to spare no expenses. Kevin, Joey, Jessica and Cristian jump up from behind the bar when Viki asks if the honoree is anyone she knows. Jessica instigated the "goodbye party" for Viki to say goodbye to her troubles (including the chemo treatments) and to "celebrate us being together." Although she worries that a celebration is "a bit premature," Viki decides to go for the fun and is especially touched that Kevin and Joey are there. "This is what I was so afraid of losing and am so thankful I haven't." Asa watches from outside as the family argues over who will sing karaoke. Finally, Jessica is persuaded to sing and she dedicates the song to "the most amazing mother in the whole entire world and to the man who gives her the happiness she deserves." She also includes Cristian in her dedication as she sings, "I Love You Always Forever..." When Jessica finishes the song, Viki notices a faraway look in Jessica's eyes as she hugs Cristian and she admits to Ben that she is worried that Jess is not "as happy as she says she is." When she questions her daughter about it, Jessica claims she is happy with Cristian and that she is not "doing this" because Will broke his promise but "because Cristian kept his and I also love him...I always have. I just forgot it for a while."

Later, Renee is confused when she intrudes on the family party. The explanation for her "message that Viki wanted to see me here" walks in the door in the form of a tall Texan carrying medical records. Asa claims his "family ties to everyone in this room" except Ben allows him to crash the party and that he "brought along some gifts." When he asks Renee for another chance, she tells him, "It's not just me you have to make peace with." Surprisingly, he seems to agree and tells the group he is dropping his libel suit against The Banner and The Sun as well as paying the legal expenses they have incurred. He then welcomes Cristian into the family with a wedding gift of a building for the "new and improved home of the Megan Foundation." Jessica turns down the gift. "There was nothing wrong with the old one until you framed Will and took money from it...if you want to be here with me and my family, you need to go to the police and confess. Let Will come home." Asa agrees that Jessica "drives a hard bargain" and claims he will call the cops off "when Will comes home" but he wants to enjoy an evening with his family "before the roof caves in." At this lie, Jessica turns her back on her grandfather. When Ben approaches Asa to escort him out, Asa warns him to keep his hands off "a dying man" and claims that the x-ray he carries with him proves his "heart could give out some time real soon." He plays the sympathy card to the hilt, claiming he wants to make things right but he doesn't know how much time he has to do it. Asa's ploy almost works until Ben determines that the x-ray he is looking at belongs to an 85 year old - woman! When Viki terms this "the worst lie you've ever told," Asa claims it's no lie because he is "going to die someday" and then blames the weakness in his heart on Ben's delay in helping him after his last heart attack. He claims he was "just trying to bring this family together" but Kevin and Joey tell him to leave and Renee pronounces his a "complete S.O.B." When he turns to Jessica because he knows she "won't let him down," her reply is a loud, "I hate you. I hate you." Renee watches "the stupid old fool" walk out of the bar and past his car back toward Llanview. Viki follows him outside and asks him to stop and look at her. He finally turns and expects that she will tell him "what a horrible man I am." Instead, Viki simply wants to show him something. She bends down and removes her wig. Asa is speechless as he stares at Viki's bald head.