In the park, Eric consoled Nicole about her fight with Holly. He assured Nicole that Holly did not hate her mother, but Nicole remained upset. Later, as Nicole and Eric awaited a contact, they heard groaning. They were alarmed to find a man facedown behind the park bench. Eric knelt, said the man "reeked of booze," and turned him over. Eric and Nicole were surprised to see Leo.

Later, Leo roused to Eric putting him into bed. Leo made a crack about "Zaddy" tucking him in again, and Eric updated a perplexed Nicole about Leo's previous drunken escapade. Nicole asked Leo what had happened, and Leo bemoaned his "Dear John" letter from Dimitri. She tried to comfort Leo with the idea that he would find love again, like Eric and she had. Leo thought the "two lovebirds" were kidding themselves.

Leo began rambling about doing the wrong thing in order to do the right thing. He then launched into a story about being catfished on a date and escaping through a bathroom window. Eric and Nicole were thoroughly confused, especially after Leo claimed he wanted to make Nicole happy without hurting Eric in the process. Confused by Nicole's bewilderment, Leo asked Nicole if E.J. had told her yet. Before Nicole could clarify what Leo was talking about, he passed out.

To Eric and Nicole's frustration, they could not rouse Leo and agreed to let him sleep it off. Later, Nicole and Eric shared coffee in Horton Town Square. They toasted to their friendship.

Sloan talked to a sleeping Jude in his bassinet and stressed over being alone while Eric was off with Nicole. Someone knocked on the apartment door. When Sloan answered, she was greeted by a grim-looking E.J. As E.J. entered, Sloan immediately asked him if he had gotten the DNA results. With a sigh, E.J. sat on the bed and picked up Jude's toy.

E.J. confirmed Sloan hadn't been lying, "at least not this time." Sloan wanted to know what E.J. was going to do with the information about Jude's parentage. E.J. said he hadn't decided yet, but he was curious about how Sloan had pulled the switch off. He believed she had to have had help. Sloan claimed she had acted alone, to which E.J. snarked it was "quite the accomplishment."

Sloan told E.J. about how Dimitri had appeared at her door with the baby. She had considered it "a second chance" after the miscarriage and a sign that she was "meant to be a mother." She detailed how Dimitri had looped Leo into the lie. E.J. was enraged that his nephew would choose his "weasel lover" over his family. Sloan asked E.J. what he had planned for Leo.

E.J. assured Sloan that Leo would be fine. E.J. simply planned to take Leo for "a nice little drive in the desert." At Sloan's alarm, E.J. claimed he was kidding. E.J. believed that if he didn't tell his wife "the happiest news of her life" and left her child with an "amoral kidnapper," then that would make him an "amoral bastard." Sloan needled E.J. about Nicole going back to Eric if Nicole learned the truth, and Sloan reassured E.J. about keeping quiet with the notion that Nicole had begun to accept her child's death and move on.

E.J. suggested to himself that he could take Jude to Nicole and pass the boy off as his and Nicole's son. Sloan guessed E.J. wouldn't want to raise Eric's son, especially since the child would eventually look like and act like Eric. She again pushed the idea of "letting sleeping dogs lie" as the best solution. Sloan then pleaded with E.J. not to take the child she loved away from her and away from the only home Jude had ever known. E.J. considered her words as he handed back Jude's toy.

Later, E.J. had arrived at Leo's apartment and reminded Leo, who was awake, that Leo had answered the door for him. E.J. was alarmed when Leo wondered where Nicole and Eric had gone. After finding a leaf in his hair, Leo was able to remember that the duo had brought him home. Leo further recalled that he had wanted to tell them the truth about Jude but had not gotten to the confession. Leo questioned why E.J. seemed relieved at the news, but he stopped in his tracks when E.J. held a phone up to his face.

E.J. commanded Leo to never "breathe a syllable" about Jude. Leo's eyes widened as he took in the "falling accidently off a yacht and drowning" amount of money that was displayed on the phone. E.J. confirmed that the money would be Leo's if Leo kept his mouth shut. Leo envisioned his life as a rich man "yelling at personal assistants" and "pretending to like skiing" but was torn between the money and being "a person of integrity."

Leo caved and pushed the button on the phone that transferred the funds into his bank account. E.J. promised Leo a "carefree life full of jet-setting and decadence" if Leo kept his word. But if Leo failed to uphold the bargain, E.J. warned, "I will make sure you don't have a life." Leo sputtered that he understood. E.J. chuckled and added an "excellent."

Everett and Stephanie arrived at the Brady Pub, fresh from a few rounds of pickleball. Stephanie joked about "wiping the floor" with Everett during their singles matchup, while Everett lightly reminded her about bouncing the ball off an opponent's head in the midst of their doubles game. Stephanie's leg began cramping, so Everett offered her a massage, which she accepted with a smile.

As Stephanie and Everett mulled over their menus, Stephanie fondly remembered their first date when Everett and she had gotten caught in a rainstorm with a broken umbrella. Everett had eaten suspicious-looking hot dogs from a vendor and had ended up with food poisoning for days. Everett said he had wanted to kiss Stephanie badly that day but had backed off because he had felt it had been too soon.

Stephanie and Everett chatted with ease about past dates, including a movie she had loved but he had found long and boring. She thanked him for introducing her to a card game and challenged him to a match. Their good time was interrupted, however, when the woman Everett had hit on previously approached the table. She waved to "Bobby" with a suggestive smile and strode away.

Everett took a quick drink when Stephanie inquired about the woman. He claimed he didn't know the woman and suggested she might have been an old acquaintance from his time in Seattle. Stephanie, not looking totally convinced, remarked, "Small world." A distracted Everett agreed.

Stephanie encouraged Everett to talk with the woman and find out how she knew him, but Everett dismissed the idea. He changed the subject and asked Stephanie out for a dinner date in Chicago. Stephanie accepted and left. Everett then hesitantly approached the woman at the bar. He asked the woman when they had met.

The woman scoffed and told Everett they had had drinks together two days prior. Everett mentioned that she had called him Bobby. The woman, taken aback, said she would have a drink elsewhere and departed, muttering "weirdo" under her breath. Everett appeared puzzled.

At the police station, Rafe updated Jada on the tests run on Clyde's book. The analysis had confirmed that blood had been on the cover, but tests were still being conducted on the blood itself. The code-breaking attempts had proven unsuccessful, however. Jada had been perusing cold case files. She expressed renewed determination to bring Clyde to justice. She lamented how unsolved mysteries and a lack of closure could haunt someone.

Rafe asked Jada what had been haunting her, and she admitted it was Bobby. More specifically, Jada recalled how, when they had first met, Bobby had approached her about finding his mother. Bobby had informed Jada that his mother had disappeared one day, and his father had claimed she had left the family. The mystery had always weighed heavily on Bobby.

Rafe was surprised that Jada had gone into such detail about Bobby "in an empathetic way" because she had previously spoken so negatively about him. He believed Jada and Bobby had to have experienced some good times together. Jada acknowledged that when she'd first met Bobby, he had presented himself as "kind, intelligent, and incredibly witty," but he had not ultimately been the man she had thought him to be. She was thankful to have found "someone I love with all my heart" in Rafe. She accompanied her declaration with a loving kiss.

Later, Rafe showed Jada a cold case from 1992 involving a woman wearing an argyle sweater who had been found dead in the woods. No family or friends had come forward to identify the woman. Jada looked over the file with interest while Rafe took a phone call. When he hung up, he informed Jada that Gil's fingerprint had been discovered on Clyde's book. He also told a shocked Jada that the blood had been identified as Li Shin's.

Over the phone, Rafe updated Harris about the development. After Rafe ended the call, he confirmed to Jada that they had to prove that Gil, not Gabi, had murdered Li.

Kristen hosted Ava for tea and carrot sticks at the DiMera mansion. Kristen reminisced about Ava and her friendship, but Ava wasn't having it. Ava wanted to know why Kristen had really invited her over. Kristen feigned offense that Ava believed she had ulterior motives but eventually fessed up that she wanted Ava's help with uncovering Li's murderer.

Ava insisted that other than living in the apartment where Li had been murdered, she knew nothing about the case. Kristen reminded Ava that two killings had taken place in the apartment within days of each other, and Kristen believed the events had been more than a coincidence. She pressed to know if Ava had withheld anything from the police. Kristen's insinuation irked Ava, and Ava stated with increasing irritation what had happened the night she had killed Gil.

Kristen then prodded Ava about Stefan's association with Clyde and implied Ava might have had knowledge of the drug operation, which further agitated Ava. Kristen backed off and claimed she had only been looking out for her brother. She assured Ava that they were "on the same page." Ava calmed down and let Kristen know that if she had any information on Li's murder, she would share it. Ava "thought the world" of Li's sister and wanted to help, but she didn't know anything about the man's death.

Later, Ava ended a phone call with Harris. Ava, with a contemplative look, told Kristen it was coincidental that Kristen had wanted to talk about Li because she had just received new details about his case from Harris. Ava informed a pleased Kristen that Kristen had been right about Gabi not killing Li. Kristen guessed that Ava knew who had committed the crime. Ava affirmed, "Yes, I do."

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