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Nick thanks Phyllis for giving him back his will to hope but she stops him, admitting that part of her wishes he didn’t know the truth. Nick tries to reassure Phyllis but she has seen it all before and she knows what is coming and has no one to blame but herself. Later, Nick promises Phyllis that they can make it through this because he needs her and she promises to stand by him. Sharon fears for Ashley, knowing that Faith has become her entire world and what the truth could do to her. Meanwhile, Ashley tells Billy that she will prove that Faith is hers that Victor will help her do it. At the cabin, Jack and Victor are immediately back at each other’s throat after Adam’s escape until they learn that a body is found down by the ravine. Later, Ashley continues to convince herself that Faith is hers and Jack fears that history is repeating itself. Sharon’s anger towards Adam overwhelms her and she ends up smashing a photo of him until she finds herself standing in front of Cassie. Meanwhile, Victoria tells J.T. everything that happened at the cabin and everything they learned and although shell shocked, J.T. is disgusted by the Newmans actions. Later, Sharon admits to Cassie that she is afraid that Adam was telling the truth and that Taylor was telling all lies. Cassie pushes Sharon to go see Faith and find out for herself if she believes in her heart if the baby is hers. Victor finds Adam’s body down by the ravine and he is barely alive as Victor starts CPR wondering if he should just leave Adam for dead. Meanwhile, J.T. tells Victoria that Victor is as dangerous as Adam and that he fears what could happen to Reed being exposed to him as he grows up. Later, Billy and Victoria bond as they realize how much their families are about to both lose and gain. Meanwhile, J.T. decides to go after full custody of Reed.

As Ashley recounts the night of her labor for Jack and Billy they start to realize that there are holes in the story. Moments later, Nick, Phyllis and Sharon arrive and ask to see Faith. Ashley allows them in, but makes it clear that they shouldn’t get ahead of themselves just yet as Sharon and Nick look at Faith with new eyes. Meanwhile, Heather meets Victor at the hospital and Victor allows her to take over custody of Adam because he can’t stand the sight of him. Later, Ashley decides it’s time for everyone to leave. Outside, Sharon tells Nick and Phyllis about her talk with Cassie and Nick promises Sharon that she will get to hold Faith forever if she turns out to be their child. Heather promises Adam that he is going to live so that she can nail his ass to the wall. Meanwhile, Ashley decides that she needs to take Faith and leave Genoa City as soon as possible.

Kevin accidentally finds the photos of Lauren and Paul in Michael’s briefcase while talking to Michael and Lauren at the coffeehouse. Later, Kevin confronts Lauren about the photos he found in the briefcase. Lauren tries to explain herself but Kevin refuses to lie to Michael and cover anything up for Lauren. Daniel becomes uneasy when he realizes that Lily is lying to Neil also about the fact that her chemo didn’t cure her cancer. Alone, Lily remains adamant that Daniel keeps her secret in order to protect Cane from himself. Later, Lily is tortured when she has to lie to Cane’s face about the test results and see just how happy he is for her. Billy runs into Victoria at the coffeehouse and they continue to have sparks until Victoria brings up Ashley and tells her that Ashley is trying to come to terms with the truth. They continue to bond when they agree that families do whatever it takes to protect each other, unlike J.T. Meanwhile, Ashley waits until Jack gives her some time to herself to make her move. At Jimmy’s, J.T. unloads about his problems with Victoria and the Newmans onto Mac. Mac tells him that everyone pays for their crimes sooner or later. Later, Jack realizes that Ashley has taken Faith and left. Billy and Victoria both get bad news, Victoria that J.T. is suing for full custody of Reed and Billy that Ashley and Faith are missing. Meanwhile, Ashley runs into Tucker in the airport and he offers to keep her company while her plane is delayed, which is the last thing she wants. Later, Tucker gives Ashley some much needed advice. Meanwhile, Billy, Jack and Neil try to look for Ashley without alerting the Newmans. Mac stops by to see Cane and Lily at the Immigration office and Daniel arrives to make one final plea to Lily to tell Cane the truth before it is too late. Later, Michael breaks the bad news to the group that Cane’s appeal was denied and Daniel pushes Lily to tell him the truth now. Victoria confronts J.T. about trying to take Reed from her and she tells him to go to hell. Victoria rips into J.T. and tells him that he had better be off the ranch by the time she gets back. Later, Michael tells Victoria that she can’t force J.T. off the ranch and if she wants to fight J.T. for custody she has to stay put to do it. Meanwhile, J.T. tells Mac that he isn’t going anywhere.

Lauren finally breaks through to Kevin, who tells her that he believes that she isn’t cheating on Michael. Kevin tells her that he found the photos sealed in Michael’s briefcase and that someone wants to make trouble for them and Lauren realizes that she has to be the one to tell Michael the truth. Meanwhile, Lily finally admits to Cane that her PET scan results weren’t good and Cane is crushed. Ashley arrives home with Faith after getting a ride from Tucker and her brothers aren’t thrilled when they see them together but they are more relieved that Ashley is back.

As Nick and Sharon begin to hope for the best, Sharon wonders how Phyllis is taking the news. Meanwhile, Phyllis admits to Malcolm that she believes that Nick and Sharon learning the truth about Faith could be the beginning of the end for her marriage. Malcolm, however, helps Phyllis sees how self-pitying she is being and Phyllis decides to go home to her husband. At Brad’s, Ashley remains rational but continues to believe that there is no way that Adam could have had anything to do with the baby switch. Jack reminds that she needs to make a decision about the DNA test at some point for everyone’s sake. As Patty is starting to have a meltdown worrying about where Jack is, she is confronted by one of Emily’s new patients. Patty tries to help Emily’s patient but knowing the right thing to say or do, she nearly goes off the deep end. Patty tells Lynn, her patient, that she believes it would be best that she find a new therapist and she leaves just as she runs into Jack. Later, before Jack can fill Patty in she gets a call from Emily’s boss at the hospital and she has to continue to put on her charade as Jack decides he needs to get back to Ashley.

Kay has a moment of compassion for Jill when she sees that Jill is about to breakdown over loses Cane. Meanwhile, Lily pleads with Cane to get on the plane and go back to Australia because she needs him. Later, Neil, Lily and Malcolm all say their goodbyes to Cane and Cane asks Neil to look out for Lily. Meanwhile, Jill tries frantically to help Cane and both Jill and Kay realize that blood doesn’t matter as Kay admits to Jill that she still thinks of Jill as her daughter. Victor delivers Adam Sharon’s annulment papers and Adam tells Victor to just let him die. Victor refuses to let Adam continue to play the victim and try to convince anyone that he that he is mentally ill. Meanwhile, Sharon thanks Phyllis for giving her back her future although Phyllis struggles with what it could mean for her own. Later, Victor comes by to see Faith and the revelation of everything that has happened finally hits him as he holds the baby close, which alarms Ashley as she watches him. Victor is finally able to get Ashley to acknowledge that there is a chance that Faith isn’t their child. Adam makes a final plea to Heather, trying to manipulate her one last time but Heather sees through him and tells him to go to hell. Meanwhile, Sharon gets a call just as she is leaving the tack house from Ashley asking her and Nick to come to Brad’s and Phyllis advises them not to anticipate the worse just yet. Later, at the Abbott cabin, Phyllis remembers past events with Nick and Sharon as she pulls down the plaque she and Nick put up in honor of Faith Cassidy. At Brad’s, Ashley tells the group that she is willing to let Nick and Sharon run a DNA test. As Lily tries hard to keep it together, Cane pretends to have lost his wedding ring and uses it as a distraction in order to flea Immigration custody. At the hospital, Heather introduces Adam to his court appointed psychiatrist, “Emily.” Meanwhile, as Phyllis is driving back from the cabin, she hits a patch of black ice and skids off the road.