"After spending the night at Hayley's hospital bedside, Mateo pondered their future with a smile as he fingered the box with the engagement ring planned for Hayley. Hayley awoke and was happy to see Mateo. Then, spotting the ring box, she asked Mateo what it was. Just then Myrtle cheerfully bounced into the room, with reading matter - which included the newspaper with the glaring headlines, "Manhunt for ex-cop in murder/arson case," and a huge picture of Trevor. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot, ah, Trevor ... " she muttered, embarrassed. Hayley was shocked to see the story about Trevor confessing to murder, then fleeing. After reading it, she told Mateo and Dr. Joe about the tape conversation she'd accidentally taped with Janet arranging to meet some woman at that same warehouse where the dead woman was found.
Hayley begged Dr. Joe to allow her to leave the hospital so that she could go and see Janet and find out what was going on. Finally he gave permission.
At the Dillon house, Janet awoke teary-eyed from a restless sleep on the sofa, with Amanda snuggled up beside her. Janet's dreams had been echoes of the scene at the warehouse. The phone rang, and a distraught Janet brushed off an inquisitive caller, then unplugged the phones. "We have to talk," Janet told her confused little girl. Amanda wanted to brush her teeth first, and Janet left the room. But then instead of going upstairs, Amanda went out to the front step to get the newspaper. Badly shaken, she ran back inside as Janet realized too late what had happened. She tried to reassure her daughter that it was all a mistake. As the frightened and confused little girl tried to understand what was going on, Derek appeared at the door to question Janet. Janet sent Amanda to her room, while she tried to avoid giving Derek the answers he wanted. "You did it!" he accused Janet. "Tell me what happened!" But Janet, although shaken and scared, told Derek that Trevor didn't want her talking to the police. She told him any questions should be directed to Jack, her lawyer. Derek vaguely threatened to have Jack disbarred if he was helping Trevor. Frustrated and angry, Derek left as Hayley and Mateo arrived.
Gradually, their stories unfolded as they compared notes about the previous evening, although Janet held back on the whole story. Hayley explained how and why she was in the warehouse. Janet recalled Trevor's words to her about keeping quiet about what happened. Hayley was still a little shaky from her experience, so Mateo took her upstairs to lie down and rest. In the living room, Mirror Janet reappeared and taunted Janet, "Get a grip!" But Janet was fighting her conscience and plugged in the phone, ready to call Derek and confess.
At Myrtle's boarding house, Jake was dressed and ready to leave for the hospital. Gillian persuaded him to break the news of their engagement to everyone now instead of on Valentine's Day, and they agreed on a wedding sometime in June. "I can't wait to tell mom and dad," Jake said breezily as he left.
But when Jake broke the news at the hospital to Joe and Ruth, Ruth's reaction was less than enthusiastic. She suggested that maybe the couple should wait a year before getting married. But Jake left to get the engagement ring. After his departure, "I can't see them together - at least not now", Ruth said. Joe asked her if she thought Ryan might still be in the picture. "It just takes a while to separate yourself from someone you've been that close to," Ruth said sadly. They agreed that nothing they can say will change the couple's minds.
After Jake left, Gillian called Eugenia, who agreed to come and see her to receive some good news. A knock at the door revealed Adam. He referred to their previous conversation and apologized for any harsh words but said he understood why Gillian was upset - trying to salvage a future with Jake in the face of a considerable obstacle. Why do you love Jake, he asked her. "Jake is a lot like me!" he told her, pointing out that while he was accused of having a possessive love for his children, Jake was the same. He loves Colby with all his heart, Gillian retorted. "Then why not tell him the truth?" Adam pushed. "Either he loves her because she's his, or he would love her in spite of the fact that she isn't his!"
Then he tried his wiles again, trying to convince Gillian to tell Jake the truth about Colby's parentage. "Do you want this cloud hanging over you? If Jake finds out from somebody else or that you knew all along ... " But Gillian wasn't fooled. "You can't tell him because you don't want to lose Liza, so you want me to do your dirty work for you!" she flung at him. Gillian could help Jake get over his broken heart, Adam pointed out, give him a child that was really his, and a wonderful future - even maybe not in Pine Valley. Adam insinuated that with all the resources of Chandler Enterprises, they could live anywhere - Paris, London, Budapest. Gillian parried all Adam's suggestions with a reminder that he could lose Colby forever if Jake decided to sue for custody. Absurd, retorted Adam. Gillian furiously told Adam to leave Jake, her and Colby alone, and told him to get out of her room.
After he had left, a worried Gillian paced to and fro, worrying about the Colby situation. Eugenia arrived and Gillian wiped her tears, then broke the engagement news. Eugenia asked why the tears, thinking it was something to do with Ryan. Gillian sadly told her aunt that Adam thinks Jake has something of his. Eugenia pleaded with her to explain, and as Gillian was about to tell Eugenia the full story, in came Jake. Eugenia gracefully left the two alone, and then Jake, on one knee, presented Gillian with the engagement ring, and they kissed.
Adam returned to the hospital and was annoyed that no one had told him Hayley had already left. But the visit wasn't a total loss for him - he overheard Joe ask Myrtle to give a fax from Liza to Jake. Adam's ears pricked up as he tried to think how he could get his hands on it. Back at the Dillon house, Mateo and Hayley were still trying to figure out the truth behind the tragedy at the warehouse and resolved to get to the bottom of it.
Downstairs, Janet was torn between her conscience and Mirror Janet. "I'm falling apart," Janet cried. But Mirror Janet congratulated her for being her old killer self again. "No, I can't become that person! I won't!" Janet cried out loud. A tiny voice behind Janet said, "Mommy, who were you talking to?""
- Soap Central