Katherine entered Crimson Lights and saw Mac. She told Mac that she was looking for Jill to try to make things right. "Why don't you fix the economy while you're at it?" Mac asked. Mac didn't understand Kay's need to get through to Jill. But Kay insisted that she must try. Mac expressed how bad she felt for Kevin, and wished that there was some way she could help out. Michael entered and was surprised to see Mac back in town. The two exchanged a warm greeting. After Michael filled her in on Kevin's situation, Mac insisted on going to the mental hospital to visit Kevin. "I have seen Kevin in hell once before and I was there when he came out on the other side," she said. "Let me be there for him again." Michael agreed, and they went to the hospital together. Mac entered Kevin's room alone. She began talking to him, but he stared blankly at her. As she continued to talk, he cowered into the corner. "Hey Kevin, it's Mac! I'm back and I have missed you," she said. He was unresponsive. As Mac continued to talk to Kevin about how happy she was for his business and his marriage, Michael watched at the window with tears in his eyes. Kevin had another delusion in which he imagined Mac in the bloody chipmunk head, speaking in a sadistic voice with twisted laughter. Mac finally left his room, without a word from Kevin. Michael guessed correctly that Kevin had no idea who Mac was. Mac insisted to Michael that he will get better. Michael said he was worried that the Kevin they knew and loved was gone forever. Michael reminded Mac that she was the first real friend Kevin ever had. In his room, Kevin whispered, "Mac!" Michael went inside and told him how nice it was of Mac to stop by. He went on to list all the people that love him. He told him that everyone would do whatever it took to help him. He reached out to touch Kevin's cheek, but Kevin pulled away.

At Jabot, Jill arrived at her office to find all her things boxed up. Her secretary didn't know who had ordered it, but Jill was positive that Katherine was behind it. She called Cane to tell him about the turn of events. Katherine arrived and said that she was hoping they could talk civilly. Jill told her that she was furious for being fired with no cause and with no notice. Kay claimed to have nothing to do with it. Jill said that she had made a mistake thinking that Kay could have ever loved her. "I DO love you!" Katherine exclaimed. "Biology is irrelevant to me!" But Jill wasn't buying it. "You have taken everything from me. It must have killed you to pretend you gave a damn about me when you thought I was your daughter," she cried. Kay insisted that Jill was being absurd, but Jill cried that what was absurd was Katherine pretending to love her. "Just admit that you're glad that I'm not your daughter; that you have never loved me!" she shouted. "Just tell the truth!" Katherine, through her tears, stated, "Fine — I'm GLAD! I'm JOYOUS! I'm ECSTATIC that THIS (pointing at Jill) is not my daughter!" With that, she left.

Cane arrived at Jill's office to find the lights out and Jill in tears. He tried to convince her that Katherine did love her. But Jill insisted otherwise. "There's too much bad blood," she told him. "We're back in that dark place." She told Cane that Katherine had admitted she was glad she wasn't her daughter. She lamented that she had wanted SO badly for it to work; that she had been DESPERATE to find her birth mother, and was devastated to be rejected all over again. Jill told Cane how grateful she was to him for being such a sweet and caring son, and that she would be okay. She had a flashback to happier times as mother and daughter at Jabot.

At the coffeehouse, Kay told Murphy that she had lost temper with Jill and had said things she didn't mean. She shared with him that Jill seemed determined to destroy everything good they had shared as mother and daughter. She also confided in Murphy that she was sad about Kevin being locked up simply because he had believed in her ... unlike Jill — who never did. "How can she just cut me off like this?" Kay wondered. Murphy told her that she may never know the answer. Murphy left, to give her some time alone to think. Kay broke down and cried.

At the book store, Lily ran into Karen.They discussed Neil's affair. Karen said that she did not want to reward Tyra's despicable behavior, and that she WOULD be Ana's mother. Lily told her that if she had learned one thing from the whole ordeal with Cordelia, it was that children need to be with their mothers. Lily left to find Neil at the coffeehouse.She begged her Dad to be honest with everyone about the whole situation, and told him that she hoped he was ready to face being married to Karen ... even if they lose Ana.

At the poolhouse, Billy reflected on his last conversation with Mac in which she told him she was leaving town. Chloe asked him if he still loved Mac. She said that she needed to know if he was going to bail, because she did not want to be blindsided in front of the judge. "If you're gonna run off with Nature Girl and roll bandages and feed the poor, I need to know about it first!" she exclaimed. Billy admitted that although at one time he was crazy about Mac and couldn't wait to marry her, it didn't matter now, because she was gone. He told Chloe that he was where he belonged - with his family. Rafe knocked at the door. He had come to discuss strategy for the hearing the next day. He advised them to bring the baby to the hearing, and that he couldn't promise that Cane wouldn't win. After Rafe left, Billy told Chloe that he was heading to the bookstore to buy vintage nursery rhyme books for Delia, because he was so confident they would get to keep her.

Billy arrived at the bookstore. While he waited for the clerk to round up his books, he ran into Mac. He couldn't believe she had changed her mind about staying. He asked her why she hadn't called him. She told him that she hadn't seen a point in calling, and she tried to leave. Billy blocked her path and said that he wouldn't let her leave until she told him the real reason why she had decided to stay in town.

Esther arrived at the poolhouse while Billy was at the bookstore. She informed Chloe that Mac had decided to stay in Genoa City. Chloe worried that Billy had lied about going to the bookstore, and was really going to see Mac. Esther tried to convince her that Billy is committed to her, and wouldn't lie to her. Chloe moaned that Billy could "lie with the best of 'em." Chloe was frantic to find Billy, afraid that he was with Mac. She called his cell phone, but Billy ignored the ringing phone and instead pulled Mac into a passionate kiss.

Meanwhile, Neil and Tyra met with Rafe at the coffeehouse. They asked Rafe if Tyra could present her own petition for adoption. Rafe was angry. He said to Neil: "So you would go into court with your fingers crossed ... HOPING Tyra will win so you don't look like the bad guy?" He told Neil that he couldn't do it — that it was illegal and conflict of interest. He said that he could make a referral for another lawyer to handle Tyra's claim, but that Neil and Karen would still most likely win — especially if they concealed their marital problems. Neil mused that maybe he and Karen could just patch everything up so that they could adopt Ana. Rafe was honest, and said that in his experience, marriages don't usually work when they are held together just for the child, and that people sometimes live to regret their decision.

Rafael later called with the lawyer referral, which Neil gave to Tyra. He asked her if she was okay to proceed on her own. She assured him that she was. Neil said that he cared about her, and lightly kissed her hand. Lily entered the coffeehouse and observed this. Tyra feared that she had made things even worse. Neil assured her that he would talk to Lily, and Tyra left. Lily was upset with her dad. Neil insisted to Lily that he and Tyra were not having an affair. He told her that they were only together one time, and that it had been a mistake. He shared with her that he was beginning to think that the adoption might also be a mistake.

Lily left and found Cane drinking alone at the bar at the Club. She told him that she loved him and would support him tomorrow, but that she wanted him to be absolutely sure that he was doing the right thing. — ELISE BAKER