Jennifer is determined to visit her seriously ill mother Laura despite Bill and Mike warning the visit could be harmful. Bill threatens to involve Laura’s doctors, but Jennifer tells Frankie she’ll go anyway. Frankie and Jennifer move into the fishing shack, reassuring Caroline they’re waiting until marriage, though Max struggles with Frankie leaving home. Bill, lonely and overwhelmed by Laura’s condition, finds comfort talking with Janice.
Victor meets a mysterious woman holding a disk he wants. Roman, undercover as a chauffeur, overhears their conversation. When Victor abruptly decides to return to Salem and Diana leaves with him, Roman grows worried. They depart on Victor’s jet.
Mike and Bill remain strained as they navigate Laura’s illness, with Mike rejecting Bill’s attempts at closeness while both grapple with the family crisis.
