Trent and Nicole are still in the pub, where Nicole wants to know why Trent’s trying to keep Melanie and Max apart.
Caroline approaches Chelsea and asks how her beautiful granddaughter is. She says she’s okay and thought she’d come in before heading off to work. Caroline relays how Bo says the children at the hospital love her. A modest Chelsea believes her dad tends to exaggerate a little bit. Caroline smiles how Chelsea’s found her calling at becoming a licensed therapist. Victor and Henderson then arrive at the pub. Victor greets his granddaughter and Chelsea remarks how nice it is to see Henderson. Caroline brings Chelsea’s iced coffee over to her, then heads over to Victor’s table and tells him to leave. Henderson proceeds to wait in the car. Caroline berates him for putting their son at a terrible risk. She recalls how the reporter accused Bo of tampering with evidence and thinks Victor knows why. He reveals that the evidence has to do with Philip, and Bo handed the evidence over to Victor. She questions what he did with it. “It’s been destroyed,” confesses Victor. Caroline is angry that Bo could lose everything because of Victor. She chews Victor out for manipulating Bo and forcing him to do something which goes against everything he stands for. “I could never forgive you for this,” she affirms.
Trent is later on the phone, telling his recipient that he’ll be there as soon as he can. Nicole wants answers from Trent, but he tells her that it’s none of her business. She proceeds to head out, but he grabs her and orders her to sit down. He threatens to go over and introduce himself to Victor if she tries to leave before he’s finished with her. He taunts Nicole about telling Victor how she defrauded him out of a huge divorce settlement.
Victor expresses to Caroline how terrible he feels about the situation. He insists that he never would’ve involved Bo if he hadn’t come to him regarding Philip in the first place. Caroline states that Bo came to him because he was doing his job, which Victor prevented him from doing. She berates Victor for guilting Bo into a predicament, reminding Victor how Bo saw him lying weak in a hospital bed unable to speak. “I was protecting Philip,” insists Victor. “At Bo’s expense!” exclaims Caroline. “I wish that Bo had never found out that you were his father,” spits Caroline. Victor looks as though he’s been stabbed in the heart.
Nicole implores Trent to go ahead and talk to Victor if he wants to, since he won’t have anything over her anymore. Trent answers his phone and is annoyed to hear that Melanie has maxed out her credit card. He tells his recipient to pay off the card and cancel it. Nicole jeers how Melanie could put dear old daddy in the poorhouse if she keeps it up.
Victor states to Caroline how important having Bo as his son has been. A teary-eyed Caroline scolds Victor for forcing Bo’s hand to do his dirty work. She refuses to let Victor drag her son down. Pete interrupts and tells Caroline that she has a phone call from Max.
Bo and Hope anxiously await for Roman outside the pub. Hope asks Bo if he’s sure he wants to go through with this. Bo reminds her that he’s the one who tampered with the evidence in the Hollingsworth case and won’t let the cops implicate her. Roman arrives and questions what’s the potential disaster. Bo brings up the Hollingsworth case. Roman reminds him that he can’t discuss it, since Bo’s under an internal investigation. Bo asks Roman to talk to him as his brother, not as a cop. Roman says he can’t do that. Bo insists that what he did was for family, and implores Roman to get off his moral high horse and listen to what he has to say. Roman agrees to listen as his brother. Bo tells him about the tape, in which Philip threatened to kill Paul. He hands Roman an envelope containing the original tape, revealing that the copy which was destroyed was a duplicate. Roman asks why he didn’t turn the copy over to the Salem P.D. “Because without tangible evidence we’ve got nothing in this case,” replies Bo. Hope insists that someone set Philip up. Bo suspects that John Black is behind it. Roman states that they withheld evidence, and all the good intentions in the world won’t change the fact that they broke the law. Bo implores him to give them more time and they’ll give him what he wants. After some bickering about bending and breaking the rules, Roman reluctantly agrees to give Bo 48 hours to crack the case. Bo thanks him and hugs Hope. Victor then comes outside and asks to speak to Bo alone. Hope gives him the cold shoulder and walks off.
Nick and Melanie have just arrived at the jail in Marseille, France, where Mel asks Nick why he didn’t mention that he knew Max and Stephanie. “Would you have come with me if I had?” asks Nick. “No,” admits Melanie. Max caustically asks his sis why she came. Melanie claims she figured they would’ve been out by now. Steph berates Melanie for not trying to help them, stating she’d still be in jail if it weren’t for them. Melanie confirms that her friend George bailed her out, and she can’t help them out. Steph tells Nick about the stolen bracelet fiasco, which landed them in jail. Melanie states that she didn’t ask for any of this, reminding Max that he’s the one who came looking for her. “Yeah, and what a huge mistake that was!” scowls Steph. Melanie tells Steph that there’s no need to get nasty. Max asserts that Steph has every right to be angry with her, but the fighting and arguing isn’t getting them anywhere. Steph suggests she call her friend George, but Melanie reveals that George is on his way to boarding school in London. She can’t help them, but thinks that Nick can come up with something.
Nick breaks the news that he’s a professor without much money. Melanie remarks that she’s a student with a million loans to pay off. He requests to speak to her alone. Steph tells Max that she can’t stand his sister, but Max doesn’t care to discuss it anymore. She tries to call her parents again, but gets voicemail and begins to worry if something happened to Joe. Max suggests calling his mom to see if everything’s alright.
