Nikki turns up at the hospital to see if Lawrence is alright. Lawrence tells him he is glad he came but Bo is definitely not thrilled and tells Nikki he broke the rules. They take Nikki home later and Bo says there will be a family conference. Bo and Carly are just about to christen the bedroom when Nikki interrupts them saying he's scared. He doesn't want to go back to bed in his bedroom and eventually, Carly takes him downstairs to sleep on the couch. Bo comes down later and finds them both asleep. He pulls a blanket over them but then sees Nikki open his eyes. When Nikki sees Bo see him, he pretends to be asleep again.
Kristen talks to some guy who is watching over her and then runs into John.
At the hospital, John pressures Marlena about meeting with him. She says she doesn't want to sneak around anymore, she won't sneak out to meet him. John says alright then, they will go to her office. But Kristen interrupts and then Roman comes by. He's been paged and has to go to the station. John offers to give Marlena a ride home but she says no, she'll grab a lift with Carly. Later John calls her at home from the hospital. He says she has to have the test so that they can make a decision about what to do. She tells him that she already made her decision in Paris...she is going to bring this baby up as Roman's, whoever's it is. It deserves the best start in life and it can only get that in a family with a father and brothers and sisters. John asks what if Brady is it's real brother. Marlena can't even think about that. John says she's going to though, every time she looks at him, or Brady, she's going to wonder. She says it's no use, she has made her decision and she is sticking by it. She hangs up on him but a short while after, he turns up at her door. He won't leave and they go out into the back yard. John says she has to have the test. Surely she wants to know if this baby is Roman's and then they wouldn't have to have this conversation any more. She says but what if it isn't. What if it's that one in a million chance and it's yours? What will you do? John says he won't know till he's faced with that, but they have to know. Eventually he gets Marlena to agree and she says she will have the tests done as soon as possible. What they don't know is that Sami is hiding in the bushes and hearing a great deal of this conversation. Then Roman's car pulls up and Marlena panics and asks John to go. He does and she goes into the kitchen and gets some cold chocolatey gooey stuff . She comes into the living room and asks Roman why he's home so early. He says they wrapped up the case early. Sami comes in and stares at Marlena. They ask her what she's doing home, and she says that Bo and Carly came home early, so she thought she'd come home. Roman asks her if something is wrong and she starts off saying that she heard....then she says she heard that Nikki Alamain was a brat and tonight he proved it. Marlena wants to know if anything else is wrong, if she's eating sensibly. Sami says she is and she's just tired and then she heads up to bed.....
Bo, Nikki and Shawn-D are cooking the obligatory chowder for the Horton Centre. Nikki figures that there might be a good way to make Bo look bad using the chowder.
The Horton Centre is approved to open and Kristen looks like she's about to pull the inspector's arm off.....
Carly tells Caroline that it appears that she has a gastric ulcer but that they want to do a biopsy to make sure it's not malignant. Caroline says her mother died of stomach cancer and it could be it. She tells Shawn that she wants a living will - not to be resuscitated. Shawn isn't happy but Carly tries to tell him that's what Caroline wants...
Ivan tells Viv about Caroline and her illness and Vivian orders him to get as much information as possible...she could just be the perfect victim....
It's the Fourth of July and the opening of the Horton centre. There is a photographer from the wire service, but Kristen does her best to avoid him. Jenn gets a call from Bill who is in Somalia, but the connection is bad and she can't ask him about the medical history she wanted for Abigail. She talks to Austin about it and decides that she can't rely on second hand information and that she'll have to go to the source. Austin ends up going with her down to Chicago where she goes to an institution to see her mother. Meanwhile Kate is wandering around the same place pretending to be a reporter and goes to Laura's room.
Lucas tries to talk Carrie into the surgery telling her he wants her to be happy. She tells him he's just like everyone else and what's in it for him?
Nikki throws half a canister of sugar into the chowder while Bo is out of the room and they take it to the Horton Centre. Bo won't let anyone taste it but when they serve it up it's terrible. Bo sees Nikki smiling and when he gets back to the pub he sees the open canister and he dusts the lid with flour, finding Nikki sized finger-prints.
Marlena is at the opening and John turns up. He tries to talk to her but Sami interrupts and takes Marlena upstairs to get ideas for their nursery. When they come back downstairs however, John is still waiting and he asks Sami if he can have a moment with Marlena in private. Sami has to go but isn't happy. John asks Marlena about the tests and she says she's having the test to determine if the baby was affected by the measles this afternoon. After that she will get the blood types and match them up then. But John realizes that this may not be enough, they may need a DNA profile. Marlena agrees and John says he wants to do it now. Marlena tells him to go to the hospital and she'll meet him there. Sami is pleased to see John leave but when Marlena also leaves she decides she has to follow them. At the hospital Marlena meets up with John and they go to her office where she draws the blood. Then they come back out to the main area and Sami (who has arrived) hides so they won't see her. Marlena sends John's blood for analysis and then tells him she has to go and have her test. John says he'll wait for her in the lounge....