Greg offers Claudia a job to keep her and her daughter Kate, who reminds him of his own daughter, in town. Steve learns that the Sumner Group was responsible for his family's ruin. Valene receives a hopeful diagnosis.
Claudia settles into her new job, promptly appointing a new board member; Frank gets a job offer; Paige has had about all she can take of her job---and of Linda; Val gets a welcome home from the twins.
Jason and Julie are threatened by gang members; Anne's cries for help fall on deaf ears.
Mack is notified that Jason was badly beaten by his father and is in the hospital, unconscious. Kate confides in half-brother Steve that she thinks he was the result of their mother's being raped, and Gary's puppies frustrate Anne and Nick's greed.
Linda learns Brian killed a private investigator hired by his wife. Paige's romance blossoms.
