Ridge and Thorne inform Lt. Burke that they have not heard from their mother in three weeks. The Lieutenant agrees to look for Stephanie, but thinks she is probably on vacation. Instead of guessing about her own identity, Stephanie wants to know more about Ruthanne. Reluctantly, Ruthanne admits that she also used to lead a very different life as a happily married mother of two children. After car exhausts have filled up the garage and made Jake loose consciousness, Margo arrives at Charlie's to speak with her uncle. She accuses Charlie of molesting Jake which he denies. Margo is about to leave when she notices the smell of the exhausts and finds Jake unconscious in the garage. While she revives her brother, a desperate Charlie kills himself.
—Torsten B. Tomaschek