At Il Giardino, Katie tried to process everything R.J. had told her. She questioned how Tom's backpack had found its way to Poppy and Luna's apartment and why Tom would have written letters claiming that he was Luna's father. R.J. swore Katie to secrecy because Luna had asked him not to tell anyone.
Katie questioned if Poppy could be a murderer. Both she and R.J. seemed to find that hard to believe, but neither could come up with any other explanation. R.J. suddenly became quiet. He recalled that Poppy had met privately with Tom on the night that Tom had died. According to what Luna had told him, Poppy had said something about "taking matters into her own hands."
Katie again suggested that Poppy had killed Tom and Hollis. R.J. warned Katie about jumping to conclusions before they had all the facts. A server arrived with the pizza R.J. had ordered. Before leaving, he asked Katie to "be careful" with the information he had shared.
In the employee area of the restaurant, Deacon shared his concerns about the slowdown the restaurant had experienced in the wake of Hollis and Tom's deaths. Deacon shared that Katie seemed to be questioning the deaths as much as they were. Sheila once again expressed her disappointment in herself for not having realized that Tom's backpack might have been a crucial piece of evidence in his death.
Moments later, Sheila and Deacon approached Katie to talk to her about her concerns about Hollis and Tom's deaths. Sheila said that she was the last one to see Hollis alive. Katie's eyes bulged and her jaw dropped when Sheila mentioned that Hollis had been in possession of Tom's backpack.
Sheila asked why Katie seemed so interested in the backpack. As Katie mentioned the drug overdoses, both Sheila and Deacon insisted that neither Tom nor Hollis had actively been engaged in any drug use while working at the restaurant. "Everything seems like it's off," Deacon said.
Deacon and Sheila had to get back to work, but Katie lingered in the restaurant. She reached for her phone and called Chief Baker to ask if she could talk to him about the deaths at Il Giardino.
Back in the office, Sheila showed up with a bowl of chicken and potato stew that she claimed was one of her grandmother's "old, old world" recipes. Deacon and Sheila discussed why Katie seemed to interested in Hollis and Tom's deaths and what they possibly had to do with "Bill's new girlfriend."
In their apartment, Poppy told Luna that she had no idea how the backpack had ended up in their apartment. Poppy also defiantly stated that she had nothing to do with the deaths at Il Giardino. Luna asked if anyone else had keys to their apartment. Poppy dodged that question and instead reiterated that she had not been involved in Tom and Hollis' deaths.
Luna didn't explicitly say that she believed what her mother was saying. She again asked how the backpack had gotten into their apartment if the door had been locked. "It wasn't me!" Poppy shouted. She pleaded with her daughter to believe her. After some hesitation, Luna said that she believed Poppy.
Poppy told Luna that they should go back to Bill's and never return to the apartment. "This place is our past, and Bill and the Spencer family? That is our future," Poppy said.
Liam dropped by the Spencer estate to get Bill's signature on some legal documents. Liam couldn't help but notice his father's sour attitude and asked what was bothering him. Bill confessed that he had a "feeling in [his] gut" that something was wrong with Poppy. Liam said that Poppy seemed to be happy, and he suggested that whatever might have been bothering Poppy could have nothing to do with Bill.
Bill expressed his concern that Poppy might not have felt like she could confide in him. Still, Bill said that having Poppy and Luna in his world had "enriched" his life in ways he never could have imagined. Bill was optimistic that Liam, Wyatt, and Will would also one day feel that way. "I couldn't do this without my boys," Bill said with a smile.
Speaking on behalf of his brothers, Liam said that he, Wyatt, and Will all supported Bill and wanted what was best for everyone. "The best is yet to come," Bill beamed.
Later, a frantic Katie showed up wanting to talk about Poppy. "You need to listen to what I have to say because your life could depend on it," Katie said. Bill laughed off her comments. "This is serious. I'm not trying to intimidate your girlfriend or hurt her precious feelings," Katie replied. Bill was confused and asked what she was talking about.
Katie laid out what she knew: that Poppy had known Tom, Tom had played the musical festival on the night that Luna had reportedly been conceived, Poppy's secret mints, Tom's letters claiming he was Luna's father, Poppy and Tom's secret meeting, and two men dying from mysterious drug overdoses. Poppy entered the house as Bill asked Katie if she believed that Poppy was a murderer. "Yes," Katie replied emphatically.
