 Gus continues to hide baby Sydney from the rest of Springfield. Marina and Mallet are on the case, trying to determine what could have happened to the infant. Ashlee gets Dinah a tape of Mallet s latest episode of "The Law" and is not pleased to see A.C. and Marina so close in their working relationship. Coop tries to get Ava to celebrate her birthday, but after everything she s learned about her biological parents, Ava is in no mood for partying. Mel comes on to Jeffrey, only to be turned away. Later Mel tells Rick that she s going to ask Jeffrey to start a new business with her. Rick is livid. He accuses Mel of wanting to work with Jeffrey as payback for his affair with Beth. Harley is desperately trying to find out what Gus is up to! After leaving the baby with a setter, Gus goes back to his and Harley s house and tries to explain that he took the baby, but Harley will not let him get a word in edgewise. The police arrive at the door and Gus asks Harley if she trusts him. She says she does and they exist the house though a back window. Alan-Michael, who discovered Gus with Sydney earlier in the day, makes some phone calls to allow Gus and Harley to adopt the child. Coop announces to Ava that the writing program at Oxford is open to him again and asks her to go with him to England. She agrees, which does not set well with Jeffrey. Coop asks Jeffrey why he cares and Jeffrey backs off, remembering his promise to Olivia. Ava drops the news that she s leaving with Coop to Alan-Michael and will have to leave her job at Spaulding Enterprises. Alan-Michael says that he will miss her but later makes a phone call to keep Ava from leaving his employ!