 Lexie refuses Tony s offer to arrange an escape; Abe keeps questioning Brandon, who blames him for abusing Lexie s honesty as for having courted his ma. Chloe insists on Brady s accidental declaration of love; they end up kissing, afterward she feels his late mother s presence too. Kate hopefully observes grumpy Victor at breakfast with Nicole, but Sami runs off worried where Brandon went. As the sweater from the dumpster with blood of Hope s type also had two types of hair, Lexie s is DNA-tested. John announces he ll bring Stefano s legacy down, first of all Tony, after investigating the Gemini-shaped archipelago. Bo is enthusiastic, Marlena s protestation this is no adverse time is shoved aside. Hope s note is found in the crematorium which was broken into for illegitimate use. A sexy waiter saw Nicole at the hotel, and lures her out on the terrace to pull out  her  business-card from the nightclub and kisses her, which Victor sees. Lexie tells Tony she changed her mind about escaping.