 Cassie receives a visit from Jeffrey. He is checking in on her to see how she is doing. Cassie and Jeffrey talk about Josh s confession. She informs him that she doesn t remember anything about the night Alan was shot, but she knows that at one point she had a gun in her possession because she saw it for herself on the video at the police station! Cassie is still convinced that Josh is covering for her. Jeffrey asks Cassie about a plea bargain for Josh and she says there is no way she will let him go to prison for her. Mel and Josh discuss strategy at the police station and Josh insists on using self-defense as his motive for shooting Alan. Mel asks him if he thinks the DA s office will go easy on him. She reminds him that, after all, Doris is married to the victim. Cassie arrives to visit Josh and Mel goes to see if she can convince the DA s office to agree to a plea bargain. Mel and Rick run into each other outside of the police station and agree to go have coffee. Rick tells Mel that he knows the past few months have been extremely hard for her and asks Mel for a divorce. She agrees, on one condition, they continue to raise Leah together and remain friends. The two share their happier memories with one another and wonder how they came so far from where they began. Mel thanks Rick for being honest with her and they hug. Doris agrees to meet with Jeffrey regarding Josh s case but before she leaves to meet him, she and Alan-Michael argue about how best to run the Spaulding Mansion and the family itself. As far as Alan-Michael is concerned, Doris is an outsider and he intends on getting her out of the mansion as soon as possible! Doris meets with Jeffrey and refuses to plea bargain with the "shooter of her husband". Jeffrey reminds Doris that if this goes to trial, he has no problems with having Gillespie returned to Springfield to testify about Alan s role in the death of Tammy Winslow and Doris  role covering everything up for her benefit. Jeffrey promises Doris that all of her secrets would be exposed at a trial. Later, Jeffrey arrives at the police station and informs Josh and Cassie that the DA has agreed to a lesser sentence, two years at a minimum security prison. Cassie still will not have it! She says there is no way Josh will sacrifice his life to save hers! Josh doesn t understand why Cassie is so sure she shot Alan when she doesn t remember anything from the night of the shooting. Back at the Spaulding Mansion, Doris and Ashlee are planning Ashlee s 18th birthday party. Ashlee becomes upset when her mother arranges for strangers to attend the party due to their social class, telling Ashlee none of her real friends are good enough to attend. Lizzie offers to help with the party planning, all the while planning on sabotaging the entire affair. Lizzie still harbors resentment towards Doris and she plans on getting back at her. Ava and Alan-Michael grow closer as Ava continues to fall for Alan-Michael s lies. They agree to officially start dating and they will make their first public appearance as an official couple at Ashlee s birthday party. Ava continues to believe Alan-Michael is paralyzed and he intends on using that to his advantage.