Matt realizes Karen has not told Joe he's not Neil's biological father. Karen tries to help Joe find a cure for Neil, but he shuts her out. Frank dissuades Courtney from blaming Karen for their lost child. They begin to make love, but when Courtney doesn't want to use protection, Frank stops because he doesn't want her to get pregnant again and risk her health. At Julie's trial, Cooper recants his testimony and claims Rachel and Chris threatened into him confessing to the murders. Rachel, Chris and Julie lash out at Kevin and Eve, but privately Chris places the blame for Cooper's botched testimony squarely on Rachel.

Joe and Jill return to General Hospital where Karen overhears about their one-night stand. Julie meets with Alan about being reinstated, but he says she will have to face the state medical board. Lucy and Christina run into Frank, Courtney and Neil. After Neil thanks Christina for being his donor, Courtney realizes who Christina's biological parents are. Frank hits up Mike for a loan to place a bet. Via telephone, Lucy impesonates Rachel to get info on her patient at Van Wyck to no avail. Eve asks Kevin to take his time to consider her marriage proposal and he later surprises her with a former proposal and a ring.

At Amanda's party for the board member candidates, Courtney blackmails Chris into giving her money in exchange for not revealing Christina's true parentage. Chris drugs a drink for Courtney, but in a mix-up, Rachel drinks it and becomes intoxicated and tells off Boardman, Karen, Amanda and Alan, then hits on Scott. Mac tells Matt that Frank's shooting was meant for him and advises him to go back in the Witness Protection Program. Lucy hints to Rae and Eve they could be mother and daughter, but Eve tells Rae that it is not possible because of their blood types. Rae then bids good-bye to Port Charles.

Sonny Corinthos visits Frank and tells him his shooting was not meant for him, and Frank later learns Matt was the intended victim. Sonny absolves Frank's gambling debts. Matt bids goodbye to General Hospital and goes back into the Witness Protection Program. Chris and Julie take an inebriated Rachel home where she briefly mentions her mother and ""Livvie."" Chris and Julie vow to uncover the mystery of ""Livvie"" and Chris tells Julie they must come forward that Julie is Christina's mother before Courtney does. After popping a pill, Karen runs into her ex, Sonny, who accuses her of using again.

After Courtney again presses him for money, Chris plots to end her blackmail by having Julie come forward with the truth about Christina. After Lucy is voted into the hospital board, a defeatd Rachel learns she was drugged and suspects Lucy. To get back at her, Rachel supports Julie's decision to come forward with the truth. Mike warns Frank about his gambling. Eve and Kevin learn Matt's gone back into the Witness Protection Program. At Lucy's celebration party, Julie drops the bomb that she's Christina's birth mother and the news stuns Scott, Lucy and Kevin, much to Rachel's delight.

An upset Lucy confides in Kevin about her anger towards Scott. He consoles her with a hug until Eve walks in on them. Eve and Kevin argue when she defends Julie's actions regarding Christina but then make-up. Lucy appeals to Claire not to hire Scott to represent her case. Chris finds Karen's pills. At the hearing, Lee alleges Julie abandoned Christina and never claimed her. Julie's lawyer alleges Scott's home poses a threat to Christina because she in the care of a drug-addicted Karen. The judge then orders a drug test for Karen. Scott asks Karen to submit to a drug test, but she refuses.

Rachel tells her mother she's told ""him"" enough of the truth to haunt him. Scott realizes Karen's back on drugs when she refuses a drug test. Karen lashes out at him for not being there for her when she was a child, but Scott offers to stand by her now. After learning from Julie that Karen's on drugs, Lucy angrily confronts her but Scott intercedes. Eve blames herself for not realizing sooner that Karen was using again. Eve tells Kevin she wants them to live apart until their wedding. Kevin and Rachel both hold identical paper weights given to them by his late lover Grace. Lucy receives a threatening letter.