May 14, previews characters taking charge. For starters, Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) are moving forward with their plans to adopt Baby Phoebe, but in order to do so, they’ve got to make sure that the little one doesn’t have any biological family who might claim her. Chase declares to his wife, “We’re going to start our search into Delilah’s past.” But little do they know that investigation might lead them very close to home….

Covering Your Tracks

Since Jordan (Tanisha Harper) was released from the hospital following her car crash, she has been reluctant to face the outside world because of the physical damage she sustained to her appearance. Her good pal Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) stops by her place with encouragement. “What would it take to get you back in that room?” Justine poses. Whatever she’s suggesting, Jordan doesn’t exactly look enthused by it!

Meanwhile, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) has a question of her own, which she directs to her ex-husband, co-parent and former basement hostage, Ric (Rick Hearst). As the pair sits across a table from one another at Café Cherie, Alexis cuts to the chase and asks, “I need to know if you’re gonna have an issue with that.” But does her query relate to a client or to their daughter, Molly (Kristen Vaganos)?

Carly has had a very long day. She’s growing increasingly worried about the whereabouts of her MIA daughter, Josslyn (Eden McCoy), she’s still harboring a fugitive Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) in her attic and she’s just had a testy exchange with Nina (Cynthia Watros) at the hospital at Jack’s (Chris McKenna) mysterious stroke. So she’s not exactly in the mood to play hostess and makes that very clear to whoever shows up at her door. “I don’t know why you’re here,” she tells the visitor, “but I have no desire to talk to you.”

Speaking of Josslyn, she’s not off somewhere on WSB assignment as part of Jack’s plan to get revenge on Carly as her mom suspects. Her predicament actually much worse: She’s being held hostage in Anna’s (Finola Hughes) former digs in the bowels of Wyndemere. “I’m a prisoner here!” she complains to an unruffled Cassius (Ryan Paevey), the very man who kidnapped her. “And you’re welcome,” he replies with a smirk.

Curtis has been on the warpath since he developed the theory that Isaiah (Sawandi Wilson) caused Jordan to crash into the guardrail on Route 51. His foul mood shows no signs of easing up — in fact, when he walks into the Metro Court Gardens and spies Isaiah placing his hands on a pregnant Portia’s (Brook Kerr) belly, he immediately explodes in anger. “Take your hands off of my child!” he shouts.