Maggie forged ahead, explaining that Xander had been a broken man after Sarah's disappearance and had reverted to bad habits. Maggie tried to defend Xander's actions, but Sarah insisted that there was no excuse for such behavior. Sarah was furious with Maggie at first but eventually conceded the point then went back to just being furious with Xander. Maggie admitted to having known about that particular misdeed all along then explained that keeping quiet about it had been a deliberate choice based on the belief that it was always best for Sarah to hear such things directly from Xander instead. Sarah entered the Kiriakis mansion with a duffel bag and started venting to Maggie about the latest skeleton that had emerged from Xander's closet. "I mean, I know Leo is a scam artist and a buffoon, but.I'm not convinced the guy's a killer," Xander admitted while waiting for an answer from Jack, who eventually countered that the evidence against Leo was hard to ignore. Xander sighed then changed the subject, wondering if Jack believed that Leo was responsible for Abigail's murder and Sonny's stabbing. "What can I do to make Sarah forget that she married an idiot?" Xander wondered, drawing a shrug from Jack. Jack seemed almost impressed with Xander for having managed to chase off Sarah so soon after they had been pronounced husband and wife. Xander headed over to the Horton house to confide in Jack about being on the outs with Sarah yet again.