Szymon shows up to retrieve Julia's letters that were found by Caydena nd walks in just as Cayden is being attacked by an unknown assailant. Szymon struggles with the attacker, but the attacker gets away.

Later, Szymon retrieves Julia's letters from Cayden and wonders if there will be anything in the letters that will help find her killer.

When Szymon hears that Cayden's apartment was broken into, he and his partner, Cecilia Nakamura go to Cayden's house to check it out. As Cecilia realizes that the person who broke into Cayden's place wasn't after his valuables, she and Szymon inquire as to what the person may have been looking for. When Cayden tells them he doesn't know, Szymon wonders if he's telling the truth.

When it appears that Cayden is about to fall, Szymon catches him and asks him if he is okay. Cecilia teases Szymon and tells him that he wanted Cayden to fall into his arms and Szymon gets embarrassed.

Szymon runs into Cayden and Gage on their way to the hospital and joins them. There to visit his sick mother, Szymon seems more interested in Cayden than anything else. When Cayden goes off to visit Jesse, Gage approached Szymon and tells him to be careful. When Szymon asks him what he's talking about, Gage tells Szymon that he can see the way he looks at Cayden and warns him not to play with Cayden's emotions because Cayden is special.

After visiting his mother, Szymon heads to Jesse's room to question him about the suicide attempt. He accuses Jesse of attempting suicide because he was guilty for murdering Julia. When everyone gets angry at Szymon, he brushes it off, but when Cayden shows him a look of disappointment and disdain, Szymon is crushed and leaves the hospital room silently.

It is two weeks after Thanksgiving, and as the day begins everyone is helping Mason move into his new apartment, the apartment in which a neighbor of Cayden's committed suicide. When everyone begins to get tired of cleaning the new apartment, they decide to take a break. Cayden, Devon, Gage, Jesse, and Kathryn head to the corner store to pick up some snacks. While they are there, Szymon enters the store and speaks to Cayden privately, or so they think

When Szymon tells Cayden that they are officially labeling Julia's murder as a cold case, Devon reacts strongly. When everyone finds out what Szymon told Cayden, Cayden realizes that it would be best for Szymon to leave, and he does so.

As everyone decides to pay for their snacks and leave, a man with a gun enters the corner store and tells the cashier to hand over the money. When the cashier pulls out a shotgun, things go from bad to worse. The cashier is shot and killed and another customer who tries to flee is shot as well.

Outside, Szymon hears the gunshots and orders the store robber to come out, but the man doesn't comply. He holds Cayden, Devon, Gage, Jesse and Kathryn hostage, threatening to kill them.

When Jesse sees an opportunity to tackle the gunman, he takes it, but is overpowered by the other man. In the struggle to get free, Gage is shot. When Cayden sees that, he tries to flee but is held by the gunman. In an effort to get out of the store, the gunman holds a gun to Cayden's head and threatens to shoot him. Szymon sees that and loses it. When Szymon doesn't back off, the gunman shoots Cayden on the arm.

Szymons tells Cecilia Nakamura that he doesn't know what he'd do if Cayden was hurt and that if that man kills Cayden he's going to kill him.

When Cayden realizes that he has to get out of the store before he is killed. He tries to flee but if caught by the gunman and is thrown into the center of a standoff with the gunman and the police. With quick thinking, Cayden is able to briefly incapacitate the gunman, allowing Szymon a clear shot, which he takes.

It's Christmas Eve, and Szymon decides that he's going to explain everything to Cayden. Standing outside of Cayden's door, he starts talking to himself as he tries to figure out what to say, causing Mrs. Mulberry to come out into the hall and tell him to knock on the door and go inside already because he's driving her crazy.

When Szymon works up the courage to knock on Cayden's door, he is surprised to find a very naked Dominick Perrotti answer. When Szymon sees Cayden naked and wrapped in a bed sheet, he apologizes and excuses himself.

Szymon Skubisz finds himself finally coming to a decision, he wants to be with Cayden King. As he rushes to catch a subway train, he finds himself presented with all kinds of obstacles and, ultimately, misses the train.

Frustrated, he sits on a bench and sulks. When Mrs. Mulberry approaches him, she asks him what's wrong. Szymon tells her that it seems as if he's been missing every train - and every opportunity lately. He wonders if it's a sign that he and Cayden shouldn't be together. Mrs. Mulberry tells him that there are other trains and, that if he is patient, he can catch the next one and be exactly where he needs to be.

As the countdown to midnight begins, Szymon rushes to Cayden's apartment and knocks on the door. When Cayden opens it, Szymon Skubisz grabs him and kisses him in front of everyone. When he pulls away, he tells Cayden that he didn't want to start the new year without any regrets.

At lunch, Cayden tells Szymon that Elijah is moving in. Szymon admits that he is jealous of Elijah and Cayden tells Szymon that he's jealous of Andrea. Szymon tells Cayden the entire story about how he and Andrea are best friends and he donated sperm so that she could get preganant. He tells Cayden that they only got married because Andrea was sick and needed an operation, but didn't have proper medical insurance.

When Cayden hears the truth, he is relieved and Szymon confesses that he would like to kiss Cayden, but when Cayden moves in for the kiss, Szymon pulls back. Szymon tells Cayden that he doesn't want to kiss in public because he isn't out of the closet yet, but he invited Cayden to the bathroom of the restaurant so that they could make out in private.

Deciding that he would rather not hide the fact that he is gay, Cayden declines and leaves the restaurant.

When Szymon returns home, he grabs the divorce papers that Andrea gave him and contemplates signing them. He weighs the options and what signing the papers would really mean for his son, Sammy. After much deliberation, Szymon Skubisz signs the papers.

It is the night of Jesse's big art show and Szymon is running a bit late. When Szymon finally shows up, he professes his devotion to Cayden and tells him that he wants to be with him. Szymon then kisses Cayden in front of everyone.

When the host of the evening announces that it is time to reveal Jesse's final painting, things go badly when Jesse unveils a portrait of Julia that has been vandalized. Jesse tears out of the show, screaming.

Later, When Szymon admits that he feel like a failure for being unable to catch Julia's killer, Cayden admits that he kept Julia's diary. Szymon comes down on Cayden pretty hard over keeping the diary, but apologizes and warns Cayden that if people know that he has Julia's diary, his life could be in danger again. They decide to go to Cayden's apartment to retrieve the diary.

When they show up, they find Elijah having sex in Cayden's bed, but even more shocking, Cayden realizes that the diary is missing and comes to the conclusion that someone stole Julia Taylor's diary from his apartment.

Cayden meets up with Szymon and Sammy in the park and Szymon tells Cayden that he's happy that Sammy feels comfortable with him because he usually has a hard time meeting new people. As the two playfully flirt, Sammy falls and breaks his arm.

At the hospital, Cayden is happy to find out that Sammy will be fine. Szymon is equally relieved and kisses Cayden. When Szymon pulls away, he locks eyes with a police officer and quickly walks off, leaving Cayden standing there by himself.

It's Valentine's Day and at the police station, word has spread that Szymon is gay. Several of the other police officers taunt him about his sexuality when Cecilia Nakamura steps in to defend him. Szymon admits in front of everyone that he is, in fact, gay and tells them that if anyone has a problem with it, he'll kick their asses.

When Szymon finally shows up at Cayden's, he tells Cayden that he is completely out of the closet. He tells Cayden that they can go out and hold hands and kiss one another in public, but Cayden opts to stay in and the two make love. Afterwards, Szymon gives Cayden his ring. The ring is too big for Cayden's finger, but he keeps it anyway.

When Cecilia Nakamura and Szymon Skubisz arrive to pick up the bag of evidence left by Julia's killer, they are shocked that everyone rifled through the bag. As Cecilia goes through the evidence, she notes that someone took photographs of Julia inside of her apartment from the fire escape. Cecilia finds a picture in the bag that is different from the rest. Cayden is present in the photograph, which means that it was taken after Julia died, and furthermore, Jesse Martinez is cut out of the picture. Cayden admits that he took the picture at Christmas and made a copy for all of his friends.

Back at the police station, Cecilia and Szymon pore over the evidence and Szymon has a thought about one of the pictures. He calls Cayden and tells him to gather everyone and make them go get their copy of the photograph. Cayden quickly realizes that whoever doesn't have their copy of the picture is the killer.

Cecilia makes a startling discovery. The only other print on one of the pictures - aside from the prints that compromised the evidence - was Devon's.

In the basement of the apartment building, Cayden searches for the breaker switch in the darkness. As he is searching, Devon James appears and Cayden notices that she is acting a little strange. Devon admits to finding Mason dead in Cayden's apartment, and Cayden realizes that she is holding a bloody knife. Cayden begins to fear for his life and realizes that Devon is the killer, but Szymon Skubisz shows up in time to protect Cayden. He points his gun at Devon and demands that she surrender.

When Gage Matthews arrives in the basement, he is shocked to find Szymon weilding a gun on Devon as Cayden stands by and watches. Gage shields Devon from Szymon's gun and the four invidiuals find themselves in a standoff. Cayden accuses Devon of killing Mason and Gage denies that she had anything to do with it. Devon continues to try to get Cayden to listen to her words. Gage is ultimately successful in retrieving the knife from Devon, but Devon pushes forward and reaches into her jacket for something.

Szymon is poised to shoot, but Cayden stops him by telling everyone that Devon is pregnant. When Devon pulls out a piece of paper and hands it to Cayden, he is confused at first until he realizes that it is the picture he gave her. She still had it. Devon collapses to the ground and everyone realizes that she has been stabbed in the back.

When Cecilia Nakamura arrives at Cayden's apartment, Kathryn uses her quick thinking to tell Cecilia that Devon is on rampage murdering people and that she escaped through the fire espace. When Cecilia goes out there to find Devon, Kathryn grabs her gun and pushes her from the eighth story.

Szymon and Cayden arrive just in time to watch Cecilia being pushed off of the fire escape. They share tense words and Kathryn fires her gun on Cayden, causing him to stumble into the hall. Szymon rushes to his side and Kathryn slams the door shut.

Szymon kicks the door to Cayden's apartment down and finds Jesse standing there, holding the gun to his head. With the help of Cayden, Gage and Devon, Szymon is successful in getting Jesse to drop the gun. A defeated Jesse falls to the floor, a sobbing mess.

Szymon tells Cecilia that she will be alright as she is taken away in an ambulance. He then discusses Elijah's condition with Cayden. It seems that there was extensive damage to Elijah's head and they hope that he will be okay.