Austin makes his pitch to Carrie: she can work with him and supervise the product line of her old company, highstyle. To Sami and Lucas’s horror, Carrie is tempted. Lucas asks about Carrie’s old employees, can Austin afford to re-hire them? Lucas makes a counter proposal: he and Titan will start a “highstyle” division in Los Angeles and will hire back all of Carrie’s former employees. Carrie, to Austin’s disappointment and Sami’s glee, accepts Lucas’s proposition. Sami tells Austin now that Carrie’s working for Titan, he’ll be attacking Carrie as well as Lucas. Austin knows, but Carrie hasn’t left him any other choice.