Michael and Nikki are playing pool at the bar
when Ric interrupts, telling Nikki about a phone
call from Marcos. Just then, Cruz arrives to watch
his informant make a buy. Cruz and Michael bust a
teen with Ice, but Cruz loses his cool and is held back
by Ric while Michael steps in. The teen, Rob,
admits to getting the drug for free on the beach
from some Hispanic guy he's never seen before.
Cruz and Michael convince Rob to work for them,
realizing that an instant market is being created
and they have to cut it off. They ask Ethan to
form a task force and agree to his demand to keep
the press out of it.
Derek and Kelly are at the Orient Express, but
he senses her discomfort and reminds her he's
not Robert Barr. This promts her to almost end the
date, but Derek invites her to go to the TV
station with him to preview Eden's piece on the
children. After they watch it, Derek apologizes
to Eden for being so skeptical and even Kelly tells her
it was great. Meanwhile, after running into
Derek and Kelly at the Orient Express, Ethan makes
a mysterious call and advises the other person to
watch Eden's piece on the orphanage. For his part,
Derek watches the telecast sitting at his round
table.
At the TV station, Eden is looking for her
camerawoman, Linda, when she turns up and seems
high. Meanwhile, Eden is frustrated when she learns
that her new assignment is covering the Easter
festivities. When Cruz fills Eden in on his case,
she asks to be included on his team, but he can't
do that because of Ethan's demand. They then watch
Eden's telecast together.
Alone with Marcos, Nikki assumes she's being
pushed for harbor duty so she can look the other
way concerning his illegal smuggling activities.
She demands to see her brother, refusing to sell
out her friends unless she knows for sure he's
fine. Later, Nikki is torn after Michael tells her
about the drug operation.
Laura returns to her room with a newspaper and
Annie asks her about this sudden interest in the
news. When Laura insists that she has nothing to
hide, Annie pulls out the gun.
Laura forces Annie to give the gun and the bullets
back by threatening to reveal that Annie killed
her husband, but Annie also knows about Laura's car keys and the nurse uniform.
Laura tells Annie to stop snooping around.
Nevertheless, Annie
wisely advises Laura not to shoot her husband,
saying a gun is too easy to trace. Later, spying
on Ethan through the window, Laura almost
shoots him but remembers Annie's advice and is
forced to hide when Cruz and Michael drop by
Ethan's on official business. She then returns the gun
to the desk drawer before Ethan can find it gone.
Upon Laura's return, Annie wrongly assumes that
Laura took care of her husband and is loony about
it.
