Sonny and Lois' Penthouse: Lois:A camera Sonny:Yeah, a camera.(he hands it to her)Here, take a look at it. Lois:How long do you think it's been here. Sonny:That's the $64,000.00 question.(he heads out of the bedroom) Lois:Sonny, where are you going? Sonny:I'm going to check every damn vent in this apartment to make sure they're no more cameras. The Outback: Jax:So what do you say, Miss Solieto? Will you team up with me? Carla:I don't think you're aware of this, Mr. Jacks, but I'm related to one of your former partners. Tracy Quartermaine. She told me how you double-crossed her, so why would I be foolish enough to team up with you. Jax:Because we share a common goal. We want to ruin Katherine Bell's Deception party. Carla:Mr. Jacks, I couldn't care less abaout Katherine Bell's little party or whether or not it's a success. I've got bigger fish to fry. All I'm interested in doing is sticking it to Mikey but good. Jax:You see, we do have a common goal. I'd love nothing better than to stick it to Corinthos, myself. Carla:Thanks but no thanks. Jax:(stops her from getting up and leaving)Youe need me, Miss Solieto. This plan you have to stick it to Corinthos involves a video tape, doesn't it? Carla:Yes. Jax:I can help you switch video tapes and make sure your tape is the one that plays on the video screens instead of Katherine's during the party. V's Apartment: V(answers the phone)Hello?(she's greeting with an eerie silence)Hello? Look, why don't you say something. I know you're there. I can hear you breathing on the line.(she waits for the caller to respond)Look, I'm not going to stay on the line and play your sick little game with you. Find someone else to bother.(she slams down the phone)Come on, V, don't get paranoid. It's just a coincidence. You didn't really hear someone following you home in the fog, tonight. It was the fog. It just cause you to imagine hearing footsteps behind you.(her eyes fall on the strange orange orchid that was left on her doorstep)And that's just a simple flower. Don't start thinking there's something sinister about it.(she goes over to the window to draw the drapes closed and freezes at what she sees. Down on the street below her window a man is standing in the fog staring up at her apartment. She watches as he removes something from his coat jacket. It's a cell phone. Then he punches out a number and holds it up to his ear. A few seconds later the phone in her apartment begins ringing again. V jumps away from the window, grabs her gun and rushes out of her apartment to confront the man down below) The Outback: Carla:And just how would you help me do that? Jax:Simple, what you need is a diversion so you can switch tapes. I can provide you with one.(V runs through the bar carrying a gun and Jax jumps up from the table and follows after her)V, what's wrong?(he calls after her as he follows her outside)V, what is it? V:I saw someone out here staring up at my apartment. Jax:And you came out here to confront him? Are you mad? There's no telling what he might have done to you. V:Jax, I'm not Brenda. I can take care of myself. I've got a gun and I'm trained in self-defense. The one you should be worrying about is the man. Jax(peering into the fog that's growing thicker by the moment)Well, I guess he's gone, now. Come on, I'll walk you back up to your apartment. V(looks worriedly into the fog as she lets Jax lead her back inside)I guess I scared him off. I just hope he doesn't come back. Sonny and Lois' Penthouse: Lois(staring at the small pile of cameras sitting on the coffee table)Is that the last of them? Sonny:Yes, every last one of them. I checked every last vent just to make sure. This entire penthouse was put under surveillance. I don't like this, Cerullo, I don't like this, at all. Lois:Maybe they were here before we moved in. You know some people actually get off on filming themselves. Maybe the previous tenant put them in and didn't remove them when they moved out. Sonny:And maybe they didn't. Lois:Sonny, why would anyone want to spy on us. Sonny:I don't know. Maybe it was Cassadine. He did say he knew everything about me. Maybe this is how he knows. Lois:You really think he'd do something like that. Sonny:I don't know. But after the stories Luke told me about him, I think he's capable of something like this. When he gets back to town I intend to confront him about this and see if he sets off my BX meter when he denies it. Bobbie's Bedroom, Isle of San Monique: Stefan(taps lightly at the door that connects his bedroom to Bobbie's)Barbara, are you awake?(when he gets no answer, he opens the door and enters. Bobbie is sound asleep. He walks over to her and stares down at her, before removing his robe and climbing into bed next to her. Then he starts trailing kisses down the middle of her back. Still asleep, Bobbie turns over and wraps herself around him. Stefan smiles down at her)That's right, Barbara. Even in your sleep you recognize me.(he wraps his arms around her then settles into sleep) V's Apartment: Jax(and V enter)All right, V, what's going on? When I walked up on you, earlier, you screamed. Now this? V:All day long I've felt like someone was following me. I could hear someone's footsteps echoing the the fog behind me as I walked home, tonight. And when I got here(she picks up the orchid and hands it to him)this was sitting on my doorstep. Then after you left someone called but wouldn't say anything and when I went to pull the drapes I saw someone standing down in the fog staring up at my apartment. Then while I was staring at him he took out a cell phone and a few seconds later my phone began to ring, again. And the rest you know. Jax:I'm calling the police. V(puts her hand over Jax as he tries to pick up the telephone receiver)Jax, don't! Because of the fog I couldn't even see what the man looked like. If you call the police they'll just put it down to an hysterical woman imagining things. Jax:Well, if you won't let me call the police, then I'm spending the night. V:Jax, I don't think that would be a very good idea. How would you explain it to Brenda? Jax:I came right here from the airport. No one even knows I'm back in town, yet. V:Where would you sleep? Jax:Relax, V, I'll sleep on the couch. I promise I'll behave like a gentleman. V:All right, you can stay. To be honest, I'm feeling a bit nervous about being alone here after today's weird events and I'll feel better knowing you're here. Outside the Outback: Faison(stands in the foggy night staring up at V's apartment. He lights up a cigar)I see, Mr. Jacks will be spending the night. Well, enjoy here while you can, because very soon she'll be mine. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com