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Nicole runs around the mansion calling for Rolf, the only person who she thinks can get Stefano and EJ out of the hospital. She's sure that Sami and EJ are already making love. Pouting and pouring herself a drink, she wonders how he could choose to be with someone he has to convince to love him. She weeps as she tries to imagine how she could ever be with someone like him.

The show fades into black and white. Lucas is a P.I.. He sits in his dank office, smokes and wonders if his wife is beating the heat. She is. Across town she has her own "limey" climbing off of her. She asks if all the Brits are so good. He says they have to have the right tools. She calls him Junior and he snaps, telling her only his wife can call him that. He tells her about his time in Singapore. Climbing on top of him, she tells him he does things to her that her husband would never think of. They hear a noise and start to freak. He shoves her in the closet. Nicole walks in and gropes her beefcake trophy husband. She's been driving and looking for a cool breeze. She asks him what he's been doing. He claims he's been trying to nap. Looking at the bed, she has her doubts. He better not be stepping out on her, she threatens; she's paid for him and doesn't like to share her toys. "As long as you love me and only me... and you do don't you Junior?" she furrows her brow. He promises to always be faithful and offers her a high ball but there's no ice. She tells him to wash off his sweat while she gets the ice. After she steps out, he pushes Sami out and lights a smoke. Relaxing, he doesn't notice the earring that Sami left behind on the floor.

Lucas grumbles around his office wishing he could afford butter to put on his bread. Business is so bad he had to let his secretary go. He's relieved that, at least, he has the love of a good woman. Sami walks in on cue and resists a kiss from her "honey bunny" because it's too hot. He gropes her and says the closest thing he got to work was an old man who thought he was the dentist. She tells him they can live on bologna and eggs. He informs her they're dead broke. Desperate for cash, he wants to sell her earrings. She notices one is lost. They search around and he asks her where she's been. She flashes back to squealing under EJ on the silk sheets. Lucas comforts her and tells her something will turn up.

At Club Marlowe, a smoking Philip finds a bespectacled Chloe and asks her if he can help her out. She searches for a nickel to pay for her coffee, but she's broke. He offers her a job but she can't cook... only sing. He warns her that they have flash crowd here. She begs for a chance to show him what she can do. Climbing up on stage, she sings for him and he nods before slowly clapping. He offers her a full time job. She's enthusiastic but warns him that she's only singing for her supper; she knows that all men are beasts. He says it will be awhile before men start chasing her the way she looks right now. "Pin-up girls don't shop at the Salvation Army," he quips. Pulling off her glass, he tells her she can clean up just fine.

Back home, EJ showers as Nicole cleans the carpet. She discovers the earring and pensively sits on the bed, stifling her tears. She promptly goes over to see Lucas. He bemoans the fact that his enemies in the underworld have been putting the kibosh on his business. Nicole tells him she doesn't care about all that, she still wants to hire him. They barter for his services and she likes his spunk. Agreeing to his price, she tells him to hunt down the cheap tart sleeping her husband. He asks for a clue. She flashes the earring. His eyes go wide. "What's the matter shamus?" she asks. He tells her it's her lucky day: Case closed. This is the hardest money he's ever earned and her little case just broke his heart. The cheap tart is his wife. "Small world huh?" she grimaces; so what's he gonna do about it. "I'll think of something," he mutters, staring out the window.

Chloe's had a quick make-over and takes to the stage. Philip chain smokes as she serenades the audience. EJ strolls in and orders some champagne. He sizes Chloe up. Philip warns him that she's taken, even if she doesn't know it yet. EJ likes the challenge.

Later, Lucas stands in his office playing with his gun when his former secretary, Chloe, walks in. He's shocked to see her glammed up. She tells him that she got a new job already and hands him some cash, because she knows he's hard up. He refuses to take a handout out from a dame and tells her to keep her nose clean. She insists that she hasn't done anything to be ashamed of; her heart belongs to one man only, "Some P.I.." They kiss. He steps away. "The way I'm feeling now is illegal," he says. "That's a compliment right?" she asks, squinting. He talks about the twinkle in her eyes. She says it's her astigmatism. He can't cheat on his wife, even if she is cheating on him. She tells him Sami could never love him like she does. Nicole strolls in and tells Chloe to get lost so she can and Lucas can go and catch her husband in the act. Lucas offers to get her pictures. She wants to be there in the flesh. She tells Chloe this is just business and she's not the competition. Chloe tells Lucas that he can whistle for her if he changes her mind. Nicole closes the door on her.

EJ takes Sami to the club. Philip asks them if they want a table or a bed. "He's funny!" Sami giggles, running off to the powder room. He and Philip light up. "Watch out Junior. Your two-timing will be the death of you," Kiriakis warns. Moments later, as EJ and Sami make out in a corner, Nicole and Lucas walk in and spot the couple. She can't understand why her husband would pick up such a cheap tramp. Chloe begins to sing and Lucas stops in his tracks.

When Sami gets home, Lucas tells her the jig is up. Handing him her wedding ring, she tells him she's going away with EJ and walks out. Back at the club, Philip tells Chloe to forget the other guy. He'd do anything to make her happy if she'll give him the chance, he says, pulling her into a kiss. Over at Nicole's, EJ packs and tells her he'll be moving out. Though he promises there's not other dame, he's ready to walk out. She kisses him. He pats her cheek. "No one walks out on me!" she yells. Junior walks out. Later, Sami runs in searching for EJ. Nicole reminds her that this is her house and promptly begins choking the bimbo with her scarf before flopping her on the bed and suffocating her with a pillow. "That's what you get Goldilocks for sleeping in Mama Bear's bed," she says.

Nicole snaps out of her fantasy. "Funny how I always end up the bad girl," she comments.

Next on Days of Our Lives:

"I'm the right woman for you. Better than that tramp you were going to run away with," Nicole tells EJ.

Chloe sits with Philip until Lucas shows up and startles them.

"Big gun," Nicole says. "You should see the size of the hole it makes," Lucas retorts. "You gonna plug me? Go ahead, do it!" Nicole challenges.

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