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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.

Tuesday
August 19, 2008
How Many Times do I Have to Kill you Before you Really Croak?

In Nicole's fantasy world, Lucas thinks that Chloe is one hot tomato and one he could count on, not like his two timing wife. Seeing her smooching Philly K at the club hurts him even more than his wife's betrayal. Lucas interrupts them and tells Chloe that what she does on her own time is her business. Philip is defensive. Chloe says she doesn't fool around with married men, but insists that what he's walked in on, isn't what he thinks. Lucas strolls out. Chloe is ready to run after him. Philip holds her back. She tells him that she loves Mr. Horton. He can tell just from looking at them that they're in love; if she wants to run after him and make a fool of herself, she can go ahead, but he can give her what Lucas can't. If she leaves him now, she'll be leaving her new career behind and end up eating soup at the mission. She doesn't want that. He tells her to get changed into something tight and low for the show.

"How many times do I have to kill you before you really croak?!" Nicole shouts as she suffocates Sami. Once Sami stops kicking, Nicole hopes she's dead because killing her is exhausting. "I look better than you ever did," she says, looking in the mirror after she climbs off the stiff. The front door opens. EJ strolls in looking for Sami. Nicole ruins his expectations. She thought he was going out of town. He forgot something. "Your mistress?" she asks, telling him that his floozy won't be showing up. He won't deny it. He loves Nicky, but this is the man he is and the man he's always been. "I just can't stay faithful," he admits. She offers to learn anything for him to please him. He tells her that he's a no-good grifter and any woman he picks up, he will cheat on. "Then it was all for nothing..." she sadly says. He guesses Sami must have been there, so what did she do to her? She would do anything if she thought it meant getting him back. He says she's too classy for him. He strolls back out, leaving her with a body on the floor.

Lucas goes back to his office to get drunk before he starts thinking about what to do with his life. His plans are interrupted when Nicole calls to confess that she "took care of her". He's not following so she asks him over to see for himself. She waits and files her nails. He arrives. When he walks in, she asks him if he likes the bedroom. He asks if she is playing tit for tat. Pouring a drink, she tells him he won't be happy with her. Lucas grabs her and demands to see his wife. Nicole points at the lump on the floor with her shoe. "I'm not taking the rap for this," he says as he checks the corpse. She's sure that he'll be the prime suspect and could easily get life for this so she wants his help. She didn't plan to kill Sami, but she gave her too much lip. Lucas doesn't want to dump his wife in an alley; even she deserves better. Whipping out his gun, he tells her to shut her trap. She compliments his gun and challenges him to snuff her but he won't put a hole in a dame even if she deserves it. Handing her a gun with the serial number removed, he tells her to do what she has to and walks out.

At the club, Chloe sings while Philip listens. He tells her she really poured her heart into that one but could have just faked it. She wonders if he is going to wait before trying to take advantage of her. He's not that kind of guy and won't fire her; the customers like her after all. She sits down and agrees to his offer. He suggests that she needs to find a way to move on and forget about Lucas. "It won't be easy," she pouts, and she doesn't want to be alone. They kiss. He breaks away. He wants her to want him and won't play second banana to her old boss. "You're a better lug than I gave you credit for," she says. Standing up, she announces that she has to find Lucas. Ripping up her music sheet, she tells Philip that his customers deserve better. He tells her to go for it. "You're a good egg Mr. K!" she says, kissing his cheek and scurrying off.

EJ walks into the club. He sits with Philip at the bar and they drink. He tells Philly that something must have happened to the piece of skirt he was in there with before. Nicole walks in. EJ reminds her that they're through. Philip leaves them alone. Nicole sips her Manhattan and tells him that she killed his mistress. He laughs and doesn't believe it. "I'm crazy for you lover!" she exclaims. Sami's dead and the only thing that matters is that they're together now. He says that will never happen. She takes out the gun and announces that she will kill them both. "You and me, back in bed or dead?" she challenges. He tells her that she was taking him for granted. Calming her with a lot of promises, he takes the gun and places it on the bar. No one's ever loved him enough to kill for him. He asks her what she did with the body. She dumped it in the trash. He tells her that she needs to go on the lam and they run off, leaving the gun behind.

Chloe looks for Lucas in his office. He's gone and so, she imagines, is any chance she's had with him. Leaning over, she peers out the window. Lucas catches her and guesses she is about to jump. As he pulls her out, she explains that she was just trying to get some air. He'd rather listen to anyone's problems but his own right now. He pours her a drink and she tells him she quit her job. She had everything while she was working for Philly K... everything but Lucas. That's music to his ears. He plants one on her. "But what about your wife?" she asks. He tells her that she's dead and he blew the whistle on Nicole. Chloe's sure that everything will work out for them now. He just wants a fresh start with someone he can trust, someone like her.

Nicole and EJ go home to pack. He swears it will just be the two of them forever. She tells him to prove it. They fall on the bed. Before she can pull his shirt off, there's a knock at the door. Roman and Abe burst in and tell her she's going away, but it won't be on vacation. She plays dumb. They don't buy it; they know that Sami is stone cold dead and she's the one who iced her. "You're done toots," Roman says. They cuff her. EJ smokes. She asks him to wait for her. "Sorry doll face, I'm not that guy," he says. Roman tells her she's going to the chair. They drag her out. EJ swipes her remaining cash. Back in reality, Nicole wonders if EJ could really love her if Sami was out of the picture. "I can't even get EJ in my own imagination," she says, running off to find out what's going on at the hospital.

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