The next morning, Jake get home before Megan wakes up, having been on a stakeout all night.He rushes Megan off to work and then ushers Lucky in. The two of them start taking apart Megan’s bed, but Megan returns and catches them in the act. Jake and Lucky make an excuse, but Megan is sure they are up to something. Alex practices a speech about why she got into law, and Bo is unable to calm her nerves. Alex admits she’s distracted and upset because her father took a job in San Francisco. Viki tries to walk Jessica to her bus stop, but Jessica says she’s not a little kid and can make it herself. Clint cancels on Viki, saying he has to go into the office. Viki wants him to level with her and asks if there’s trouble at work that she doesn’t know about. She offers to come help out at the Banner if he needs the extra help, but Clint assures her he has everything well in hand. Julia brings DuAnn her blackmail money, unawares that Carlo’s man has followed her and witnessed the payoff. Tony returns and is surprised-and seemingly dismayed-by the news that Andy married Hunter Guthrie. Andy clarifies that she and Hunter only got fake married so his family would disinherit him. Renee tries to apologize to Viki on Asa’s behalf, explaining that his actions at the Banner yesterday were just him genuinely wanting to help. This is the first Viki has heard of Asa and Clint’s confrontation the previous day and it does nothing to allay her fears that her family’s paper is in trouble.
Meanwhile, Clnt has lunch with Sondra and says it’s getting tougher to stay away from her. Sondra brings him a book of poetry as a gift. Hunter visits the Fraternity Row set and gives Bo an idea on how to edit one of Megan’s scenes. Megan and Hunter are planning to have lunch, but she gets a note from Jake asking her to meet him right away. LeeAnn tells her mother that her bus to Llanview leaves in two hours. DuAnn gives the sage advice: “The further north you get, the less you smile.” Based on Jake’s note, Megan goes to the abandoned building Jake visited the previous night. The ramshackle place seems completely empty. Megan calls for Jake but gets no answer, and she is startled when the front door slams behind her. Bo clears his schedule and offers to escort Alex to her Women in Law conference in NY. Clint comes home and Viki tells her about Renee’s visit. Clint says he clearly didn’t do a good enough job convincing Asa that The Banner will be OK, though he admits to Viki that circulation is down. Clint swears he has the situation under control. Clint suggests he and Viki go for a romantic walk, but when he goes upstairs to get changed, Viki finds the poetry book in Clint’s coat. When he returns, Viki asks who Sondra is.
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