Without exposing her role in the incident, Lena promises Erica that she will get to the bottom of the money trail that lead from Enchantment to the plaintiff bringing the lawsuit against Fusion. Lena seems genuinely concerned about Bianca's feelings as she assures Bianca that she is staying in Pine Valley. Bianca later approaches Erica, reminding her that she is a grown woman and asks Erica not to meddle in her personal life. Kendall angrily confronts Michael with the fact that he slept with another woman. Michael tries to turn the tables on Kendall and make her feel as though she was the one who betrayed him but Kendall stands her ground. Still hurting from their earlier encounter, Carlos keeps Greenlee at a distance. Greenlee uncharacteristically offers Kendall a shoulder to cry on when Kendall returns to the office after her debacle with Michael. Greenlee is stunned when Kendall gives her a check for $15,000 and explains she got the money from pawning the necklace Michael gave her. Michael calls Lena, demanding she use Bianca to get Boyd's formula. Although inwardly frightened by Michael's threats, Lena refuses to hurt Bianca and warns Michael that if he destroys her, she will take him down as well. Simone goes before the judge on her solicitation charges with Kenny as her lawyer. In spite of the very vocal support of the "working girls" she shared her jail cell with, the judge lets Simone off with a suspended sentence. Kenny is privately crushed when Simone later leaves with Carlos. Jamie insists to Laurie, Joni and Reggie that nothing happened between him and Holly, the prostitute. Laurie cuts Jamie off when he starts to explain that he wanted to wait to be with someone he truly cares about, implying that person is Laurie.
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