From: "Czajka, Marguerite" <czajkm@uf5387p01.ChicagoIL.ATTGIS.COM>

Alex appears at Mrs. Roberts+ hospital room where Joc is visiting.
Joc introduces them and after some awkward chitchat, Mrs. Roberts
ask them to go outside for a bit while she dresses.  Outside the
room,  through multiple commercial breaks, they hem and haw about
the situation.  Finally he admits that he+s not ready to give up on their
love and doesn+t want to break up with her.

Azure presses Bernardo for an answer about his going along on her
trip.  He says no because he pays his own way.  Azure finds the attitude
laughable, but Bernardo is laughing.  She doesn+t see why it+s a
big deal if she picks up a couple checks for a change and Tess would
pick up most of it anyway and he could keep her company.  She tells
him that if her won+t go, she+ll just quit modeling.  He tells her that
he knows she won+t do that and they can+t be *really* together as long
as she+s somebody and he+s not.  He says she doesn+t really know him
well, and she says she does and refers to high school before stopping.
He urges her to continue and wants to know how she knows so much
about him.

Molly is banging on the elevator door which Sydney has stopped to
force a captive Danny to listen to her.  She tells him the elevator is
the only place where she feels she is not being watched by her husband.
She "confides" that Jared has been watching the two of them.  Later, Molly
is wearily climbing the stairs.  She wanders around Danny+s place calling
for him.  Meanwhile, back in the lift, Danny is skeptical about Syd+s
admission.  He points out that they haven+t done anything but seemed
a bit pissed off when she tells him about cameras and microphone.  She
tells him that she+s frightened, and doesn+t know what to do.  She implies
that Jared has done unimaginable things and Danny softens.  She then
makes an actual confession - that Jared raped her.  She tells her story
about being naive when she met Jared and then realizing that Jared
thought of her as a possession.  (Meanwhile, Molly is running all over
asking people if they+ve seen Danny).  While she+s in a truthful mood,
she goes on to explain his faked death and why she kept it quiet.  Danny
asks if she reported it or saw a doctor and points out that if he did it
once, he+ll do it again.  She asks him to keep his distance from both her
and Jared at least for now, he agrees.  She asks how he+ll cover the loans
and he mutters something about wishing there really was gold in the
building.  Sydney asks "What gold?"  He tells her about the hidden treasure
theory and his fruitless search for it.  She thanks him for listening and
he tells her anytime.  They turn the elevator back on.

Tess is asking Tony what he is doing in the modeling agency after hours.
He tells her he came down to steal some paperclips.  She doesn+t buy it
and grabs something rolled up from his hands - it+s blueprints for the
building.  She asks him what he+s doing with them as an eavesdropping
Jared lurks in the next room.  Tony, having more clues that the rest of
the group put together, sees Jared and tells Tess she has company.  Tess
introduces the two, and Tony mentions that maybe Jared knows his
brother Joey.  Jared doesn+t think so and asks if Tony is an architect.
He tells Jared that he+s a PI and is looking for something someone lost
in the building - he could be anywhere.  Tess asks "He?", and Tony says
it+s a lost snake.  Tess is mildly perturbed by this and Tony assures her
that "he doesn+t bite you, he doesn+t strangle you - unlike other types"
as he turns and looks at Jared.  Tony tells Jared it was nice meeting him
and coolly strolls out, leaving Jared staring after him.  Tess is still 
upset
about the snake, and Jared asks if she thinks Tony was telling the truth.
She does and changes the subject to his wife and tells him about the con-
frontation with Sydney and that Syd thinks his interest in Tess is more than
just business.  He replies that he never said Sydney was stupid.  Tess 
doesn+t
look too happy.  Jared tells her not to worry, Syd+s just jealous of losing 
some
of her control over business and he leaves.  Outside the door, he calls 
someone
and tells them they have to talk about a Mr. Tony Solieto.

Danny goes to the bar and calls the loan shark, as Sydney heads to the
penthouse where Jared tells her he knows she+s been talking about him.
(Final scene)

Marguerite

