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

While Bernardo stares at the paper, stunned, he overhears 2 guys
discussing Azure.  One says he used to fantasize about her, the other
comments that he+s lucky he just fantasized - can you imagine if you
were a guy who dated her?  Bernardo tells them to shut up, grabs the
papers from their hands and buys all the papers the newsstand has on
hand.  He goes to Azure and throws the paper down with Azure+s picture
and the headline "Azure C... once a he".  He then proceeds to throw a
fit about the lies the paper is telling.  Azure tells him for the millionth
time that they have to talk.  Bernardo calls information to get the paper+s
number.  Azure tries to stop him, but then leaves.  Bernie runs after her.

Malcolm tells Jared he has 3 men for the job.  Jared doesn+t think that+s
enough, but Malcolm thinks more would attract too much attention.
Jared agrees and tells him if all goes according to plan, everyone will
be out of the building by week+s end.

Reporters are swamping Tess.  She is caught off guard.  The man from
Tendress is on the phone, so Tess flees to her office while Buck shoves
the reporters out the door.  Tendress wants to cancel Azure+s tour, but
Tess gets them to wait while she checks out the rumour.  Tess puts her
head down and mutters that her golden goose is a gander.  Tess guesses
that Jared had something to do with the leak and puts in a call to him.
Buck thinks the Azure thing will blow over, Tess doesn+t think so. She+s
hoping Jared can bail her out, Buck is displeased about her dependence
on Jared.  Just then Jared arrives.  Tess shows him the paper and he asks
if it+s true.  She hopes not, and she wants him to help her finance a PR
blitz.  She says she can count on him, right?  He+s says no - she can+t.

Danny and Sydney are talking - he wants her to go to the police.  She+s
afraid to, blah, blah, blah.  He keeps trying to get her to take legal
action, she keeps talking about how hot she is for him and how bad
Jared is, he+d kill her before he let her leave.  She leaves Danny and calls
someone saying they have to talk.

Zoey arrives at Molly+s to thank her for helping with Father Luke.
Molly is distracted, and Zoe notices a dead rose bouquet.  She tells
Molly that she saw that happen in a movie and it was a death threat.
For some reason, this doesn+t make Molly any happier.  Zoey misses
Richard, but won+t tell Molly the reason she broke up with him.  They
talk about Danny, Molly hates being lied to, but Zoey advises her not
to give Dan the cold shoulder for too long.  Danny arrives - Zoey leaves.
Danny admits he was lying, and that he+s in over his head business wise.
He sees the dead flowers and ask Molly about them.  The phone rings
and it+s Loanshark who tells Danny the flowers are from him.  He makes
some veiled threats against Molly and they hang up.  Molly asks who it was.

Loanshark is with Sydney, she asks how it went.  He tells her she must
have some axe to grind against Danny.  She tells him that it+s not his
business and tells him she has something else for him to do.

Bernardo catches up with Azure in the stairwell.  She tells him everything
is ruined, but he says that+s what they want them to think, but they+ll
fight these lies.  She tells him that they aren+t lies - it+s the truth.

Marguerite

