Nina was on the phone in Alexis' office at the Invader when there was a knock on the door. She hung up the phone, and Drew entered. She advised him that she was very busy, and she was having trouble logging on to Alexis' computer in order to submit an article. Drew spotted a sticky note with Alexis' password, so Nina logged in and submitted her article. Nina advised Drew that he could wait for Alexis outside, as Nina was going to lock the office, but he replied that he was there to see her. He wondered if she had missed Crimson.
A short while later, Nina returned with coffee and doughnuts for herself and Drew. She admitted that she missed Crimson, as the newspaper business was clearly not her calling. She wondered if Carly was failing at Crimson, and Drew divulged that he'd fired Carly, who'd never wanted the magazine, anyway. Nina gleefully realized that Carly had dumped Drew, and he called her ugly for expressing joy at someone else's misfortune. She reminded him that she had extensive experience as a target of that, so it was a nice change. He figured that Carly had already started the next issue, so both of their names could be on it. Nina was adamantly against that, so Drew figured it would be easier to let the magazine die. "Wait," Nina said, stopping him.
At a photoshoot, the photographer gave Sasha instructions, but the creative director wasn't happy. Lucy directed her to act like she didn't want to be there, and the shoot continued. The creative director still wasn't happy, so Sasha asked him to tell her exactly what he wanted. He said that she was doing a great job, and the reason he was unhappy was beyond her control, so he canceled the shoot.
In Heather's hospital room, Laura looked on as Willow checked Heather's vitals, and T.J. talked to Heather about her upcoming surgery. Just then, his phone went off, and he left the room, followed by Willow. Heather talked to Laura about how things had been when they'd been young and pretty. She appreciated Laura keeping her company, and Laura replied that the few Webbers left had to stick together. Heather commented that she had never really cared about dying, but she wondered what would have happened had she made better choices in life. She asked if she'd always been "this crazy," and Laura answered that it was more of a recent development.
Outside the room, T.J. talked to Elizabeth about Heather's surgery and ran off to attend to something. Deanna approached Elizabeth and told her about a shortage in the medical storage area. Willow overheard as they talked about missing drugs, and she texted Michael in a panic that she needed to see him as soon as possible. Willow advised Elizabeth that she was going to take her break a little early, and she left.
A few minutes later, Elizabeth was on the phone and learned that the drugs taken were expensive, but it was a small amount with no street value, and the drugs were only known to medical professionals. She offered to pull the records of everyone who had logged in and out of the pharmacy storage in the previous few days, and she hung up. Deanna asked Elizabeth if someone could lose their job over missing drugs, and Elizabeth replied that she would be the one to lose her job.
Willow arrived home and informed Michael that the drugs she'd gotten for Jason had been flagged as missing, and Elizabeth was looking into it. She panicked over Jagger potentially questioning them and her having to perjure herself, but she refused to let Elizabeth take the fall. Michael vowed to do whatever he could to help Jason, who'd saved his life several times, and he begged Willow to stand with him.
At Deception, Spinelli handed out sheets of paper to Maxie, Tracy, and Brook Lynn. Just then, Cody arrived, and Maxie figured that he could stay for the explanation of the new security protocols. As Spinelli began to talk, Maxie's phone went off. She ran out into the hall and answered it to the representative from Belle Peau, who Sasha's photoshoot was with. She was advised that the shoot had been canceled, and she demanded to know why.
Maxie returned to her office a few minutes later and assured everyone that everything was fine. Cody apologized, explaining that Sasha had texted him, and he'd shared the news that the shoot had been canceled. Just then, Lucy and Sasha arrived. Sasha explained that the shoot had felt off from the start. Lucy admitted that Sasha had been seen as "too wholesome," when an edgy, mysterious look was what the magazine had wanted. Just then, Tracy's phone went off, and she announced that the board was being called to the hospital, so she left. Lucy suggested that they needed a "second face of Deception," which shocked everyone in the room.
Spinelli's phone went off, and he ran out into the hall to answer it. He answered it to Michael, who asked if he'd ever hacked into the hospital's pharmacy control system. Spinelli wasn't sure and asked for details. A short while later, he was on his computer in the hall, and he muttered that he was almost there.
Inside the office, Brook Lynn scolded Lucy for not running the potential change by her and Maxie before just blurting it out. Cody was furious at Lucy's suggestion and told Lucy so, but she refused to "listen to a stableboy" who'd only been kept around to keep Sasha happy. Cody growled that he'd never hated a job more, and he quit on the spot. Lucy reminded him that he couldn't quit, as he had a contract. "Sue me," he yelled, and he left and slammed the door behind him. Lucy figured he just needed time to cool off, but Sasha could tell that he'd made up his mind. She thoughtfully considered that maybe it was time for her to quit, too, but Maxie nervously advised her not to make any rash decisions. "Look at what you've done," Brook Lynn chided Lucy angrily.
At the hospital, Elizabeth told someone on the phone to "call off the bloodhounds," as the missing drugs had been accounted for. As Elizabeth hung up the phone, Tracy approached and asked about a discrepancy. Elizabeth explained that the message should never have gotten to her until there was a real problem, but their slow security had created an alert that suggested there had been a theft. She apologized that Tracy had stopped by for nothing. Tracy thanked Elizabeth for rescuing her from an even more pointless meeting, and she left as Willow breathed a sigh of relief.
T.J. returned to Heather's room, and two nurses prepared to take Heather for her surgery. Heather regretted that she would just be going to a prison across the country after her surgery, but Laura didn't know what the options were. She wished Heather luck, and the nurses wheeled Heather out. Kevin arrived and noticed that Laura seemed upset. Laura explained that she had a lot of empathy for Heather, as Laura had had her own struggles with mental health, but she'd had a support system that Heather hadn't. Kevin suggested that he search for psychiatric diagnoses resulting in overturned convictions, and Laura was happy with that.
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