08-30-2017 (Wednesday) The Blue Gems

Maxie turns around and slaps Amy across the face, after slapping Nathan; she calls her a tramp.  Nathan tells her she has it all wrong; Amy insists they aren’t having an affair, they were having a business meeting.  Maxie laughs; she doesn’t believe it first, but after they explain everything, she gets it… she still looks angry.  Nathan asks her to please not let this come between them.  She tells him she forgives him, but says he still has a lot of explaining to do; she says she doesn’t get why he didn’t just tell her about posing as Ask Man Landers.  He apologizes.  He tells her that he has decided to quit his job and move to Portland to be with her; she tells him he could do that, but she won’t be there.  She quit her job to come back home to him; he is elated.  They kiss.

As Jason pushes Sam out of the way, taking the bullet himself, he tosses Sonny his gun and Sonny shoots the shooter (a man they call Petrov); Jason falls to the ground and passes out.  Sam rushes to him; Max calls 911.  Sam tries to put pressure on the wound and begs Jason to open his eyes; he does.  She tells him to stay with her.  The paramedics arrive; Jason starts coughing.  They say he has a good radial pulse.  They get him on the stretcher and wheel him off to the ambulance; Sam goes with them.

Carly tells Jos that she wants to move back in with Sonny now; Joslyn tells her she will agree to move back in with her, Sonny, and Avery.  She is ready to be a family again; Carly smiles.  Felicia tells Bobbie that Janelle is Nelle’s given name, and apparently she had a fiancé` once who died in a kayaking accident – the police and the boy’s family suspect it wasn’t really an accident.  The plug to the kayak had been removed so it took on water.  Felicia says he was the son of wealthy parents; Bobbie makes the connection to Michael.  Felicia says the boy had named Janelle as the beneficiary in his Will when they got engaged.  She leaves and Carly sits down with Bobbie; Bobbie says she has to tell her something, but Carly cuts her off.  She says everybody is happy and she isn’t going to interfere with that; Bobbie says this may be a matter of life and death, and she is concerned about Michael.

Valentin shows up in Morrocco; he sets up a meeting, tricking Valentin into seeing him.  His plan succeeds; Nina tells him that she does want to be with him again.  He puts her rings back on her finger and asks if she will “not divorce” him; she agrees and they make love.  Meanwhile, Dillon tries to figure out exactly what Nina wants for the pictures; Nelle says three shots of each model, wearing all three pieces of jewelry.  She opens the briefcase to find the jewelry all tangled up; as she is trying to straighten it out, she sees a beautiful necklace with blue gems.  She puts it on; Dillon tells her it is stunning on her and suggests she stand in for the models while he adjusts the lighting.  He takes several shots and says they should just put her on the cover; Nelle objects, as she takes the necklace back off.  Dillon leaves the room; Nelle stares at the necklace as she holds it in her hands.

Scene changes… Nelle and Dillon are looking over the photos; Nelle says she doesn’t like the way the necklace looks on her, adding she doesn’t think she’s cut out to be wealthy.  She tells him to delete the photos.  Nina’s phone rings; she tries to ignore it, but the caller calls back… it’s a woman; she says “the sapphire necklace on loan from Raphael is [now] missing.”