"Oh, Nico!" Angelyne trills as she throws herself against him, "Thank you so much for the Zep cover...I love Zep." "It was Bill's idea, Angelyne, you should hug Bill," Nico answers with a laugh, patting the singer on the back.

While Nicolas breathes, Mary takes a steam bath. Nico decides it would be a good time to leave, and gets up, only to have Monica come up behind him. "Where's that good looking brother you brought to Bill's party?" she asks. Nico laughingly tells her his brother is taken already, and says he's in a hurry to get home. "I don't think so," Monica says, her smile turning menacing. "Don't think I don't know what's been going on with you & Mary, Nico. Why don't you join me in the hottub where we can discuss this."

Nico isn't sure what there is to discuss, but better do it in the hottub than in front of Angelyne & Derek. Monica lays it out for him as soon as they get into the gold-colored water of the spa hottub, "The hotelier here & I are very good friends, Nico. You probably aren't aware that there's a security camera in the utility closet behind the restroom of the banquet hall...of course you aren't aware of it, or you wouldn't be doing what you're doing on the tape I have from it." Just as he thought he was going to break it off clean & start over, it's all starting to come apart..."You wouldn't print that.." he says hoarsely, not even sure if she wouldn't. Monica laughs, deep & throaty. "No, of course not. People don't want to think of Mary that way, exposing her would just backfire on the magazine...I don't want to print it. But I could show it to Jackie...." Nico shakes his head in amazement, "Why?" he asks, "Why would you do that?" Monica laughs again & her hand slides up over his leg, "I wouldn't show it to her, Nico, if you do what I want...," she purrs suggestively.

Now it's relief when Debbie joins them...Nico sidesteps the issue, starts talking about the photos they're going to use for an interview he did for the online version of her magazine, while firmly removing her hand from his leg. Monica has the goods on him, but there's no way he can accept her terms. But if he doesn't...she's going to destroy him.

"Can you believe my massage therapist called in sick & they tried to give me replacement? Some creepy new guy...no way," Debbie rolls her eyes, smiling prettily as she complains. Monica then decides to get out of the tub, without having finished this business with blackmail. Does she expect him to follow? When Mary joins them at that moment, Nico is sure he's being brought down by divine justice.

Nico gets himself out of the tub & away from Mary, and find himself facing Monica. "It was nice seeing you, I have to run now," he babbles stupidly. Anything that gets said in front of Debbie can be reported to Andrea. "I'd like to hear back from you about the photos within one week," Monica says, looking at him knowingly, "Otherwise, I will have to release what I have."

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