A Triple Shot of Karma & Platinum Fury Focus

Marlena Christie and Edgar Allan 'Poe' Starkes have lived an exciting and productive lifestyle during ten months of reunion, and they're jetting to LA Friday for a poolside celebration at Kelcie Montalco's, the Playmate-soap opera starlet who bought Eddie's script for her first big screen role.

Eddie brings Marlena a 'redemption' novella, done as a mental 'fix' to his life before her return, featuring a 1-1 with God, sharing it because she's well-connected with the Universe.

Terri Espinoza is Marlena's spiritual doppelganger and a physical twin for Montalco, and sex with her cost him a job with Greiner. He has no idea about a brutal aftermath for Terri from that situation, but her kidnapping him is a massive shift in the Universe's usual favoring of Marlena's plans.

Terri is sure Marlena won't involve police because, "I have a CD with you talking about art stolen from fat cat friends, and it sounds like you killed and buried a guy named Rommel," something only a small handful of people know about.
In rallying Eddie's friends (The Nine), Marlena relies on Rahim Maxwell, who takes the kidnapping personally because he'd left Eddie alone to go see his girlfriend just a minute earlier.

Marlena is torn between Greiner getting the justice he'd deserve if given to Terri, or putting Montalco in a dangerous situation to help save Eddie. Montalco accepting the possibility of violent negatives for the exact reason Eddie uses in his four-year-old novella is profound.

The spirit of Mother Maggie, the one person who treated Terri as important, who dies at the beginning of Eddie's novella promises, "I'll make sure she does right," during a mid-flight appearance as Marlena heads to Charlotte, is a solution she keeps to herself.

"Poe," she explains post crisis, "half my 300 guests are arriving tomorrow, a wedding I've wanted for ten years is the day after that, but sweetheart, I'm going to want a LOT more explaining of your one-on-one with God after we're on island time."