EPISODE 5

At the cabin --

Emily stood in front of the mirror and admired her pregnant form, as Alexis watched on. "I am so fat." Emily sighed as she turned to Alexis for reassurance that she wasn't.

"Emily, sweetie, you're not fat." Alexis smiled.

"Are you kidding? Look at me!" Emily turned to her side and pulled up her shirt to show her 5 month belly.

"You look beautiful." Zander said as he walked in on her and Alexis, startling her when she heard his voice.

Emily quickly turned towards him and covered her belly. He came to her and kissed her gently on her cheek as his hand caressed their unborn child. Emily noticed the concerned look that came over his face.

"Something wrong?" she asked as she pulled back from him.

"Nothing you should concern your pretty head with." he replied and then pulled her to him.

"Something *I* should be concerned with?" Alexis spoke up.

"No not you either. I got it under control." Zander said confidently before heading to the other room to work.

Alexis didn't believe him. She had seen the circumstantial evidence that was being stacked against Zander, if he wasn't careful, he could find himself back in a jail cell before too long. Alexis excused herself and followed Zander to have a talk with him about how under control the situation really was.

She stood in the doorway of Zander's office and leaned up against the door jam, crossing her arms in front of her. Zander looked up from the paperwork he was focused on and smiled.

"We need to talk." Alexis said as she stepped inside the room and closed the door.

"Okay, what about?" Zander replied and he closed the file folder.

"We need to talk about Sal Morales."

Zander leaned back in his chair and got comfortable. "Come on in .. let's talk."

Alexis came in further and sat down in the chair. The evidence weighed heavily on her mind and she didn't like Zander's chances with what Ric already had against him.

"I know Ric asked you about Morales, but now I'd like you to tell me too." she said as she got comfortable in the chair.

"I don't know what you want to hear, Alexis."

"I just want the truth, Zander. Whatever you want to tell me ... but I can tell you this much, if you don't come clean with me, Ric is going to send you away till your unborn baby has graduated from college." Alexis replied, hoping to scare him into telling her everything.

Zander sat up in his chair and leaned forward against the desk. He contemplated telling her everything, but knew that what he would tell her, would bring everything crashing down around him. He sighed deeply and conceded into telling Alexis about his relationship with Sal Morales.

"Sal was a frequent visitor to our house, he and Frank did a lot of business together. Sal was around a lot. After Frank died, Sal continued to business with my uncle. I was only in Miami till I was about 10, my mom took me to upstate NY and we left that part of our lives behind."

"Okay, so did you know Sal was in town?" Alexis asked.

"No I didn't know Sal was in town. I haven't spoken with him in years!" Zander got defensive.

"Okay no need to jump down my throat ... I'm just asking because sooner or later, Mac is going to be asking the same question. I just want to be on the same page."

"I'm sorry, Alexis. I know you're just trying to help. But I got things under control." Zander apologized and repeated that the situation was being handled.

"I hope for you and your family's sake that it is." Alexis stood up from the chair and walked towards the doorway to leave.