A HOTEL: When Francesca tore the room apart looking for the emerald, Cole told her that it must have fallen out on the beach. Cole suggested that she go to Rosario with the jewels she has, but she refused because she was afraid that what happened to Bernie and Hillary will happen to her, too. Cole decided to ask AJ about the jewels. Later, Francesca had a nightmare that she turned into a mummy.
BEN'S HOUSE: When Ben propositioned Meg, she told him that she can't make love to him, because Maria is there even when she isn't. She told him that he built the house for Maria, and now that she had met his first wife, she felt surrounded by her at all times. Meg told Ben that she knew that they needed to help Maria, but that she couldn't be happy about it. She also admitted that she wasn't looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner with her entire family.
SURF CENTRAL: While preparing for a picnic with Meg and Casey, Sara found a gift-wrapped box in Casey's bag. She was tempted to open it, but she put it back. Casey told her that he was working on a big surprise for her, and he thought that she'd like it. While Sara was pestering Casey about her surprise, Meg arrived. Casey told Meg that the box was a gift to show her how important she is to him. The box was full of chocolate covered strawberries. Casey told Sara the story of how Meg almost killed him with strawberry muffins. It turned out that the surprise (for Sara) was that he'll be coming to Thanksgiving dinner at Ben and Meg's house with the Cummingses. When Casey told Meg that she was welcome day or night, Sara cursed Maria for making Meg continually run to Casey. She said that they needed wine for the picnic, and left before the other two could stop her. Casey told Meg that he bought the strawberries for her to share with Ben, and so that they could remember that they have what most people only dream about.
PETE'S OFFICE: Maria told Pete that she's the woman that she wanted to hire him to investigate. Pete had doubts and asked why she couldn't ask Ben or Ricardo. He finally accepted the assignment. Maria told him that she had disappeared and was presumed dead for five years, and then she showed up unexpectedly right after Ben and Meg's wedding. She wanted to get her life back so that Ben and Meg could have their lives back. She asked him not to tell anyone about this investigation.
GREGORY'S OFFICE: Finally starting to believe that Annie wasn't behind the calls, Caitlin accused Annie of betraying her secret and attacked her. While Annie was explaining that she couldn't tell anyone anything about Trey, because it would ruin her, too, they got another phone call. Annie answered the phone, and the caller said that he knew Annie's secrets, too. Caitlin assumed that Cole already knew the truth about Trey. When Cole walked in while Caitlin was fretting, Annie told him that Caitlin was just worried about what would he would do when she told him that she had decided to stay at Gregory's house. Caitlin was about to tell Cole the truth about Trey, but he interrupted her to tell her how much he loves her and she and Trey changed his life. Annie realized that someone may have overheard her and Olivia plotting together, and decided that the eavesdropper must have been AJ.
A MONASTERY: AJ found the information he wanted about the jewels among some old manuscripts.
BEN'S HOUSE: Maria was elated when she returned home. Ben told Maria that he has a surprise for Meg.
SHOCK WAVE: When Sara was on her way to buy the wine, Maria stopped her to ask where Casey's house is, because she wanted make sure that Meg was all right. Sara told that she didn't trust her.
BEN'S HOUSE: Ben had a dream about kissing Meg, who turned into a waterlogged Maria who said, "If only you could have saved me, Ben."
Source: Soap Opera Digest
