Steve continues his frantic search for Kayla. He accuses Jack of not doing enough to help, and the brothers nearly come to blows. Kayla finally signals Steve on his beeper that she's okay. But her beeper is soon confis cated by Grace, who thinks she's working for Kayla's husband - until her patient sets her straight.
At Jack's urging, Isabella comes out of hiding to work with Steve. Although she won't reveal the details of her past with Victor, Isabella agrees to help find Kayla. Kiriakis couldn't be more surprised when Isabella shows up at his door.
April helps Nick give up smoking in preparation for his surgery. When she catches him lighting up, he blurts out that she's his only reason for living. Her husband's devotion causes April to be consumed by guilt.
Kimberly recounts Shane's shooting for the police. Roman suspects his sister was set up. Disguised as a doctor, Cal slips into Shane's room and injects a solution into his IV. When Kim returns to her husband's bedside, he suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. Again, the finger of suspicion points to Mrs. Donovan. Shane comes out of his coma. Kimberly is ecstatic, although she fears his reaction when he learns who shot him. Meanwhile, Cal vows not to give up until Shane is a dead man.
Through Isabella, Steve learns that Kayla is being held captive on the Kiriakis yacht. While Jack waits on the pier, Johnson swims out to the boat. But during an escape attempt, the Johnsons are confronted by a guard. Steve is knocked out and set adrift on a raft. Victor decides to change Kayla's hiding place and the yacht sets sail. Mrs. Johnson again finds herself locked up with Grace, her nurse. Back on the dock Isabella assures Jack she's on his side, despite her ties to Victor. Jack and Isabella discover Steve floating in the raft. When he comes to, Johnson angrily tells his brother to butt out. Steve and Roman eventually locate the yacht, but they arrive too late - Kayla's been whisked away. Concerned that Steve and Kayla are missing, Adrienne asks Roman to investi gate. He questions Yvette, who has little to tell. Brady warns her to get out of Vic tor's life. Does Roman have a better offer? Yvette wonders. His silence gives Ms. Dupre her answer.
The intrigue is making Jennifer nervous, so she sneaks Emilio into the loft for protection. Despite the fact that he's bitter about her "just friends" attitude, Ramirez agrees to stay. Jack refuses to back off from the search for Kayla. He puts Jennifer in charge of the paper, without telling her what's going on. Jennifer admits to Maggie that she has feelings for Jack, though she still doesn't understand him.
Justin lets Adrienne's company win a big bid, which infuriates Anjelica. As Justin and Adrienne begin to grow close, Anjelica steps up her plan to undermine Adrienne via Anjelica's hired gun, Hank.
At Cal's urging, Eve reveals to Shane that Kim shot him. Donovan needs time alone to think. Afterward, he remembers where he got the house key on the night he was shot - from Cal. Winters makes up a feeble excuse; Kim buys it. Shane decides to move in with Kimberly. Eve tries to convince him that Kim can't be trusted. But can he trust Eve? Shane retorts. All she's done is cause trouble. Eve is jolted.
Isabella urges Jennifer to open Jack's heart. Ms. Horton finds Deveraux searching the Johnson house. When Steve shows up, they hide in the closet, along with a vase Jenn's holding. Trapped together in the darkness, Jack and Jennifer give in to their feelings and kiss. In the heat of passion, the vase falls and breaks. Among the shards, the couple spot the key. Later, Jack claims he doesn't want to get romantically involved. While he's delivering the key to Isabella, Jenn finds comfort with Emilio, who can be counted on.
Justin and Adrienne are hit hard when their divorce papers arrive. Strangely, Anjelica's meddling convinces them that their problems won't go away, so they sign the papers and end their marriage. Nick finally convinces Eve that they have no future He throws a party, then checks into the hospital Before surgery he and April wish on a shooting star. Nick secretly wishes to win her love.
Yvette's spying produces results -she learns Kayla is being held at Kiriakis's Miami estate. When Victor learns of his fiancee's covert activities, he impris ons her in his house, but Brady helps her escape. Upon their arrival in Miami, Steve and Marcus infiltrate Victor's estate dis guised as the kitchen help, but are arrested by the police for trespassing. Kayla goes into early labor and is rushed to the hospital. She's frantic about giving birth without her husband, but Grace helps her relax. Isabella and Jack also fly to Miami. Her father promised that the treasure would be Isabella's once she had the key. Deveraux secretly makes a wax impression of it. After sending Isabella to search for Steve, Jack arranges for a trip to Italy.
From Soap Opera Digest February 6, 1990.