A month has passed since Tess/Jessica disappeared from Nash's life; he was still in Landview searching for her - he would not stop until he did find her. Nash had learned lots of things since his arrival in Landview. He learned that Todd was Tess/Jessica's uncle and Todd had to tell Viki about Jessica's alter of Tess. Viki was devastated to learn of this, she was even more worried now for her daughter than ever before knowing something terrible had triggered this to occur.
Nash was also told of Jessica/Tess being the same person. He was a little shocked when he found out about it but it started to make sense of all the times Tess would talk about Jessica. Viki had been kind enough to let him stay with her at Landfair. As much as Todd disapproved of that move, he could still be sympathetic to Nash's trying to find Jessica or Tess as Nash still called her.
Todd himself knew how helpless a person could feel searching for the person who mattered the most to you, who had changed your life forever; he himself had felt that way when Blair disappeared.
"Where's Viki?" Todd asks Nash as he arrives at Landfair. "She went to see Kevin this morning," Nash says as Nash follows Todd into the living room. "Good. I didn't want to get her hopes up until I had absolute proof," Todd said.
"Is this about Jessica, have you found her?" Nash asks.
"I don't know why I should tell you this, but in some ways you remind me of myself just not as good looking," Todd says.
"Get to the point," Nash said.
"Ok, this morning I got an anoymous phone call from a woman claiming she had seen Jessica recently," Todd says.
"Where, when, is she alright?" Nash asks his hopes coming to life. "That's the weird thing, she claims to be a nurse and was called to the old Johnson mansion. She claims that a man paid her a lot of money to come and check on Jessica," Todd says.
"Come check on her, was she hurt?" Nash asks.
"She hung up before I could get an answer out of her, but she did say that Jessica had bruises on her wrist that looked like she had been chained. Listen, I don't trust Kevin in something like this and like I said, I don't know why but I came over to ask you to go with me to check things out, if this person has Jessica, I'm sure she's been held captive," Todd said.
"What are we waiting for, let's go," Nash says.
"Look, it could be very dangerous. I just want to warn you," Todd says.
"I don't care, she's all that matters to me. Look, I was ready to take you on for her," Nash says.
"Kid, you wouldn't have made it out of the first round," Todd says.
"Don't underestimate me," Nash says.
"Cocky, I like that. Oh a few things before we go, you do what I say and if you don't and things get rough, I will leave you there to save Jessica," Todd says.
"The same goes for you," Nash says as the 2 men leave Llanview and get in Todd's car and head off to check out the Johnson mansion.
At the Mansion:
"Sir, a car just drove up. What should we do?" a man asks.
"Let's see who we're having for company. Ah, Todd Manning. I got an old score to settle with him," the older man says.
"What about the other guy?" the first man asks.
"Nash Brennan as he calls himself. Hmmm, wonder what Todd would say if he knew who Nash really was. Come Nash, try to find her," the older man says as they watch Todd and Nash approach the house on a monitor.