"Just give me time to talk to her. I'm sure she'll come around." Velma said to Mr. Spritzer after the show the next day. Amber hadn't shown up again and he wanted to go through with his threat of firing her and hiring a new girl to take her place. "I told you if she didn't come today she would be fired." He said angrily. "I know that but please just give her some time she's still upset because of her break up with Link. She just doesn't want to be around him. In fact why don't you just fire him? This is all his fault after all." If he fired Link then she wouldn't have to and then he couldn't get her in trouble for sexual harassment like he threatened.

"I can't fire Link Larkin for breaking up with your daughter. He's the best male dancer on the show and I need a better reason then that."

She knew he would say this and she prepared to go ahead with her next course of action. "You are going to fire him and tell him it was all your decision because if you don't I'll tell your wife how I got this job. I'm sure she would like to know that you and I slept together and then she'll take you for everything you have." She threatened. She was hoping she wouldn't have to go there but for now she had to get Link off the show and possibly get Amber to return. "I can't believe you would do that." he said surprised.

"You'll be surprised at what I'm capable of. So are you going to fire him or am I going to have to call your wife right now and tell her everything." She said picking up the phone getting ready to dial his home number.

"Fine, I'll tell him after the show tomorrow."

"No! You'll tell him now! I don't want him here tomorrow because if he is I'm calling your wife and if you fire Amber I'm still going to call her." She said. He just left the office without another word. She didn't expect him to say anything because they both already knew that she had won. She wished she had thought of blackmailing him sooner then she would have gotten a lot more of things she wanted. Too bad that wasn't going to help her with the situation with Amber and Corny, though. He pretty much avoided her today and she didn't know what else to do.

She went home and went to Amber's room to talk to her. Amber was lying across her bed looking upset. She hated seeing Amber so down. She wanted Amber to return to her normal self. She really missed that.

"Amber, can I talk to you?" Velma said sitting next to her.

"Mom I don't want to talk to you remember?"

"Fine you don't have to talk but you just have to listen. Link came into my office and he wanted to do it again. I was never going to sleep with him again." She said quickly. Amber didn't say anything but Velma could tell that she was listening to her.

"I'm not very proud of what I did with Link or with all of those other guys but sometimes I have to do things to get what I want. I know now that I shouldn't have been doing those things. I'm not going to be like that anymore."

"You can do other things to get what you want, mom. I still don't get why you slept with Link!" She said crying.

"I know honey. It was a mistake. He came over and he admitted that he knew you weren't here. He wanted to sleep with me. Just like in my office when you and Corny walked in I had tripped and he fell on top of me. I know that sounds silly but it's the truth." She said hoping she was getting through to Amber.

"I still can't dance on the show anymore. I'm not going to dance with Link after what he did to me and you." Amber said.

"You don't have to worry about that. Mr. Spritzer fired Link today. He's no longer on the show." Velma explained. She had hoped this meant that Amber was going to forgive her.

"Really?" She said finally looking in Velma's eyes.

"Yes honey he did. So are you going to come back to the show?" Amber was quiet for a minute before saying. "Sure, I'll come back and I forgive you since I know it was mostly Link's fault but I'm not going to forget about this anytime soon." Velma just pulled her into a hug. She was so happy to finally have her daughter speaking to her again and now that Link was off the show she would never have to see him again. Sure she'll see him at school but she was sure Amber could avoid him. Too bad it was going to take a lot more then that to straighten things out with Corny if he forgave her at all.

The next day everyone was happy to see Amber back. Well almost everyone. Shelley was angry about it since she had become the lead dancer since Amber left. She was probably hoping that Amber was gone for good. Everyone was wondering about what happened to Link and Tammy even asked her about it. She told her that she heard he was fired and offered no more information. After she and her mom made up, they made a vow to always be honest with each other so she told Amber the truth about blackmailing Mr. Spritzer to fire Link. She didn't want to tell Tammy about it though. Her mom was still miserable though and she hated seeing her that way. She couldn't believe how much she wanted to hurt her because of Link Larkin. Now as she watched the way her mom walked around heartbroken over Corny, she felt guilty about telling him about Link. Her mom was truly happy and in love and she had ruined it. She wanted to cry again. "What's wrong? Are you upset that Link got fired? I mean you guys had broken up. I thought you would be fine with him being gone." Tammy told her in the dressing room before the show.

"It's not that. It's just that I did something really bad to someone and I feel horrible about it, now." Tammy looked surprised and Amber knew why. She never felt bad about doing anything wrong as long as she got what she wanted out of it but this time she had hurt her mother. The one person she knew really loved her and who would do anything for her. Although the whole Link situation had messed up their relationship for a little while, she was sure it was mostly Link's fault like her mother said.

She wasn't even excited to be dancing on TV again and had to force herself to smile. She couldn't help glancing at her mom standing beside the camera man looking at Corny. She looked really sad and miserable. It made her want to cry. After the show, she saw her mom immediately walk back to her office. Instead of going back to the dressing room, she walked up to Corny. "Corny, can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked him.

"What is it Amber?" he asked her

"It's about my mom. She really loves you, so I think you should give her another chance." He looked shocked that she was saying that.

"Are you forgetting what happened with her and Link?" he whispered to her so no one could hear them.

"No, but I've forgiven her and I think you should too. She's really sorry about what she did and I believe her."

"I don't know Amber. What she did was really sleazy. I don't know if I can forgive her for what she did so easily."

"She hurt me too and if I can forgive her I don't see why you can't. You must be in love with her you asked her to marry you after all." She reminded him. The whole thing about them getting married and Corny becoming her stepfather was a little hard to swallow but she figured if her mom was happy then she could be happy for her. That was if he forgave her.

"I'll think about and that's all I can promise you." He said and smiled at her. She smiled back and said "That's all I ask." She walked towards the dressing room and hoped it worked out in her favor.