After sleeping for a while, it was finally morning and the girls, Patch, and Stitch decided now was a good time to show Nani, Stitch's new skill. Nani was fast asleep.
"Nani... Nani!" Lilo called to her older sister.
"Uh... Yeah...?" Nani woke up, groggily looking over to the small group in her bedroom.
"Look." Darla and Lilo said, Darla was wearing/borrowing Lilo's green dress with white flowers on it while Lilo wore her yellow dress with green leaves on it.
Darla turned on the record player and placed Stitch's claw in the place of the needle. Lilo signaled for Nani to wait a minute, then opened Stitch's mouth to play one of Elvis's songs to Nani. This surprised Nani very much, especially with how a dog couldn't be able to do that. Patch moved Stitch's mouth up and down. Nani stared very long, unsure of what to do or say to that. There was then a sharp knocking at the door which made Nani rush out of bed to answer it.
"Who could that be?" Darla asked.
Patch and Stitch decided to follow Nani to find out who was at the door. Nani let out a horrified gasp when she opened the door to see a bald man in a suit with sunglasses.
"Heard you lost the job..." the man told her.
"Well, uh, actually, I quit that job..." Nani seemed to be making up an excuse. "Because, you know, the hours are just not conductive to the challenges of raising a child..."
Stitch growled at this man, not liking him for some reason, and threw a book at his face which knocked his sunglasses clear off his face. Patch looked at the man as well, not finding or sensing anything bad about this man, but did sense that he didn't like him either and started to growl at him.
"HEY!" the man glared down.
"I am so sorry about that!" Nani picked up Stitch in total fear and alarm.
"What is that thing?" the man demanded.
"That's my puppy!" Lilo piped up with a smile.
"Really?" The man asked before seeing Patch keep Lilo and Darla away from him.
"Uh, this one's mine, sir." Darla said, referring to the Dalmatian puppy.
The man was about to reach down and pet Patch, but the Dalmatian puppy just backed up further from him, not trusting him.
"Hmm..." he then looked back to Nani. "Thus far, you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience, but I cannot ignore you being jobless. Do I make myself clear?"
"Perfectly." Nani replied.
"And the next time I see this dog," the man then gestured to Stitch. "I expect him to be a model citizen... Capisce?"
"Uh... Yes?" Lilo agreed, wondering what that word was supposed to mean.
"That means 'understood'." Patch whispered to Lilo.
"Oh." Lilo whispered back.
"New job," the man said to Nani. "Model citizen..." he then said to Lilo, putting his glasses back one, but one part of the glass broke off and hit the ground. "Good day..." he then walked off to leave the sisters to their business.
"Okay, who the heck was that guy?" Darla asked.
"He's the social worker." Lilo said.
"Social worker?" Darla asked.
"He's one of the people who come over to make sure I'm happy and stuff like that..." Lilo shrugged, not fully understanding herself. "When he was here last time, I got Nani in trouble and he told me to call him the next time I'd be left home alone."
"Come on, Lilo, we have work to do..." Nani walked inside of the house.
"I better get back to my family then, but I think Patch wants to stay with Stitch to make sure he behaves." Darla said.
"What a noble dog." Lilo smiled.
"Oh, uh..." Darla realized she still had on Lilo's dress.
"Keep it." Lilo said.
"Wow, really, Lilo?" Darla smiled. "Thanks."
"No problem," Lilo smiled. "Consider it as my gift to you."
Darla hugged Lilo, then decided to go see Cherry, Atticus, and Emily back at the hotel. "Make sure he doesn't hurt anyone." she whispered to the Dalmatian puppy before leaving.
"You got it." Patch whispered back.
Darla pet him on the head, then walked off.
"She seems nice." Nani said.
"She's my friend." Lilo smiled proudly.
"She sure is." Nani said.
The older Pelekai sister then left to get ready for the day and collected the paper that had a want ad for an old woman named Mrs. Hasagawa.
"I'm gonna try to help make Stitch into a good model citizen." Lilo told Patch.
"I'll help too." Patch nodded to her.
Lilo took out a glossy photograph with a smile. "And I know just the perfect man for the job."
"Let's hope this works." Patch said.
"I'm almost positive it will." Lilo smiled hopefully.
"Hopefully." Patch smiled back.
Darla came back to the hotel room, greeting her family.
"Did you have fun?" Emily asked.
"I sure did." Darla smiled.
"Oh, I'm so happy for you, dear..." Emily said. "Maybe Lilo could visit us sometime back home."
"Yeah, maybe..." Darla said, walking off, then went to Atticus as he played cards with Cherry. "Patch is gonna keep an eye on Lilo and Stitch today to make sure he behaves." She then whispered to her big brother.
"Let me guess, social worker problems?" Atticus asked, sounding like a detective.
"How did you know?" Darla asked.
"I have my ways..." Atticus said. "'Scuse me a sec..." he then turned over to Cherry and laid out four aces. "Heh..."
Cherry smirked and showed she had five aces.
"How is it that you always win?" Atticus asked.
"Because I feel lucky..." Cherry smirked, rubbing her pointer finger and thumb together.
Atticus gave her a glance. "Are you using your medallion?"
Cherry paused, then narrowed her eyes. "No?"
"You are cheater!" Darla glared.
"Hi, Dimples." Cherry greeted offhandedly.
"Give us your medallion until the card game is over." Atticus said.
"Nope..." Cherry licked her teeth.
"Don't make me make you..." Atticus threatened.
"You would never hurt me..." Cherry slanted her eyes.
Atticus lifted her up by her shirt collar.
"You wouldn't hurt me..." Cherry told her best friend.
Atticus sighed. "I'll scare you..."
Cherry laughed at that. She continued to laugh until she saw the same glare in his eyes that looked similar to Drell's glare. "Wha...?"
"I'll ask him to come here..." Atticus smirked, getting over to her.
"You bluff..." Cherry bit her lip.
"Oh, Drell, Cherry's having a relaxing day!" Atticus called out.
Cherry screamed and ran off, dropping the cards on the way, but she was blocked by the one she feared the most.
"Drell, you look well..." she backed away nervously as he walked toward her. "What're you doing here?"
"I was on vacation until I was called..." Drell replied as he took out an expensive looking cup and drank the juice through the straw next to the umbrella.
Cherry eventually stumbled and fell on her backside, unable to go backwards any further without looking behind her.
"So, what have you been up to, my little plaything?" Drell asked.
"Just hanging out, you know how it is..." Cherry shrugged.
Darla curiously looked to Drell.
"Oh, hello, Darla." Drell greeted.
"Uh... Hello..." Darla smiled softly and waved gently.
Drell waved back, then noticed something missing. "Where's Patch?"
"Uh, long story..." Atticus said softly himself, though tried to hide his emotional worry for Patch like he did the night before. "Don't worry though..."
"Okay, bye." Cherry said to Drell.
"Cherry, is there a reason why I was called here?" Drell asked.
"No..." Cherry looked away.
"We were playing cards." Atticus started.
Cherry nudged him to shut him up.
"And she used her medallion to cheat." Atticus got to finish.
Cherry then shook him violently.
"Cherry, stop shaking him or else I'll shake you." Drell threatened.
Cherry suddenly stopped, her cheeks changing color only slightly.
"This is going to be a long day for Cherry..." Darla said to seemingly no one.
"Now, Cherry, give them your medallion until the game is over." Drell said.
"Yessir..." Cherry said quickly, giving up her medallion.
Drell then smirked and took her hands, squeezing them once, then letting go. "How do you feel?"
"Scared..." Cherry said as she looked weaker right then.
"Good." Drell said.
Atticus shuffled the deck of cards. "Feelin' lucky?"
"Not really..." Cherry looked back.
"Yeah, well, we're about to see of how you do without your medallion." Atticus said.
"Drell's in the room..." Cherry said. "My chances of winning are like a snowball's chance in-"
"Drell, no giving Cherry bad luck or good luck, just let her do it herself." Atticus told him.
"She doesn't need my help to fail miserably..." Drell smirked cockily.
"DRELL..." Atticus growled.
"Fine..." Drell looked away with an innocent smile.
"Good." Atticus said.
"And don't think of lying to my face again..." Drell narrowed his eyes down to a nervous Cherry. "Strike one..."
"Dare I ask what happens after three strikes?" Cherry asked.
"Sure, just ask the last guy..." Drell said.
"Okay, what happened to the last guy?" Cherry asked.
Drell reached into his pocket and took out a skull.
"You killed him?!" Cherry asked out of shock.
"Maybe..." Drell smirked. "Take your seat, Pumpkin Head."
Cherry lowly growled for the insult, but took her seat to play against Atticus.