While criticizing Joel for not telling her about his girlfriend Laura, Olivia finds herself emotionally drawn to Eric, who suggests they meet with Michael and Tom about financing an expansion of Mosaic into other cities. Eric's secretive employer chafes over Eric's slow progress in getting Olivia to sell her property, and is floored when Eric announces he's quitting the scam and will come clean to Olivia. It's a decision that triggers a chain of events that ends with Olivia vanishing on New Year's Day--and Eric targeted as the prime suspect in her disappearance.