1984 (#15) - Danny and Traci's benefit concert and the arrest of Vinnie and Sparky

Under interrogation, Traci admits she has become addicted to diet pills, but she says nothing about the drugs and the drug ring set up by the drug dealers Vinnie and Sparky. After all, it was Sparky himself who warned Traci not to say anything about him, and even to not show up as his friend so as not to arouse suspicion. Carl, however, begins to understand the boy's role in the affair and eventually manages to come up with a confession from Traci, who agrees to cooperate. Thanks to Traci's help, then, Carl manages to reconstruct the role of the boy and Vinnie in the drug ring in college and among the boys in general; trafficking all linked and controlled by organized crime. Meanwhile Danny, feeling strongly guilty about what happened to the girl, gets very close to her, which disappoints Lauren. Danny and Traci agree on the fact that they have to send a clear message against drugs and decide to engage in a huge concert with the aim of a fundraiser against this plague; charity concert in which the famous singer Mavis Mac Donald also participates. Lauren, increasingly jealous of Traci, understands that only by rejecting Traci in her tunnel she could get a free pass on Danny and agrees with Sparky and Vinnie to drug Traci behind the stage before the concert, a plan that Gina and the chorus girl Amy Lewis, daughter of police chief Frank, begin to understand when they see Lauren talking to Sparky. Lauren's plans soon fail when Carl, having followed Sparky to the event, prevents any chance for the man to get close to Traci. Thanks also to Gina's supervision and organization, the concert proves to be a huge success, which leads Danny and Traci to become more and more attracted. Noticing Traci talking to Carl just off stage, Sparky understands everything about the girl's double-cross and instinctively decides, encouraged by Vinnie, to kidnap both her and Danny. Brought into a basement, Vinnie turns out to be the real mind of the group; when Vinnie orders Sparky to kill the two, Sparky refuses, starting a fight with the woman, who is nothing but jealous of Sparky over her alleged attraction to Traci. In the end, thanks to Carl's intervention and Sparky's refusal to kill the two, Traci and Danny are saved, to the joy of John who first rushes to embrace his daughter. Traci thanks Sparky for saving her life, and promises that he will try as hard as he can to get him a reduced sentence.