
Zane, aided by Nina Sutton, raises rent to force out Jax Ford, to bring in an influencer hotpot restaurant. Zane doesn't know Jax Ford secretly owns the mall's main businesses. Jax Ford moves businesses to rival Jubilee Plaza, driving traffic. Nina's hotpot fails, Continuum Mall is empty. Zane is exposed, imprisoned. Mastermind Ken Hawthorne suffers. Jax Ford's empire expands.