ANOTHER WORLD 196

Carl makes another secret move.

Written by: C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultants: aMLCproduction, beebs, and DRW50

CORY MANSION

Outside the front door, Frankie

Frankie: I wonder what Carl wanted.

Cass: Maybe he wants to get to know his daughter.

Charlie: And his granddaughter.

Frankie: I’ve been bad. I haven’t even reached out to him since he got back.

Cass: Maybe this is the perfect opportunity for you to bond.

Matt

Matt: Wow...what was that for?

Frankie: I never thanked you did I?

Matt: For what?

Frankie: I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.

Carl

Carl: Thank God.

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BAY CITY CENTER

Reporters gather and set near their chairs while Grant

Grant (whispering): What the hell is wrong with you? We can’t be seen together!

Christy: Is that any way to treat the lady who’s gonna get your lady for you?

Grant: I have a press conference shortly. What is it?

Christy: This is everything.

Grant: Everything?

Christy: Everything you’re going to need to get Jack away from Paulina.

Christy gives him a jump drive.

Christy: I had all the evidence moved to this.

Grant: Hmm. How do I know this is what I’m looking for?

Christy: Well you’ll need to look at it won’t you? Hurry, you’ve got a press conference coming up.

Christy sneaks away unseen by anyone.

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POLICE STATION

Paulina

Jack: Hi. Sorry. I didn’t mean to keep you waiting. Just making all the detail was in place for Grant’s press conference at the Center.

Paulina: Right.

Paulina sighs nervously.

Paulina: So...what did you want to see me about? Could it have something to do with our kiss?

Jack closes the door and pulls Paulina into a kiss.

Jack: Now...what was that you asked me?

They continue to kiss, then Paulina stops him.

Jack: Hey. Is everything okay?

Paulina has a flashback while looking at Jack’s face.

(EPISODE 195)

Jake: Listen, just be careful okay. He’s going through a rough patch with his wife. Believe me, I know what those are.

Paulina: I’m going to help him through that.

Jake: I don’t think you’re considering the possibility that Jack could go back to Carly. You need to be ready for that.

Paulina flashes back to the present.

Paulina: We can’t do this. This isn’t right.

CAMERA PAN ON PAULINA...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG

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PART 2

Grant is back at home, and he plugs in the contents of the jump drive that Christy gave him at the Center...and grins with pleasure...with Christy in the background.

Grant: Gotcha Jack.

Christy: What’s your next move?

Grant: You first.

Christy: Well you know I can’t do that. You’ll have to wait just like everybody else.

Grant: Just know that whatever Jack and Paulina think they have, it’s going to be over.

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Jack: What do you mean?

Paulina: I’ve been doing some thinking. You’re still married to Carly.

Jack: On paper.

Paulina: And you two have a long history together.

Jack: So do we.

Paulina: And you have two daughters. I can’t come between everything you have with Carly.

Jack: This is a competition?

Paulina: You still love her don’t you?

Jack: A part of me is always gonna love Carly.

Paulina: Is the same part thinking about going back to her?

Jack: Where am I?

Paulina: Here.

Jack: Yes...with you. That’s who I wanna be with...you.

Paulina smiles.

Jack: Carly is the mother of my children, but you are the woman I...I love.

Paulina: Jack? Did you just say…?

Jack: Paulina Cory Carlino, I love you.

They kiss.

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AT THE CORYS…

Cass, Frankie, Charlie, Carl, Rachel and Matt are gathered in the living room.

Carl: Thank you for coming Frankie. Glad you’re here, too Cass. Charlie, my beautiful granddaughter.

Frankie sighs nervously.

Frankie: I’m glad you called, but I can’t help but wondering what this might be about.

Cass: After all this time, you called Frankie to come over.

Carl: I owe you an apology. I owe you both...an apology.

Frankie: I don’t understand.

Carl: I caused a lot of pain in your lives in the past...with what I did to Kathleen McKinnon.

Frankie: Especially the first time we met.

Carl: I threatened Cass’s life.

Cass: Well Carl I can speak for Frankie and myself on that. We forgive you.

Carl: You just never know when...when you're time is. So you want to spend as much time as possible with the people you love. However, there’s something else. I wasn’t here for you when that stalker tried to kill you.

Matt: We’ll leave you three alone.

Rachel: I have some errands to run.

Frankie: No please. Stay...both of you, especially you Matt, and you, too Rachel. I wouldn’t have been able to reunite with Cass.

Frankie clenches Cass’s right hand.

Frankie: I wouldn’t have been able to see Charlie get married. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.

Matt: Frankie you don’t have to…

Frankie: Yes, Matt, I do. I never thanked you and Rachel...for saving my life.

Rachel: Dr. Wu saved your life. He gave you a life saving injection.

Matt: He came from Salem. I called him right before mom and I walked the grounds.

Rachel: I heard you screaming.

Matt: We both did, but I didn’t want mom in danger, so I told her it was our old dog Adelaide.

Rachel: We had to let everything play out.

Matt: As we walked toward the ice house I knew the stalker was near when we heard him slam the door.

Frankie then begins to recall the events of that horrific night.

Frankie: I confronted him, and ripped his mask off. I couldn’t believe it was him. Then...I begged him not to kill me.

After Fax tried to kill me, I was only able to carve part of an F in the rock. After I hunched over, I felt an injection, but I.... I couldn’t move, but I was alive. I couldn’t say anything, I couldn’t do anything.

Matt: The drug that Dr. Wu gave you gives you the appearance that you were dead.

Rachel: It also slowed down your pulse.

Cass starts to rub Frankie back in support.

Cass: I was frantic. I knew you were in danger. I had no idea what to do.

Frankie: I’m so sorry Cass that I put you through that.

Cass: You didn’t do anything wrong honey.

Frankie: I heard you in the morgue when you were holding me. You told Felicia that you wanted to take me home. She and John talked you out of it, but I heard everything you said. Cass: Rachel, if you knew Frankie was alive, then why didn’t you tell us?

Charlie: Dad was devastated. I was, too. Why didn’t you say anything?

Rachel: Charlie, honey, If Fax had found out that your mother was still alive, he probably would have come after her or your father, or even you.

Matt: We couldn’t take that risk.

Rachel: Shortly after that, he was captured.

Cass: But Frankie you didn’t come back.

Matt: Fax Newman came from a very rich and powerful family.

Rachel: And a corrupt onee. We didn’t want to risk them doing anything to you because of their son.

Charlie: But you did come back...as Anne O’Donnell.

Matt: His family died before 1999, and it was safe for Frankie to come back.

Carl: And I’m very happy about that.

Carl gets an alert on his cell phone.

Carl: I’ll be right back. I have to take this.

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OUTSIDE THE LIVING ROOM

Carl leaves through the glass double doors and looks at the alert on his cell phone which reads: TRANSFER COMPLETE. Then he makes a phone call.

Carl: It’s me. It’s finally over. It’s safe now.

FREEZE FRAME ON CARL...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 196