Episode 044: THE GUIDING LIGHT
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The Guiding Light: Episode 044
Wednesday, February 07. 2007
Written By: Dan Gobble & Josh Hawkins
Wednesday, February 07. 2007
Written By: Dan Gobble & Josh Hawkins
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Shayne Lewis entered Company and noticed Marah sitting in a booth at the back of the restaurant.
“Hey sis! Why’d you want to eat dinner here? Doesn’t the Santos mansion have a cook?” Shayne joked as he sat down.
“Ha. Ha. You’re such a little twerp Shayne. For your information, the mansion does have a cook. A fine one at that.”
“Probably not as good as mom’s cooking,” Shayne hinted.
Marah bristled at the thought of her mother. “Don’t try to coax me back to hearth and home Shayne. I’m not going back there. Ever.”
Shayne realized that he has struck a nerve and dropped the topic.
“I haven’t seen you in a while, little brother. How are you doing?” Marah asked.
“Everything’s great,” Shayne half-heartedly replied.
“Are you sure everything’s fine?”
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Gus Aitoro sat at his desk at the police station staring at a picture of Joe Augustino. “Roy Baker, my father?” he silently pondered. His ringing cell phone broke his concentration. He picked it up and looked at the number.
“Hello?”
“Nicky! It’s Eden.”
“Eden! I was wondering when you were going to call me. Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Nicky. Don’t worry about me. Nicky, I’ve missed you so much.”
“I have too sis. So when do you want me come get you and bring you back to Springfield?”
“Actually Nicky, my plans have changed. I’m not going back to Springfield…”
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Alan-Michael Spaulding returned home to his Beacon suite and saw his wife Lucy Cooper lying on the sofa. The sound of the closing door woke Lucy from a blissful sleep.
“Hey sweetheart, I’m home!” Alan-Michael said and stooped down to kiss his wife.
“You won’t believe what happened to Phillip Lucy! My brother went off and got himself married!”
“Married?! To whom?” Lucy asked as she hurriedly got off the sofa.
“To BETH! You’d think that after so many years, she would learn,” A-M joked.
“Oh Alan-Michael,” Lucy reprimanded. “So when did they get married?”
“A couple nights ago, they went to Las Vegas without telling anyone. They must have realized that no one would show up at their fiftieth wedding.”
“Well, I think it’s romantic,” Lucy replied.
“Yeah, I guess so. You know Lucy this really makes me glad to be home close to family. Maybe we should stay here longer…”
“No, Alan-Michael!” Lucy interrupted. “I’ve made up my mind. I’m not staying in Springfield!”
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Holly took a seat on the sofa and rubbed her head again, “Blake, you are everything to me, my entire world. I love you so much and I would never, never…” she stood to face her daughter, “do anything to hurt you. I swear it.”
“So…” the truth slowly began to dawn on her, “the two of you, aren’t having an affair?”
Holly’s eyes closed and she felt lightheaded, “Blake…” she tried to speak but collapsed to the floor.
“Oh my God!” Blake rushed to her side, “Mom! Mom? Oh my God, Mom can you hear me?” Tears swelled in her eyes, “Ross, call an ambulance. Mom!”
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And Now "The Guiding Light"
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“MOM!”
Holly suddenly stirred and opened her eyes.
“Mom, are you okay?!” Blake asked.
“Y-Yeah. I’m alright. I just felt a bit light-headed.”
Holly stands up and puts her hand on her head. Ross and Blake guide her to the sofa.
“Mom, you scared the hell out of me! Now what is wrong?”
“I’m fine, Blake. I just had a bit of a migraine. I felt light-headed and fainted for a bit. But I’m okay now.”
“Holly, your migraines are back? When did they return?” Ross asked.
“They returned a couple of days ago. I don’t know why. I haven’t had them for about a year, but all of a sudden they came back,” Holly answered.
“Mom, why don’t we take you to the hospital and ask Ed to check you out?”
“No! I can handle these migraines by myself. They aren’t as a big a deal as they were before. Now that I’ve finished trying to clear the air, what I need is to go home, take some medicine, and cuddle up in my bed.”
“Mom, why don’t I drive you home?” Blake offered.
“Thanks sweetheart, but no. I think I can drive home by myself.”
Holly begins to leave, but turns around and looks at Blake.
“Blake, try to give him a chance. He loves you. Don’t shut the door on your love. God knows, I need to learn that lesson myself.”
Holly walks out, leaving Ross and Blake alone.
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“Why would you think anything was wrong?” Shayne asked Marah
“Well, a couple days ago, I talked with Tammy and she told me that you seemed a bit detached, like you weren’t interested in the things you used to be.”
“Well, she’s wrong,” Shayne, stammered.
“Are you suggesting that Tammy was lying, Shayne? Is there a problem at school? Is mom getting on your case? Are you having girl trouble? Shayne, you know that you can tell me if you have a problem, I’m your sister!”
“God Marah, what is this Jeopardy!? There is nothing going on.”
“I’m just trying to help!” Marah yelled.
“Well don’t! I don’t need any help because there is nothing going on! What about you Marah? What about your life? You think my life has issues? What about yours?! I’ve never stripped down to my underwear and begged my thuggish boyfriend to rape me! I mean, God Marah, why don’t you just go jump in a fountain already and get it over with?!”
“What are you trying to say?!” Marah thundered.
“I’m saying that you are more like mom than you care to admit. You’re pushy, you’re stubborn, and you pry into people’s lives…”
“I don’t have to listen to this.” Marah gets up from her seat and begins to walk out.
“…And when the game doesn’t seem to be going your way, YOU want to stop playing…”
Shayne watched as Marah charged to the door. Shayne glanced at the empty seat.
“Not everything is about you Marah. I wish I could tell you sis, but you just wouldn’t understand…”
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“Nicky, I can’t come back to Springfield,” Eden confessed.
“Why can’t you?”
“I got a new job in Chicago and it’s helped me to put my life back together. I think that’s what I need right now: a fresh start.”
“You could get a fresh start here in Springfield…”
“No, I couldn’t. Not with the entire town against me. I need to be where people don’t know me. Except you, of course, Nicky. Actually, that’s why I called. Could you come and help me move in? I can give you the grand tour. It isn’t much yet, but… I really think I can make a difference here.”
“Sure, Harley and I can come up this weekend.”
“Actually…I would prefer if Harley not know where I was. Could you come up alone?”
“Why don’t you want Harley to come, Eden? You are going to have to see her sooner or later.”
“Why would Harley want to come up with everything that has happened? It’s better if she just not know.”
“Okay,” Gus reluctantly conceded. “I’ll talk to her and I’ll be on the first train to Chicago.”
“Thanks Nicky.”
“I love you sis.” Gus ended the phone call and wondered whether or not he should have told Eden about his parentage.
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“I’m sorry Alan-Michael, but I won’t stay here,” Lucy argued.
“Why not? Our families are here, everything we know is here. Europe is a great place, don’t get me wrong, but I always felt that there was something missing between us there. Maybe being here is exactly what we need to help our marriage?”
“I don’t know. I just fell in love with the countryside. It was like a new chance to get away from all the painful memories here.”
“Honey, you might have to get used to it,” A-M confessed. “I sold our flat in Europe and my father has already given my job to someone else.”
“You did all this without me?” Lucy’s face turned blood red. “Why couldn’t you have asked for my input before shipping me off like one of your possessions?”
“Honey, I…”
“Don’t you dare honey me. You can’t stick me under your thumb like your father does. Hell, he probably put you up to this didn’t he? Well, you and Alan can go straight to hell, darling.”
Lucy stormed out of the suite, while A-M tried to find the words to justify his doings.
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Blake and Ross stare at each other, wondering who will be the first to break the ice.
“Not that you know the truth, Blake. Where do we stand? What do we do now?”
“You didn’t cheat on me again, Ross?”
“No, I didn’t. I love you. Not Holly, not Tory, not anyone else,” Ross confirmed.
“I know I should feel relieved, but I don’t. Ross, why didn’t you tell me? I could have helped. I mean, our relationship has been one lie after another, and I know that I have had more than my fair share. But I was hoping that after everything we’ve been through, we could try to tell each other everything. But I guess that isn’t possible.”
Blake looked at her watch and realized how late it is.
“Ross, I need to go get the kids from Cassie and when I get back, I don’t want you here. I just, I just need a little bit of time to think things through. Can you give me that?”
Ross nodded as Blake puts on her coat and leaves. Ross turned to the table and picked up a family portrait. He held it up and tenderly kissed it.
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Gus and Harley kissed and sneaked into bed. Gus tried to find the words to delicately tell her about Eden’s phone call.
“Harley, I got a phone call from my sister today. She’s got a new job in Chicago that she seems really excited about. She asked me to come up this weekend to help her move in. I told her I was going to bring you along, but she said that she’d prefer you not to come. I hope it’s okay?
“Oh. I guess it’s no surprise. It’s not as if Eden and I have been friendly since she came to town.”
Harley flashes back to when Phillip caught her snooping around Alexandra’s office. She decides to put up a good front so that she can get closer to Vera.
“I think you should go Gus. It’ll be good for you to see your sister. Don’t worry about me. With Zach home again, I want to spend as much time as I can with him.”
“Well that was easy,” Gus smiled. “I thought you’d fight me tooth and nail Cooper. Thanks for understanding.”
Gus and Harley kissed and turned the light off for the night.
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Alan-Michael sat in the sofa drinking a glass of wine to drown his sorrows. Suddenly, someone knocked on the front door. A-M opened it and saw that it was a messenger with a package. A-M opened the package and read the letter:
“Alan-Michael, As you know, I have been suddenly called away on urgent business and that it has left the company in dire straights. Included in this letter is my proxy, naming you as the temporary COO of the company. I hope that I can count on you. Alexandra.”
Alan-Michael looked up from the letter with a smirk.
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Next on "THE GUIDING LIGHT"
- Lizzie finds out about her parents!
- Ed and Holly discuss her migraines
- Alan-Michael begins to assert his newfound power!
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