March 20, 2006

Everyone goes into meltdown mode when they learn that Hal has suffered a heart attack. Jennifer arrives and automatically starts berating Emily for being there. Andy pulls her to the side and tells her that if she doesn't calm down, she might be forced to leave. James explains to Barbara that certainly she must remember the excessive amount of predicaments he's gotten them out of over the years. Barbara tells him that he started every single one of those predicaments, but James continues saying that if Barbara wants Paul to come away from all of this in one piece...it's going to come at a price. Roxie explains to Lisa that her father Scott had an affair with a woman in Maine named Nicole, but before she could tell him she was pregnant, Scott left and never returned. Once Nicole's husband found out the child wasn't his, he left her. A year or so after Roxie was born..and the woman still hadn't heard from Scott, she committed suicide, leaving her in the care of her maternal grandmother. Lisa still can't believe what she's hearing and asks why there is no record of a Roxie Milton until a month or so ago. Roxie explains that she legally had her name changed about 5 years ago from Weaverton to Miller...but came to Oakdale under the name "Milton" to slowly break the news to Lisa. Curtis returns to Jessica, claiming that he had no luck. Margo soon shows up to inform Jessica on Hal's condition, but ultimately winds up comforting a torn and broken Jessica. Margo promises to investigate The Children of Promise and orders Curtis to be there for his stepmother. She needs him now more than ever.