#66 Monday, April 28th

Joseph is on the telephone, when Yvette comes into his office.

Joseph: (into phone) We don't have much time to head this off, so it's critical you stay on this. Thank you. (hangs up)

Yvette: I take it that was the proxy solicitor.

Joseph: Yep and from the report he gave me, it seems like slightly over half the board could be voted out.

Yvette: But there's still a chance we could get out of this?

Joseph: A very slim one.

Yvette: Damn it.

Joseph: We've got to stay focused and at least try to fix this, for Mom's sake.

Yvette: You're right.

JC comes into the office.

JC: Turn on the tv.

Joseph: What's going on?

JC: They're getting ready to talk about the company.

JC turns on the television.

Anchor: It appears that construction giant Lightner Corporation has launched a full scale takeover bid

for McGregor Department Stores yesterday. According to sources, Lightner has the backing of McGregor's chief rival, Donahue Stores. A shareholders vote is expected to be completed at midnight.

Joseph: I shouldn't be shocked that Donahue would be involved in all this too.

Yvette: We've always known what type of person Carol is, she's worse than her husband was.

JC: Maybe, it's just a mistake, I don't think she'd be involved in anything like this.

Joseph: I know Carol's your grandmother and everything, but you need to stop being so naive.

She wants to bring this company down and will stop at nothing to do that.

JC: I don't know what to think.

Joseph: I'm not trying to tell you what to think, I'm just saying be realistic. None of this

is very hard to believe.

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Anna walks into the CoffeeRoom and see Cassandra sitting at a table. She walks over to her table and sits down.

Anna: I'm glad I caught you here, I've got a few things I want to say to you.

Cassandra: Well, I can't wait to hear this. I'm just on pins and needles.

Anna: You've got a lot of nerve trying to steal this company from underneath me.

Cassandra: It's all legal, dear.

Anna: Maybe so, but it doesn't make it right.

Cassandra: This is a golden opportunity for my company, so we are going for it.

Anna: You want revenge, plain and simple.

Cassandra: Call it what you like.

Anna: Look, I haven't done a thing to you, my husband did and he died. Why don't you just move on?

Cassandra: This goes beyond revenge, I have the opportunity to be a leader of a Fortune 500 company,

something I'm probably far more capable of than you. From the sound of your profile in business journals, you're nothing but a happy homemaker turned CEO.

Anna: I helped build McGregor up from nothing.

Cassandra: I'm sure all your advice on where to stack the kitchenware in store was just so earth-shattering.

Anna: There's a name for people like you, but I'm too polite to say it.

Cassandra: (scoffs) Takes one to know one.

Cassandra gets up to leave.

Anna: Just remember, you're not going to get your hands on my company, never in a million years.

Cassandra: Don't bet on it, dear.

Cassandra leaves.

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At Jim and Lynette's house, Lynette is in the kitchen, thinking about the night she had with Greg, when the phone rings.

Lynette: (into phone) Hello?

Greg: It's me, I just called to see how your were feeling. You were gone when I woke up this morning.

Lynette: I just needed to clear my head.

Greg: We've crossed a point of no return.

Lynette: We sure have.

Greg: I feel like a hypocrite though, after all my moralizing.

Lynette: Well, what's done is done, can't take it back.

Greg: Right.

Lynette: And this complicates things even more.

Greg: Unfortunately.

Lynette: One thing I know now is, I have to tell Jim the truth now. I have no other choice.

Greg: I agree, there can't be anymore secrets. I want to be with you.

Lynette: I want to be with you too.

Greg: Honestly, I didn't think we'd get to this point. I really thought we didn't have a chance.

Lynette: I'm not in the clear yet, I still have to figure out how I'm going to break this to my husband.

I just don't know how he's going to take this.

Greg: Hopefully, it won't be as bad as it seems.

Lynette: He's due back later this afternoon, so I've got time to think about what I'm going to say. Jim has to know.

Jim: I have to know what?

Lynette turns around and sees Jim standing in the back door. A nervous expression comes over her face, as she knows it's time

to tell the truth.

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