PART 1

BAY CITY CENTER

Cory sits at a table on his cell phone.

Cory: Good I guess. (beat) You're gonna have to ask mom. Didn't you talk to her? (beat) Look I gotta go Lizzie.

Cory hangs up and Bridget walks up to him.

Bridget: You look like you could use a friend.

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HOSPITAL

Cass, Frankie and Charlie have it out in Frankie’s hospital room.

Frankie: Okay so Charlie you...you accepted Kirkland’s proposal?

Charlie: You heard it.

Cass: I don’t know why you would even consider marriage? It is not some fairy tale you see in the movies.

Charlie: I LOVE Kirkland dad.

Cass: Do you REALLY love him? Do you even KNOW him?

Frankie: Cass---

Cass: She’s got to see the reality of the situation. How much do you really know about Kirkland? He is Grant’s son.

Frankie: Come on Cass. Heredity has nothing to do with it.

Frankie pulls Cass to the side.

Cass: Don’t tell me you’re on board with this Frankie!

Frankie: Can you leave Charlie and me alone for a minute?

Cass: There’s no way in hell I’m gonna support this marriage.

Frankie: We know how you feel. Just let me talk to our daughter.

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SHARLENE’S ROOM

Jack and John talk wait for what “Emma” is going to say.

John: Emma? What did Sharlene see in St. Croix?

Emma: That’s something Sharlene has to tell you.

Jack: This could be important.

Emma: There’s no “could be” about it. It IS important, but I’m not the gatekeeper for nothing. I will decide when Sharlene is ready to deal with what she saw. That’s why I’m here.

John: So you get to make decisions on what Sharlene can face and what she can’t. Sounds like you’re playing a game.

Jack: Listen, we need to know what happened so Sharlene can recover.

Emma: Now who’s playing a game? I really don’t trust you Jack or, for that matter you John. I don’t think you have Sharlene’s best interests.

John shoves Jack aside and grabs “Emma’s” shoulders.

John: I’m tired of this. You let me wife out now!

Gregory bursts in.

Gregory: You take your hands off my mother!

CAMERA PAN ON JOHN...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LFD1YV5VhM

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PART 2

HOSPITAL - Cass/Felicia.

Cass is sitting on a bench, and Felicia sits next to him.

Cass: Hey.

Felicia: Hi honey.

Cass: Man what a night. I just wanna lie down and go to sleep for hours and hours.

Felicia: I know the feeling. Mitch is being discharged. He told me what happened at the Corys.

Cass: I found Frankie out back of the mansion unconscious. That dreaded feeling I had before came over me.

Felicia: The night she was attacked by Fax Newman?

Cass: Yeah.

Felicia: We’d all like to forget about that.

Cass: I don’t want to lose her again...ever. But it seems like when I get one thing back, I lose another.

Felicia: What are you talking about?

Cass: Charlie. She’s engaged to Kirkland Harrison, and I don’t agree with it one bit.

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Frankie/Charlie

Charlie: Why is dad attacking me about this?

Frankie: He has his reasons. Only he knows.

Charlie: What do you think?

Frankie: I think he’s scared of losing you. He still thinks of you as his little girl, as I do.

Charlie: So you’re against this, too?

Frankie: Honey, have you weighed all the possibilities?

Charlie: Of course I have mom. I’ve given this some thought way before he even proposed.

Frankie: I know you love him. I don’t doubt that. You just don’t want any surprises coming up that could affect the two of you.

Charlie: Did anything unexpected between you and dad?

Frankie: Kathleen McKinnon his ex-wife?

Charlie: That wasn’t your fault mom.

Frankie: It’s not the situation, it’s the strength of the love that you have for each other that gets you through it. If you and Kirkland are that strong, then obstacles won’t tear you apart, and you’re ready to be married.

Charlie: We ARE strong mom. I am ready to be with him. Dad talks about school and him being Grant’s son.

Frankie: I’ll talk to your father about that.

Charlie: Kirkland and I are in love, and I’m gonna marry him. I don’t care what dad says.

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Cory/Bridget

Bridget: Can I sit down?

Cory: Yeah...yeah sure.

Bridget: Was that Elizabeth on the phone?

Cory: Yeah.

Bridget: Everything okay?

Cory: She talked to my mom. My dad is in critical condition.

Bridget: Oh my God. What happened?

Cory: He was poisoned.

Bridget: I’m so sorry.

Cory: My mom took him away to Springfield for treatment.

Bridget: Well that’s good right? He’s gonna recover.

Cory: I hope so. I was such an ass to him.

Bridget: It was because of what he did in the past.

Cory: I shouldn’t have held it against him. If I can’t make amends with my father, I’ll never forgive myself.

Bridget: Well you’re not gonna get the chance. He’s gonna make it. Your dad’s strong.

Cory: Whoever did this to him should be thrown in jail for the rest of their miserable lives.

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Jack/John/Gregory/Sharlene

Jack subdues Gregory…

Jack: Alright! This is not getting us anywhere! I’m gonna ask you both to leave.

Emma: Do you think your little tirade is gonna get me to tell you what Sharlene saw in the Caribbean? This is why I protect her. Nobody cares about her but me. You all want to control her.

John: That’s exactly what you’re doing isn’t it?

Jack: Is there anything else you can tell us?

Emma: No. I’m tired. I’d like all of you to leave.

John: Please. Give us some answers.

Gregory: You heard her. Let’s go.

Jack: We’ll continue this?

Emma: Maybe. Maybe not.

John shakes his head as Gregory and Jack leave. John is the last to walk out of the room and encounters someone.

John: Steven. Thank God you’re here. You’re probably the only one who can get through to her.

FREEZE FRAME ON STEVEN….SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 141