FROM THE VAULT: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: EPISODE # 2595...MARCH 11, 1976
Trish visits Mike and tries to reassure him about his Dad, that no one is keeping anything from him. She tells him about her father, and that she feels certain he wants to change her name from Clayton to Stanhope. But in the lawyer's office, we see that Stanhope has had his attorney draw up a paper for Trish to sign, admitting he isn't her father. Later, Stanhope is stunned to find a letter waiting for him at Trish's motel. He is suspicious of her leaving, thinking she's gone home to get her own lawyer, then feels a guilt as he reads her tender, loving letter. He begins to wonder if he really could be the girl's father.
Don is deeply shaken and touched by Robert, who comes to ask him to draw up a premarital agreement stating he'll abide by Rebecca's wishes if she doesn't want to be a wife to him during their marriage, or wants a divorce and will give up claim to the baby, as long as he can give it a legal name. Hope and Doug, at the same time, come in from having made a snow "woman" trying to make it look like Rebecca. Doug tries to draw Rebecca out about Johnny Collins but is interrupted by a phone call. Rebecca takes it and is shaken when Don asks her to come to his office. Rebecca tries to evade Don's questioning. He tells her about Robert's unselfish desire to help her. Demands she tell the man the truth, that she was artificially inseminated by some unknown man, When Robert returns home, he asks Doug if he'd object to his marrying Rebecca, Doug says he is talking to the wrong man...ask the father of her baby,
Neil is thrown when Don calls him over and digs in for the truth about why Rebecca is stalling both Robert and Johnny. Neil goes into the other office to talk to Rebecca, at a loss, just as she is, about what to do. He regrets the whole insemination deal because one party, Rebecca, knows the identity of the other, Doug. He tells her the ball is in her court. But whether she gives up the baby for adoption or not, she'll have a lot of explaining either way. when Rebecca comes home, she finally tells Robert she went to see Don and heard of Robert's offer. She is touched, but tells him she can't marry any man.
Adele and Brooke are happy together as Brooke prepares something to eat. When she goes into the kitchen, Adele slips to the bedroom. Brooke catches her drinking, is torn apart when Adele returns, not knowing Brooke saw her. Brooke goes to Helen Grant, devastated by her mother's secret drinking after word from Neil about how damaged her liver is. Helen sees the signs of self pity in Brooke. Warns her from experience not to go that route. There's no meeting of minds and hearts when the drinker feels guilt and the loved one feels put upon, At the same time, Neil has dropped by to check on Adele, finds her on her way to a big drunk. Helen and Brooke have come to help Adele, find Neil there. Helen talks to Adele in the bedroom. Her mother loves her daughter more than the bottle, which isn't always the case with the alcoholic, so there's still hope for Adele.
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