ALL MY CHILDREN

DECEMBER 21, 1999



Trevor: Hi-de, hi-de, hi-de ho, ho, ho have I got something for you, you, you.
Mateo: A lawyer bearing gifts?
Trevor: Yeah, beware, pal. You are now the first bona fide recipient of Janet's gingerbread cookies.
Mateo: Oh, man.
Trevor: Check it out, check it out. There you go. Kind of looks just like you, doesn't it?
Mateo: Yeah, it does. Put it back in.
Trevor: I tried to call before I came down.
Mateo: You did? You know, holidays are busy.
Trevor: Books are in the black.
Mateo: Hey, I am not complaining. I am enjoying those crowds.
Trevor: Yeah, especially when you got nobody at home to enjoy.
Mateo: A brand-new record -- 12 seconds and you're busting my chops about Hayley.
Trevor: I'm just trying to make your life better for you.
Mateo: What a coincidence. I'm doing the same thing. But it's not up for debate how I go about it.
Trevor: Amen, hallelujah, brothers and sisters.
Adrian: Hey, you two. Someone call a meeting of the minds?
Trevor: Nothing formal. Here, have a cookie, pal. There you go.
Adrian: Voila!
Trevor: Looks like this partnership is working out, huh?
Adrian: You're absolutely right.
Mateo: It's a brand-new world.

Delivery man: I'm looking for Mateo Santos.
Mateo: Yeah.
Trevor: You got him.
Mateo: Can you just put them over there by that pump?
Adrian: Hey, wait a minute, partner. Did I help in ordering these?
Mateo: What do we got?
Trevor: Ooh. Hey.
Mateo: Hey, hey.
Adrian: What's wrong, man?
Trevor: Looky, looky, looky. "Happy holidays from Mateo, Hayley, and all your friends at S.O.S.

Hayley: I'm liking this.
Greenlee: Starting the day off without a double cap is a sin in my book. I thought you could use one.
Hayley: Oh, I so agree. What's in the bag?
Greenlee: A treat. In your size.
Hayley: Greenlee.
Greenlee: Well, you liked the other one I had on the other day, so I had one shipped from Milan. I had them tailor it just for you. Damn, I'm good.
Hayley: This dress is more than half of our budget for the entire year for wardrobe.
Greenlee: Oh, no. No, no. Can you say "freebie"? My Aunt Courtney helped Arabella with a cash flow problem last month, so they'll do anything for her. And since she'll do anything for me, it's all yours.
Hayley: It's fabulous. I can't thank you enough. What are you up to, Greenlee?
Greenlee: Being nice, helpful.
Hayley: Pleasantly calculating? Look, I know you want the job as my assistant. Seems to me like you're just trying to bribe your way into the job.
Greenlee: Is it working?

Opal: Come on. I have kept my comments to a bare minimum on this subject. It is time for you to fess up.
Erica: Oh, I see. What do you want to know?
Opal: Oh, anything. Just throw me a tidbit. I'm not proud. You've kept your affair with the bad doctor under such close wraps I've been reduced to watching for storm clouds.
Erica: No, no storm clouds. You'll be happy to know nothing but blue skies ahead.
Opal: Oh, yeah?
Erica: Mm-hmm.
Opal: So who's been tamed, you or the doc?
Erica: Really, Opal, neither one of us.
Opal: And the waters are calm?
Erica: Oh, yes. David is Joe Martin's choice to head the Andrassy foundation, so actually David is about to become a very pivotal member of this community.
Opal: So he's putting down roots, is he? No wonder you were so intent on him getting that post.
Erica: No, Opal. I will not play games to hold on to a man. No, this was all David's doing. I mean, clearly, he has more to look forward to than just his foundation. There is, of course, me. He loves me, Opal. He told me he loves me.
Opal: Well, honey, the whole world loves you. The question is, do you love him? Oops, be still your heart. Cardiac kid sighted at 12:00.

Erica: Hi.
David: Hello, ladies. Hey.
Erica: Hey. Oh, shopping for jewelry.
Opal: Oh, for anybody we know? Let's have a peek.
Erica: No, don't be silly. I don't want to spoil it. You know how I love surprises.
David: Oh. Well, I have plenty of surprises in store for you, Erica, but this isn't on the list.

Alex: David?
Joe: Dav-- oh, Alex.
Alex: Oh, hi.
Joe: Hope I didn't startle you.
Alex: No, I was just going to leave him a note.
Joe: Well, actually, it's just as well I find you here. I was going to go looking for you after I spoke with David.
Alex: Oh. What's on your mind?
Joe: Well, it's -- it's about this arrangement with David. I know it's going to be rather stressful for you, and I do want to make sure the foundation doesn't suffer for it.
Alex: Well, I don't want that.
Joe: No, of course you don't. Of course you don't. And as long as you're prepared for the difficulties of working with that man, I know you're going to realize all the potentials of the endowment.
Alex: Yeah, I hope so.
Joe: Well, I know so. And I do want to say, about David -- I hate to say it, but he really is as good as he thinks he is. And his name carries weight, too.
Alex: So I have to put up with his attitude. Is that what you're saying?
Joe: Well, up to a point. Up to a point. Anyway, it's going to be stressful, but as long as you're sure you've got the stomach for it --
Alex: This is Dimitri's foundation. I want it to work.
Joe: Ok. Enough said. And if you need anything at all, you just call me, ok?
Alex: Sure.
Joe: Oh -- oh, I have another request. I do hope you're going to save me a dance at the Crystal Ball. I mean, you are going to be there to help us welcome in the new year?

Voices: Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought

Alex: No. No, no, I won't be attending.
Joe: It's not to be missed. It's the highlight of our year.
Alex: Well, I'm not going! I wish people would stop asking me about it.

Mateo: Won't be needing these. I guess we can send everybody some candy canes, you know?
Adrian: What, did you forget you ordered them?
Mateo: Yeah, you know, you forget about the loose ends. Hayley and I had those made a while back. We were going to give them to our best customers, so -- scratch that idea.
Trevor: Chance of making this a reality.
Mateo: Trev, come on.
Trevor: Hayley's only a phone call away.
Mateo: Trev, that's what happens when people break up. You hear a song, it reminds you. You see a sunset, it reminds you. Does that mean that music has to stop playing? No. Does the sun stop setting? No. You just deal with it. And you put your life together.
Trevor: Well, I'm just trying to get you to put your life back together, better with Hayley.
Mateo: Well, she doesn't want that. You know, if she did, she would've set me straight about Ryan.
Trevor: All these misunderstandings between you two, it's beating you up. You got to let it go.
Mateo: So do you. Thank you for the cookies.
Trevor: Anytime. You got my number.
Mateo: Yeah.

Trevor: His head is harder than a brick.
Adrian: Yeah, well, he's still got nothing but love for Hayley. But I must say, your niece is just as stubborn as he is.
Trevor: Hey, I know where she gets that from.
Adrian: Yeah, well, don't give up on them, you know? A little help from a neutral third party never hurt.
Trevor: Well, when it comes to Hayley, I ain't exactly neutral. But working both sides of this war is kind of getting to me.
Adrian: Yeah. Guess you're right. What if you had an ally?
Trevor: What, are you going to join the fray?
Adrian: Yeah. I mean, Mateo deserves to be with the love of his life. I want to make sure I do my part to make sure that love kind of gets back on track.
Trevor: Hey, me, too. So what should we call our little confabulation?
Adrian: Maybe we'll call it a little love connection.
Trevor: Oh, I guess that makes me Chuck Woolery.
Adrian: No, no, no. I'm Chuck, baby. I'm Chuck.
Trevor: You don't have the hair, pal.
Adrian: Hey, my wig's in the back.

Mateo: Why are you doing this to yourself?

[Salsa music plays]

Greenlee: What can I say? I want to work with you, and I'm ready to crush any competition that gets in my way.
Hayley: Well, you're off to a good start -- the cappuccino, the dress in my size. Kind of hard to beat, don't you think?
Greenlee: Is that a yes?
Hayley: Why do you want this job, Greenlee?
Greenlee: You mean why would somebody who doesn't have to work want a job?
Hayley: More to the point.
Greenlee: My ambition in life is not to devise new ways of burning through my trust fund. I want to be defined by what I do, not by how much money I already have.
Hayley: I can understand that. Well, you got great connections. You've got a great sense of style. I'm concerned about your work ethic.
Greenlee: I've got one. Not that it couldn't use some improvement. That's why I want to work for you.
Hayley: I don't know. I don't know, Greenlee. I mean, there's something about you that just sings to me. You know, one day you'll just get bored and fly off to Europe and never look back.
Greenlee: Oh, no, that's not going to happen.
Hayley: It better not. Or I'll hunt you down and I'll choke you with that dress.
Greenlee: Well, it would be a fashionable way to go, but I'm not the type of person to give up on something once I decide to do it.
Hayley: Ok. Let's see how it goes.
Greenlee: Get out. Are you serious?
Hayley: Unfortunately, that's all I am these days.
Greenlee: You are not -- you are not going to regret this!
Hayley: I'll hold you to those words.
Greenlee: No, I'm serious. I already called some designers in New York that I know, and I'm going to totally hook you up.
Hayley: Ok.
Greenlee: Totally.
Hayley: No, really, calm down. You don't have to convince me that you're the best thing going. What's with the smile?
Greenlee: It's just -- you're not the first person to tell me that.
Hayley: Oh, really? Were they nice about it?
Greenlee: Extremely.

Joe: I didn't mean to push.
Alex, are you all right?
Alex: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That was such an overreaction. I have a thing about New Year's Eve. I don't like it. I've never looked forward to it.
Joe: Well, the thing is -- it's just that it's a big awkward because this year the ball is raising money for the Andrassy foundation. And I was counting on you being there to represent us.
Alex: Can't we make this one of David's first official duties? He loves the limelight. I'm really not in the mood to face a throng of well-meaning people, I can tell you that.
Joe: Ok. Ok, I understand. It's a difficult time of year being without Dimitri.
Alex: A year ago, I didn't even know Dimitri Marick existed. Or that I could love anyone quite so much.
Joe: And to receive the same love in return was a wonderful whirlwind, huh?
Alex: I suppose marriage is like that sometimes. You plan your life together and you invest in it all that you want it to be, and then --
Joe: All within a year.
Alex: If it wasn't for this foundation, I never would've come back to medicine. Not after losing him. I couldn't bear it.
Joe: I think Dimitri knew that.
Alex: You think so?
Joe: Absolutely. I think this whole Andrassy foundation is Dimitri's gift to you. And it was a way for you to get back to what you love -- being a healer.
Alex: I didn't save him, though.
Joe: We both know that's part of it.
We don't always win. Alex: Even when it matters most.
Joe: Mm-hmm.
Joe: You know, your husband could be quite a rascal.
Alex: Seems he still is.
Joe: Yes, he is. So, why don't you accept his gift and take up that challenge? Don't you worry for a minute about David Hayward because he's certainly not wringing his hands over you.

Erica: Well, now, David, who else would you be buying jewelry for?
David: No, honestly, Erica, this gift is not for you.
Opal: Well, I know that store has a lot of doohickeys and things -- you know, money clips, key chains, stuff like that. Perfect for a hospital staff.
David: No, no. My staff and I exchange handshakes and fruitcakes. But you'll be happy to know that I have selected something really extravagant for you.
Erica: Oh. Well, good. That sounds promising.
David: Well, how about you two? Find anything you like?
Erica: Of course. However, no, you are not going to have any peeks at what I bought, either.
David: Suits me. I can hold out for surprises better than some people I know. I have an appointment. I'll see you later.

Opal: It's probably for his mother.
Erica: Oh, Opal, don't be silly. No, clearly, this was a big, elaborate ruse for your benefit.
Opal: What'd I have to do with it?
Erica: Well, of course, if David bought jewelry, it's for me. But he didn't want to admit it in front of a total stranger.
Opal: Oh, there's the explanation.
Erica: It's called knowing your man.
Opal, can you meet me at the Valley Inn later?
Opal: Why? Where you going?
Erica: I am going to see if I like David's taste in jewelry

Greenlee: Hayley, thanks again. Here's the revised schedule for the production meeting.
Hayley: Thanks.
Greenlee: And, you know, working for you is the best opportunity I've had in a long time.
Hayley: Well, talk to me in six months. If you're still this excited, we're going to make an awesome team.
Leo: Do my ears deceive me? Greenlee Smythe has a job?
Greenlee: Most people on earth do work for a living.
Leo: Because they have to.
Hayley: Including you. Didn't Tad Martin just take you under his wing?
Leo: On a desperate impulse. We still have to iron out the whatevers. So, what is Ms. Smythe's new position?
Hayley: She's going to be my assistant.

[Leo remembers a conversation with Greenlee]

Leo: You don't want to be Hayley's assistant. You want her job.

Leo: Well, congratulations, Greenlee. I'm sure you have big plans. Better keep your eye on this one, Hayley. Although you won't be alone.
Hayley: You know, this reminds me -- let's have a little chat. Let's keep our personal business away from our business business and what we're trying to achieve around here. Understood?
Greenlee: Yeah. If you're referring to me and your cousin Scott, you have nothing to worry about. We, you know, went to college together, but we've moved on.
Leo: Oh, right. Isn't he seeing Becca Tyree?
Hayley: Whatever. Anyhow, let's just remember, what we do outside of the studio is your business. Don't drag it in here. And I mean it. Meet me in the production office in five minutes. I've got research for you.

Greenlee: Ok. Points for being smooth. What you need to work on is minding your own business.
Leo: Well, if my research is correct, you and I go about our business in the same way. Are you sure we weren't separated at birth? We're too much alike.
Greenlee: Don't flatter yourself. Oh -- wait. I'm sorry. If you didn't do that, who else would?

Tina: I remember when this came out.
Mateo: Yeah. I didn't like at first, but, you know, it grew on me.
Tina: Mm-hmm. Makes you want to dance -- at least me.
Mateo: I think everybody was dancing to it back in the day.
Tina: Even you?
Mateo: Well --
Tina: Come on. Show me.
Mateo: Nah, I can't.

[Music stops]

Tina: That's ok. I just wanted to give you a little something for Christmas.
Mateo: No, come on.
Tina: Open it.
Mateo: I didn't get you anything.
Tina: Open it.
Mateo: Ok.
Mateo: Concert tickets.
Tina: Mm-hmm. Two, to be exact. You and me. I figure it'll be a scouting trip to see if the band will play here, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun.
Mateo: I'm going to be in Texas with my son, you know? We're spending Christmas together.
Tina: Oh, you know what? That's ok?
Mateo: But thank you, though.
Tina: Mm-hmm. I should have asked first.
Mateo: No, that's nice. The inventory -- did you do it? It's back --
Tina: Yeah. I left it in the back.
Mateo: Ok. Thank you.

Adrian: The guy's in overdrive. Don't let it get you down.
Tina: Pays to ask if someone's available.
Adrian: Well, can't you return the tickets?
Tina: No. They're nonrefundable. One night only.
Adrian: So what are you going to do?
Tina: Did I mention that I have two tickets to a concert and you were my first choice? If you're available.
Adrian: That's a wonderful thought. Yes, I am available, and I'd love to go.
Tina: Great. Here. Pick me up at 7:00.
Adrian: What about Christmas? You have plans with your family?
Tina: Uh -- I bounced around foster homes when I was growing up, so I don't really write anything in stone.
Adrian: That's pretty rough. My family is a major part of my life. Listen, since you don't have anywhere to go, what about spending Christmas with me and my family at the Martin's?
Tina: Hold it. Why are you asking me?
Adrian: Well, you said you didn't have anywhere to go, right?
Tina: So what does that make me, a charity case or something?
Adrian: Wait a minute. No. I didn't say that.
Tina: You know what? You didn't have to say that. Keep your pity, Adrian. I don't need it.

Alex: You're so kind, Joe.
Joe: Bad time of year to be without those you love. And I want you to know you're not totally alone. I want you back at work just as much as Dimitri does.
Alex: Oh, present tense. I love that.
Joe: Well, here we are. I have to go make my rounds.
Alex: All right.
Joe: Ok.

David: Alex.
Alex: Oh. I was just leaving you a note.
David: No, that's ok, actually. I'm glad that you're here. I have to fill out a card, but I guess we can skip that.
Alex: What is it, another invitation?
David: No. No, it's a gift marking our new beginning. Putting our past in the past where it belongs.
Alex: Oh, you know, I really don't think this is a good precedent.
David: Oh, don't worry. I'm not going to start showering you with gifts from now on. I just thought that it would be a nice gesture.
Alex: We shouldn't fool ourselves. Working together isn't going to make us friends in any way. I mean, we could figure out something, but --
David: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Look, come on, Alex, you have to get past this somehow. And this gift reminded me of you.
David: I was hoping that this gift might be a step toward something resembling professional civility. And who knows -- perhaps, someday, even teamwork.
Alex: Well, you and I have yet to find out whether we can actually work together at all. And if we do, it really has to be on mutual terms.
David: Sounds like a very good beginning.
Alex: Good.

David: Erica, hi. Come on in.
Alex: Oh, hi. Uh -- you'll have to excuse me. I've got things to do.
Erica: The gift you bought was for Alex?
David: Is that a crime?
Erica: Why would you do such a thing?
David: Jealously isn't exactly the appropriate response, Erica.
Erica: Oh, well, then, how about shock? Why would you buy her anything?
David: I'm merely trying to dissolve the hostility she has towards me. It's the best way to win her over and prove that she's wrong about me.
Erica: We already have established that she's wrong about you. You don't need to pander to her paranoia.
David: If she grows comfortable with me being in charge of the foundation, she could go back to England and leave us alone.
Erica: Reaching out to her will backfire in ways that you could never even suspect.
David: Oh, come on, Erica. She's simply a person who has her own take on the events of the past. We're not dealing with a monster here.
Erica: No? We don't know what she did to Dimitri, but he's dead. Yeah, I know, I know. You don't like me to mention Dimitri's name. But you know what? I will say his name a thousand times if it will save you from sharing his same fate.

Adrian: I don't pity you, Tina. You said you don't have anywhere to go for the holidays, so I invited you to spend it with me and my family. It was just a goodwill gesture to men, women, whatever.
Tina: You know what? Nobody feels sorry for me. Understand?
Adrian: How can they? You never give anyone a chance. You're too busy being all bubbly. Always so happy, smiling at everybody.
Tina: Stop. Stop. You're swelling my head.
Adrian: Besides, good people always seem to clock a lot of invites during the holidays. I just wanted to share an invitation with you. That's all.
Tina: So, what are you having?
Adrian: So you'll come?
Tina: I wouldn't want to disappoint my fans. You sending me a limo?
Adrian: Maybe.

Trevor: While you're digging through that avalanche of work, keep an eye out for Mateo. He's probably in there somewhere.
Hayley: I'm through burying myself in work to escape heartache, Uncle Trev.
Trevor: Hey.
Hayley: You saw Mateo?
Trevor: Yeah. Yeah, down at the S.O.S. I brought some cookies by from Janet. He gave me a little souvenir.
Hayley: I saw the matchbooks. I had them printed up.
Trevor: Well, this is a little more of a high-ticket item as those things go. You probably had a hand in it. But no need to show you now. Get back to work. I'll show you later.
Hayley: You're not going to show me what it is?
Trevor: Well, you got time?
Hayley: I got a minute.
Trevor: Yeah? A minute's all it's going to take, really. He said that it was something you were going to give your favorite customers.
Hayley: Yeah, we were planning f the future.
Trevor: Well, I'll -- I'll take it with me. I know you don't want to be surrounded by any memories.
Hayley: No, no. I had a hand in the cover. I'd like to see how it came out.
Trevor: It's not too late to turn it all into reality.
Hayley: Uncle Trevor,!
Trevor: Come on, Tink.
Hayley: Lay off!
Trevor: So much for the love connection.

Greenlee: That's for all of your help getting Aunt Courtney to contact Arabella. Hayley loved the dress. I got the job.
Millicent: Oh, that's so nice, darling. And it'll mean you'll be spending less time with your new paramour.
Greenlee: If I had one. It's the working woman's life for me.
Millicent: Greenlee, I may love cribbage, but I do know my way around the poker table. Your bluff is duly noted.
Greenlee: What would I be bluffing about?
Millicent: The maid thanked me profusely for the impromptu day off, which I didn't give her.
Greenlee: Well, she works so hard. I figured --
Millicent: Come now. Sylvia's been with me for a while. She tells me everything. She even told me about the young man you were with the other afternoon. Ryan Lavery.
Greenlee: Duly noted. I apologize for sneaking around. Ryan's a nice guy. We hang out.
Millicent: It's Mr. Lavery's reputation that concerns me. He was accused of rape last year. The press was loaded with all the salacious details.
Greenlee: I heard about it. He was innocent.
Millicent: True innocence is reserved for those whose names do not make it onto the police blotter. I will not have my granddaughter carrying on with a man of this sort. And if she continues to do so, she's going to be shipped back to her parents in San Diego. He's not our kind, darling.

Leo: Salve, angela mia. Che bella giornata.
Greenlee: Grandma, this is Leo Du Pres, Vanessa Cortlandt's son.
Millicent: Oh, so Vanessa does have another child.
Leo: Yeah. I'm the one they break out on special occasions.
Millicent: Didn't I see you the other night when Palmer had his accident?
Leo: Newly arrived and not my best moment. But I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. I've heard so much about you.
Millicent: Oh, really? From whom?
Leo: The Forsythes, the Countess Du Vigny, the Quartermaines.
Millicent: Wonderful. Sit down.
Leo: Oh, thank you.
Millicent: Greenlee and I were just discussing her circle of friends.
Leo: Oh. Do I make the cut?
Millicent: I should hope so.

David: So you think Alex literally wants to do me in?
Erica: We don't know what she wants. But her reaction to you is completely irrational. I have seen proof of that myself.
David: I can handle Alex.
Erica: Alex is not the kind of woman to be handled. She almost succeeded in having you barred from being the director of the Andrassy foundation because of some prejudice she has against you for something you never even did. Never mind that your professional qualifications were the best. That never even entered the equation.
David: Alex is confused, and because of that I have the upper hand. There are any number of ways to send her packing, Erica. I'm just trying to be nice about it.
Erica: All right. We both know that you are impossibly stubborn. So you're going to love me, but you're not going to listen to anything I say?
David: No. Don't do that, ok? I'm not going to cave in to you because you want to give Alex more power than she deserves.
Erica: David, will you listen to me? She wasn't even going to honor Dimitri's last wish. So, suddenly, one mention of David Hayward's name, and suddenly she can't say no?
David: I love your concern, but I have everything under control.
Erica: Don't do that! You're placating me now. Don't! Just -- will you please watch your back? I have to meet Opal. Look, obviously I'm curious. What did you buy her?
David: A trinket. It won't even mean a damn thing to her.

[Tina and Adrian share a sexy dance]

Singer: Hey whoa everybody listen to me
Singer: Everybody listen to me
Second Singer: Oh, yeah somebody help me help me somebody help me come on
Singer: Let's go oh, yeah
Second Singer: Hey
Singer: Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
Second Singer: Whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa oh, yeah whoa, whoa whoa, whoa
First Singer: All right
Singers: Whoa whoa, ah oh
Singer: Hey
Singers: Whoa whoa, ah oh whoa whoa, ah oh
Singer: Feel it feel it
Singers: Whoa whoa, ah oh
Singer: Baby, baby, baby baby, baby, yeah
Second Singer: Whoa, whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, whoa
First Singer: One more time

Millicent: Leo, you're delightful company, but I must find the telephone.
Leo: Oh, of course. Let me help you.
Millicent: How considerate.
Leo: Yes.

Greenlee: Can I dry off now? Your charm is dripping all over the place, like the goo from the "Alien" movies.
Leo: Can I help it if I'm good at this sort of thing?
Greenlee: Are you willing to put it to good use? You could be just the man I need right now.
Leo: If I had a dollar for every time I heard that.
Greenlee: There's a holiday party at the country club that my grandparents are hosting. They'd love you on my arm.
Leo: I thought you were seeing someone.
Greenlee: Gram doesn't approve, but the idea of you and me --
Leo: And your man?
Greenlee: What he doesn't know -- you can finish that sentence.
Leo: You're going to fake it with me, Greenlee?
Greenlee: Aren't you used to that in a woman by now?
Leo: Ouch. That spiked heel in my back is turning me on. So I'll be your cover.
Greenlee: Mm-hmm.
Leo: Your grandparents see you with me, they die happy, and you're free to -- finish the sentence.
Greenlee: Do what I want to do. Can we be totally honest with each other?
Leo: Absolutely. You know, there's no one else we're going to be honest with.

Opal: So he bought the gift for Alex?
Erica: Yes. Well, I told him that the woman will always be a problem, no matter what he does for her.
Opal: Problem for who? I mean, I don't think there's any reason to be feeling jealous.
Erica: Why does everyone assume that I'm jealous?
Opal: Well, because you're the one doing all the huffing and puffing. I mean, if the gift was just a peace offering, then David is trying to make lemons into chiffon pie. Why worry?
Erica: You think I'm overreacting.
Opal: Could be.
Erica: There is just something not right about her, Opal. I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, I want her gone. Because if she stays in Pine Valley --
Opal: What? The rivers will run red with blood?
Erica: You're not far off.

Alex: David, I think I left a chart in here.
David: Actually, you did. It's right here.
Alex: Thank you.
David: You also forgot your gift.

[Pager beeps]

David: No, that's me. Got to go. Hmm. Enjoy the gift.

[Clock chimes]

Voices: And never brought to mind should auld acquaintance





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