Hayley: Who is that?
Simone: Look, Hayley --
Hayley: You were telling
someone information about
the investigation.
We trusted you.
Vanessa: You are so clever,
trying to ruin David.
You've had your last chance,
Dear.
Erica: Is Chris out
of surgery?
Joe: Things are not as simple
as they originally expected.
They've run into complications.
Edmund: I love you, Brooke.
Will you marry me?
TODAY'S - - - ALL MY CHILDREN
Anna: Don't move!
[Anna gasps]
David: Anna, what the hell
are you doing here?
Anna: Looking for Proteus,
just like you.
[Vanessa talks on her cell phone]
Vanessa: Ryan Lavery doesn't have
the disk?
What did he do, give it away?
Auction it off on-line?
Man: He turned it in.
Vanessa: To the police?
Man: To the FEDS --
Vanessa: No!
Man: Proteus.
Vanessa: No, no --
Man: I'm telling you,
he handed it over.
They have it locked in some
safe, God knows where.
Vanessa: You know what?
If God only knows, you're going
to have to find him, aren't you,
Mr. Timmins.
Am I understood?
Mr. Timmins: What do you want
from me?
Vanessa: I want that disk.
Mr. Timmins: I told you,
it's --
Vanessa: You know,
if you don't find me that disk
and get it back, I will hunt
you down and shoot you myself.
Am I clear?
Huh.
Vanessa: Don't you look at me
that way.
I am not insane.
Edmund: Any word on Stamp's
condition?
Brooke: Can you believe I'm
totally being frozen out?
Edmund: You, frozen?
Brooke: Speaking of which --
I know a guy in the morgue,
however, who's going to call me
if they bring anybody in,
even if it's a John Doe.
So I think that Stamp is still
alive.
Edmund: I got to know how
the hell this happened.
I mean, the Pine Cone
with Erica, Kendall, and Ryan?
What was that about?
Brooke: Could have been
a setup.
[Simone walks into Brooke's office]
Simone: It was a setup.
Edmund: Simone?
Simone: It was a total setup.
But they weren't aiming
for Agent Stamp.
Edmund: What are you talking
about?
Simone: They wanted to kill
Ryan Lavery.
Brooke: How do you know that?
Simone: Because I made it
happen.
Kendall: See, I thought
I knew who my parents were,
too, but --
Ryan: I really don't want
to talk about this, Kendall.
Kendall: Ok.
It's just that I know what
you're going through, Ryan.
It's really hard to find out
what you thought was true --
what you thought was the only
true thing you ever knew
at all -- wasn't.
Isn't.
Whatever.
Bianca: Have you guys heard
anything?
Kendall: No.
She never came out.
She's still in there with him.
Bianca: And you've been
sitting here all night?
Well, I guess if anything had
changed, she would've come out
and said something.
Kendall: Why don't you tell
her you're here?
Bianca: Mom?
Kendall: Who else are
we talking about?
Bianca: Well, I don't want
to bother her.
Kendall: Well, she needs you.
Bianca: What do you mean?
Kendall: She asked for you.
Bianca: When?
Kendall: Last night.
I wanted to help her,
but she didn't want my help,
so she asked for you.
I'm a little rusty on my church
history.
Is there a Saint Erica, or is
she vying for beatification all
on her own?
Ryan: Kendall, do you ever
give up?
Erica: I know why you did
what you did.
He's your son.
You'd die for him.
Erica: Oh.
Oh, Chris.
Oh, Chris.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, thank God.
Erica: Look --
he opened his eyes.
Nurse: Can you hear me,
Agent Stamp?
Erica: He's all right.
I mean, he's going to be all
right.
Oh, Chris.
Nurse: Everything seems good.
You rest.
I'll page Dr. Martin.
Erica: Thank you.
You gave me a terrible scare.
Chris: Ryan --
Ryan --
Erica: Ryan is fine.
He's here.
He stayed here all night.
He's right outside.
Chris: Yeah?
He's --
he's not hurt?
Erica: No.
No, you took care of that
for him.
I'll go get him, ok?
You wait right here.
Oh, of course you're going
to wait right here.
Erica: He's awake!
Bianca: Yeah.
Erica: He -- he asked
for you, Ryan.
Bianca: The nurse just told
us.
Erica: Oh, he just -- he just
looked right at me, and I just
almost fainted myself because --
Ryan, I said he asked for you.
Ryan: Yeah, I heard you.
Erica: Well, then, where are
you going?
Ryan: As far away from this
place as I can get.
Erica: Over my dead body.
Vanessa: Oh, my.
You're afraid of me, aren't you?
Answer me, Mary --
Maggie: Ow.
Vanessa: Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh.
Maggie: Can you just let me
go?
Please?
[Vanessa laughs]
Vanessa: How can I possibly
do that, Darling, after all
you've heard?
Shh.
Maggie: But you told me that
you don't kill family.
That's your rule.
Vanessa: Oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I know exactly what
I said.
But you are tempting me to break
my own code here, so --
well, don't fret yet.
Maggie: What are you going
to do with me?
[Vanessa chuckles]
Vanessa: Well, now,
my dear, that one is entirely up
to you.
David: I don't think Proteus
is living here with my brother
and his fiancée.
Anna: Ok.
So why are you here, then?
David: You first.
Anna: I was looking
for your mother.
I thought maybe she came back
here.
David: All right, let's back
up for a minute.
Why are you looking
for my mother?
Or have you found something?
Anna: I had the syringe
tested.
David: Ok.
What did you find?
Anna: The drug in the syringe
can induce a heart attack when
given in a high dose.
David: There's something
else.
What?
What is it?
Anna: Your mother's
fingerprints --
they were the only ones
on there, David.
I'm sorry.
David: You -- you need to get
yourself a hobby.
Anna: David --
David: No, no, no, I mean it.
Look --
I'm the last person in the world
to defend my mother, but this --
Anna: David --
David: This -- this -- this
is absurd, and you know it.
Anna: You already said that
you thought she was responsible
for the death of her chauffeur.
David: That doesn't make
her a drug lord!
Come on!
Anna: Well, Stamp thinks that
she's Proteus, too.
David: Oh, oh.
Then you know this?
Anna: Mateo was attacked
in the state pen.
Stamp knew that it was going
to happen.
I already told you that the jail
guard that did it, he was --
he died conveniently right
before he was to name names.
Now, guess what caused him
his heart attack?
David: All right,
wait, wait -- just --
Anna: Traces of the drug that
were in the syringe found
in here.
Now, if they weren't looking
for it, they would never have
seen it.
David: She's my mother, Anna!
Anna: I know!
David: Look, I know that
Vanessa's a lot of things,
but she's not some methodical,
you know, sociopathic --
damn it, come on, Anna!
She can't be!
Anna: David, I'm sorry.
She is.
Maggie: I've been thinking
a lot about what you said,
about trying to help Frankie.
Vanessa: Mm-hmm.
I did try.
But she let her feelings get
in the way, you know.
Youthful, natural mistake,
but it cost her everything.
Maggie: Have you ever been
in love?
I know that's a weird question
to ask right now, but --
but I agree with you.
I think that -- that Frankie
fell so deeply in love
with Bianca that -- that
she made bad decisions,
stupid mistakes.
You know, I've -- I've never
been in love.
Not yet.
So, what is it like?
Vanessa: I've only
ever really loved my sons.
Maggie: No, I mean --
Vanessa: Oh, Mary Margaret,
I know exactly what you mean.
You're trying to humanize me,
aren't you?
Just get me to have some
feelings, to show some feelings.
Maggie: Oh, do you even have
feelings?
Vanessa: I feel more in a day
than you have your entire life!
Although no one seems to ever
take my side.
Maggie: Oh, that's not true,
because Mom said -- Mom said
that -- that you never drove
Uncle Charles to his grave.
Was she wrong?
Vanessa: Well, Charles was
weak.
He was weak.
He was destroying my family.
Maggie: How?
Vanessa: Oh.
He was destroying David's life
before it even got started!
And that ungrateful son
of mine --
he still blames me for Charles'
weaknesses and inability
to handle his own home.
Maggie: So did you make Uncle
Charles kill himself?
Vanessa: If he hadn't pulled
that trigger, I would have
pulled it for him gladly.
And that's something
my ungrateful son will never let
me forget.
Brooke: Tell us what
happened.
Simone: Look, I have worked
my butt off for you guys,
and I'm not even on staff.
Edmund: I know how hard
you've worked and I know what
you've risked, Simone.
Simone: You don't even know
what I've risked, Edmund.
Edmund: What is that supposed
to mean?
Brooke: You got emotionally
involved with a married man
in a very volatile situation.
Is that it?
Simone: I've handled this
badly, and it's hard to talk
about.
Brooke: Well, you've let us
in this far.
Simone: I really fell
for Mateo.
I didn't see it coming.
I thought I could handle it.
I didn't.
And then when I saw how hopeless
that was -- and the only thing
I had left to save face was
the story that you guys hired me
to do in the first place --
Brooke: That got pulled.
Simone: Yes.
Edmund: Where does Ryan fit
into all this?
Simone: I felt discarded,
Edmund.
And my phone rang.
This big New York publisher got
wind of what I was doing.
Edmund: Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait, wait -- how would this
New York --
Brooke: Wait, wait, wait.
Let her finish.
Simone: This woman calls me.
Her credits check out,
so I thought.
Basically she offers me this
book deal on the Proteus
investigation.
Edmund: How the hell would
she know anything --
Simone: All she wanted
in return is to be part
of the daily updates.
Brooke: Oh.
And that didn't raise a red
flag?
Simone: Well, sure it did.
But I was -- I was hurt and --
and mad.
I didn't look close enough
at the signs.
I started to double agent myself
to get more and more dope
on Proteus without letting
anyone know anything --
except my New York editor,
every night.
Edmund: Ok.
I don't -- I'm not sure I want
to hear any more where this is
headed.
Brooke: I do.
Simone: I overheard Mateo
and Hayley talking to Chris
Stamp about some crucial info
evidence that Ryan Lavery had.
He had it stashed for them.
And I told my editor about it.
Brooke: Who blew your cover
for it?
Simone: My editor was
Proteus.
Edmund: What?
Simone: Well, either that
or high up on the food chain.
I mean, all I know now is that
once I did that, I might as well
have painted a red bull's-eye
on Ryan Lavery's chest.
And then when they didn't hit
him and they hit Chris stamp --
I mean, I caused this whole
thing.
Edmund: I trusted you
more than I've trusted some
of the best reporters I have.
Simone: I know.
Edmund: How did this happen?
Simone: I lost it.
I know it.
Ok?
I know I did.
Edmund: What's this?
Simone: It's my resignation.
I know better than to try
to worm my way out of this.
I hear they -- they need writers
in Hollywood.
You think I'm still young enough
that maybe --
[Edmund rips up Simone's resignation]
Simone: That was symbolic?
Edmund: What you did stinks,
Simone.
Simone: I know.
Edmund: But if you can
convince yourself that this is
the worst mistake you'll ever
make, maybe you can work
your way past this.
Simone: You'd assign me
again?
Edmund: I'd let you submit.
Simone: How do you feel about
this?
Brooke: I think you're a good
writer.
And if Edmund thinks that we can
trust you again, I believe him.
Simone: Why are you guys
doing this for me?
Edmund: Oh, I don't know.
But show me --
Brooke: Mm-hmm.
Edmund: Any good reporter who
hasn't screwed up royally
at least once.
Not in this room, I promise you.
Simone: I was brought
in for questioning by the police
last night.
Edmund: Ok, they work fast.
What about Derek?
Is he pressing charges?
Simone: Oh, they're talking
about it.
Brooke: So did you get
a lawyer?
I mean, a good one?
Simone: No.
I guess I should, huh?
Amy: Excuse me, Edmund.
Edmund: Yeah.
Hey, you guys.
Amy: Ted down in editorial --
he's screaming for you,
and he didn't even need
an intercom.
Man: Yeah, we had a meeting
at 10:00.
Everybody's down there waiting.
Edmund: Screaming, huh?
Yeah, I'm coming.
Are we cool on this?
Simone: Yeah.
Thank you, Edmund.
Edmund: Ok.
And -- listen to Brooke.
Get a good lawyer.
We'll talk.
Simone: Ok.
Simone: Is he for real?
Brooke: Yeah, he is.
Erica: Don't make me get ugly
with you, Ryan.
Ryan: Erica, this is none
of your business.
Erica: That man in there is
your father.
I know this is all news to you,
but do I have to remind you what
he did for you last night?
Ryan: No, you don't.
I'll see you.
Erica: He took a bullet
for you, you ungrateful louse!
Look, I can only imagine what
you've been going through since
you found out that Chris is
your father.
[Kendall sighs]
Kendall: Can you, Erica?
Really?
Erica: Chris --
Chris deserves to be thanked,
if nothing else.
Ryan, please do this.
It would mean the world to him.
[Ryan walks into Chris's hospital room and Erica follows him]
Ryan: I --
I just wanted to
say thank you for about
what you did last night.
Chris: Years --
years of training.
Erica: Oh, please.
You men are impossible.
Chris didn't do what he did
for you just because he was
doing his job.
Chris took that bullet for you,
Ryan, because he's your father.
Ryan: We're strangers,
Erica, so please save me
the movie of the week crescendo,
all right?
The only thing I have in common
with this guy is my gene pool.
He's no more my father than
you are Kendall Hart's mother.
Kendall: Look, Bianca,
Erica really did ask
for you last night.
She was tired and upset
and afraid, and I was right
there with her, and e looked
me in the eye and said
she needed you.
Bianca: Kendall, why are
you even telling me this?
Kendall: Because for one,
brief second, I actually wanted
to help her, and she didn't want
my help.
But if I could help her get
you back in her life,
then that's --
Bianca: I have to go.
Kendall: What?
Bianca: Just --
if you talk to Chris, please let
him know that I'm glad he's
better, ok?
[Bianca walks out of the hospital]
Kendall: Bianca, you can't --
oh, God.
She really is her mother's
daughter.
Ryan: Well, this was
obviously a mistake.
I'm glad that you're --
I'm glad you're ok and I'm glad
that I'm not dead.
So I guess we're done.
Chris: Ryan --
Ryan: No, no, no, no, no.
I'm done.
[Ryan leaves]
Chris: Ryan --
Ryan, wait.
Ow!
Oh.
Erica: What is it, Chris?
Chris: Oh, God.
Erica: What?
Chris: No.
I can't --
I --
Erica: What?
Chris: I can't move --
I can't --
I can't move my legs.
Joe: How are you doing,
Chris?
Erica: Oh, Joe, Joe --
Chris can't move his legs.
Joe: Well, let me see what's
going on.
Nurse: Dr. Martin needs
to examine the patient
in private.
Erica: Joe?
Joe: Erica, I will see
you after I examine Chris.
Please. Yeah.
Joe: Chris, after
the surgery, we took a pretty
close look around.
There's a bullet fragment lodged
right next to your spine.
Chris: And --
and you left it there?
Joe: We had to.
Your life was at stake.
Believe me, repairing your heart
was one hell of a job.
David Hayward showed incredible
skill.
Here's what we're going to do.
Once you're stabilized,
got your strength back,
if there's no increase
in mobility, we'll go back
in there and remove the fragment
and we'll take it from there.
Chris: Yeah
I don't --
I don't hear any guarantees,
Doc.
Do I?
Do I?
David: This is a joke.
Come on.
I mean, there's no way that
my mother's some drug kingpin --
Anna: Well, think about it.
David: I am.
I'm the only one thinking here.
Anna: She has the means.
She has the knowledge.
She has an unbelievably
foolproof cover.
David: Oh.
Anna: Being a social-climbing
poser keeps you exempt
from suspicion.
David: This is so stupid.
Come on, Anna.
My mother's not smart enough
to pull this off.
I know it, believe me!
Anna: I think she is.
I think she's brilliant.
However, she's also vulnerable,
which is why we've come so far
now.
David: I don't believe this.
Anna: Well, she was here.
What the hell was she doing
here?
You know?
And you said yourself that
you heard someone else in here,
like maybe she was hiding --
David: Yes, yes.
She was hiding someone.
Of course she was.
That's because the woman is
the town slut.
Everybody knows that -- what?
What?
What are you doing?
Anna: Well, I don't know who
this belongs to.
[Anna holds up a earring]
David: You're kidding, right?
This is Greenlee's apartment,
isn't it?
Anna: Oh, no.
That's not her style.
It's not flashy enough.
This is a cheap earring,
like something a young person
would wear.
David: Look -- look --
if -- if Vanessa killed Larry,
it was a crime of passion,
all right?
Like -- like -- like Paolo,
like --
Anna: Like your father?
David, I'm sorry.
It's Vanessa.
You have to see it.
Maggie: So you wanted Uncle
Charles dead?
Vanessa: Hmm.
Charles was more than just
useless.
He would have ruined David's
life had he lived.
Maggie: So this no-killing
rule isn't really set in stone,
is it?
[Vanessa chuckles]
Vanessa: Charles was
my husband, not my family.
Maggie: You didn't love him?
Vanessa: I wanted a child,
and Charles served that purpose
perfectly well, and he gave me
one.
Maggie: You said before that
he -- that he ruined David.
What did you mean by that?
Vanessa: Well, Charles knew
very well that he couldn't
compete with my love for David,
so he took on being the most
successful, wealthiest
businessman in the world,
and he almost pulled the whole
thing off, too.
Maggie: What did he do?
Vanessa: Well, my dear,
you can't make that kind
of money totally legally.
So we both understood that.
But Charles suddenly decided
to develop a conscience.
He said that he couldn't look
David in the eye because
of the w he made his money.
Weakling.
Maggie: Why is that weak?
Vanessa: Because Charles'
inability to keep his promises
in all the plans that I had
for David, and then the --
and then the call came.
Maggie: What call?
Vanessa: Someone called
and threatened my son
because of the promises that
Charles could not keep
on the job.
So I confronted him.
Sniveling idiot sold out
our family because he was
scared!
So I had to take it over.
I had to take it over.
I had to keep it all clean.
I had to keep it all clean
and to keep David safe.
So --
[Vanessa chuckles]
Vanessa: Well, that's the day
I made a deal with the devil.
Maggie: So that's --
that's when you started this
whole -- whole thing,
whatever it is.
Vanessa: You know, I never
looked back.
Maggie: How did you do it?
Vanessa: I bargained.
I bargained for my son's life.
So I took over what Charles was
too weak to handle.
And he -- well, he couldn't live
with his own failure --
or the fact that I had taken
over and did a better job
of what he abandoned.
Oh.
Maggie: So he killed himself?
Vanessa: It was the best
thing that ever happened to me.
David: I can't process any
of this right now.
[Doorbell rings]
Anna: Wait.
Oh, hi.
Bianca: Hi.
Anna: Hi, Bianca.
Bianca: I'm looking for Leo.
David: Yeah, so am I.
Bianca: Is something wrong?
Anna: Ah -- we're just trying
to find that out, actually.
Oh --
Bianca: Oh --
Anna: Oh, I'm sorry.
Bianca: Where did you get
this?
Anna: We found it here.
Why?
Bianca: It's -- it's
Maggie's.
David: Maggie's?
Anna: Are you sure about
that?
Bianca: Yeah, I notice
her jewelry a lot.
I notice a lot about her.
She just -- looks just like
Frankie.
She was wearing it the last time
I saw her.
Why?
What is it doing here?
[Vanessa chuckles]
Vanessa: Well, you probably
think you're winning some sort
of deep psychological battle
here, don't you?
But, in fact, that's not what's
happening at all.
See, I'm telling you about
my past in order to comfort you.
Maggie: Comfort me?
Vanessa: Hmm.
Maggie: Well, you're a force
to be reckoned with.
Vanessa: Hmm.
Maggie: Not at all like
my mother.
Vanessa: Hmm.
Well, you should know that
sisters are -- well, can be very
different.
I mean, Mary Frances -- she was
very vulnerable, but she was
brave.
Maggie: You don't think I'm
brave?
Vanessa: Well, I think
you think you are.
Maggie: Oh, don't
underestimate me.
Oh, no, because you don't know
what I can do and who I am.
Vanessa: Oh, oh, oh.
Well, who knew?
Maggie: Who knew what?
Vanessa: That you would
remind me so much of myself.
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
Now, Dear, you did understand
my offer that I made
to you before, didn't you?
Hmm?
Next move is your choice.
Hmm.
You know, there are great
advantages, distinct advantages,
making a deal with the devil.
I mean, look at me.
I have all the power
in the world.
[Vanessa chuckles]
Maggie: Do you?
Vanessa: Well, I have all
the power I need over you.
And, so, what will it be,
Mary Margaret?
Are you going to take it?
Erica: Ryan, you shouldn't
feel guilty.
Ryan: What?
This guy has been trouble since
the day he showed up here,
and now he goes off and he does
this -- this -- this stupid
thing.
He gets shot and I have to owe
him forever?
Erica: How can you say such
a thing?
How can you talk like that?
He's your father.
Ryan: Even if he is,
he's no better than the one
that's dead and buried.
Erica: What an awful thing
to say!
Chris is your real father,
and he's such a good man and --
Kendall: You are the pot
calling the kettle black this
morning, aren't you?
Erica: What?
Kendall: Back off him, ok?
He's got enough to deal
with without your righteous
indignation bleeding all over
the floor here.
Erica: This is none
of your business.
Kendall: Isn't it?
Ryan: This -- this --
this is crazy.
[Ryan walks away from Erica and Kendall]
Erica: Ryan!
We have to go back in there when
Joe comes out.
Chris needs you.
Kendall: Man, you are such
a piece of work.
Simone: Oh, I so knew better
than this.
Brooke: Like falling in love
with a married man?
Like that never happens?
Simone: I admit it, Brooke.
At first I thought,
heck, you know?
This guy's hot.
I could pretend to be
his girlfriend, you know?
No problem.
He's got a wife, a kid.
He loves them.
And I still let myself crash.
Brooke: You didn't let
yourself, Simone.
Love doesn't work that way.
Simone: Did you try and stop
yourself from loving Edmund?
Brooke: How did you know
about Edmund?
Simone: Well, the ring
on your finger kind of confirms
what this whole place has been
talking about long before I got
here.
Brooke: People knew?
All right.
Like I said, love makes
the rules for you.
Simone: Well, at least
you found someone that you can
love back, that loves you.
Brooke: Are you still hung up
on Mateo?
Simone: Not in my mind.
Brooke: In your heart?
Simone: It takes a little
longer.
Brooke: Well, you don't want
to hear this -- I know
you don't -- but, you know,
your heart will heal,
and eventually there will be
a place in it for somebody else.
So --
Simone: Can I ask you
how long you and Edmund have
known?
Brooke: What, that we were
in love with each other?
Simone: Yeah.
Brooke: A long time.
It's just that the time wasn't
right until now.
Simone: Helps that he's not
married.
Brooke: Like I said, timing.
Simone: Yeah.
Thank you, Brooke, for even
dealing with me.
Brooke: Listen, just fix this
and move on, ok?
Simone: I will.
Brooke: Talk to Amy.
We'll schedule a lunch for next
week.
Simone: Thank you.
Brooke: Ok.
Edmund: Timing?
Brooke: You were
eavesdropping.
Edmund: Can I kiss
you in your office?
Brooke: Why not?
Seems like everybody knew long
before we knew.
Edmund: Good reporters.
Brooke: I guess.
[Edmund kisses Brooke]
Brooke: Stop it.
You know, it's -- it's -- it's
one thing for everyone to know.
However, it's another to rip
each other's clothes off
in my office at 11:00
In the morning.
Edmund: I could close
the door if you want.
Brooke: Edmund Grey, stop it.
Edmund: Ok.
Here's something slightly more
romantic than morning sex
on your desk.
Brooke: Oh.
I'm holding my --
mmm.
[Edmund kisses Brooke]
Brooke: Holding my breath.
Edmund: Can you get your act
together to marry me by May?
Brooke: Absolutely.
Edmund: Good answer.
Bianca: Why are you guys
looking at each other like that?
Look, Maggie was trying
to figure out who killed
Frankie.
If something happened --
Anna: Well, how was she doing
that?
Bianca: Long story.
There's a book of sonnets.
We thought there might be
a hidden message from Frankie --
Anna: What --
Bianca: Like a code --
Anna: Did she know that
Vanessa was here?
Bianca: I don't know.
David: That noise that
I heard yesterday -- that --
Anna: Maybe it wasn't
her boyfriend.
Bianca: Whose boyfriend?
Anna: I mean, Maggie could
have got too close.
And if Vanessa knew something
about Frankie's murder --
Bianca: Oh, my God.
Anna: I don't want to think
it, but perhaps Maggie was here
against her will.
David: Would Vanessa go after
her own niece?
Maggie: Look, I'll work
with you if it keeps me alive,
and I'm not stupid.
And I'll stick by you, and --
and you can trust me.
Vanessa: Good. Good.
And you think I'm going to buy
a turnaround like that just like
that?
Maggie: What are you talking
about?
You've been trying to work me
for the past hour --
Vanessa: You think I'm
a joke, don't you?
You think I'm a joke --
Maggie: No, I don't!
Vanessa: Just like David.
[Vanessa laughs]
Vanessa: Well, I have other
sons!
I --
I have Leo, and he will stand
by me.
Maggie: Vanessa, I'm telling
you, I will work for you.
Vanessa: You think that I am
going to stand still and let --
let you or that ungrateful son
of mine -- that son who would
have nothing if it weren't
for me -- take everything away
all these years I've worked for?
You know something, darling?
I may be Proteus.
I may be.
But I'm not going to take
the fall for Proteus.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
Maggie: I don't understand.
Vanessa: Because David --
David's going to pay
for betraying me.
Oh, yes.
When they lock somebody away,
it's going to be him, not me.
And that ungrateful son
of mine -- who would
have nothing without me --
he'll be remembered but only
as a -- not as a famous
cardiologist, but only
as Proteus, Proteus,
the infamous Proteus, forever.
Erica: Joe.
Joe: Chris asked me not
to let you in.
Erica: What?
Well, what's wrong with
his legs?
Joe: There's a bullet
fragment next to his spine.
Once he gets his strength back,
we'll go in and remove it.
Then we'll see.
Erica: Has Chris been told
this?
I'm going in there.
Joe: Erica --
Erica: I am told that
you don't want to see me.
Chris, please --
please, let -- let me see you.
Let me be in here with you.
Chris: Get out.
Get out.
Erica: Don't talk to me that
way.
Chris: Get out, you hear me?
All of you.
You stay away from me.
You and Ryan.
You --
you just get the hell out
of my life, you hear me?
[Erica leaves Chris alone in the hospital room]
ON THE NEXT - - - ALL MY CHILDREN
Greenlee: You two want
to impress me, figure out a way
to get us off this sandbar.
Chris: Hayward is the reason
why I'm in here.
You let him leave a bullet
fragment near my spine.