Leo: Whoa, relax.
Laura: Leo.
Leo: It's just me. I'm one of the good guys. Who'd you think it was?
Laura: God, your ex, coming to make me walk the plank.
Leo: No, no, Greenlee's not going to show her face here. If she does, I will scuttle her Jib. I'll topple her Mizzenmast. Something naughty but nautical.
Laura: Leo, will you show me what you did earlier tonight at the boathouse?
Leo: What, the primal scream?
Laura: Yeah.
Leo: Yeah, yeah. Well, you just suck in all the air you can until you think your lungs and going to burst, then open up your mouth and scream, release all the crud that's clogging your psyche into the ozone.
Laura: That's it?
Leo: Yeah.
Laura: Ok -- I'm going to go for it.
Leo: All right. Suck it up and let it rip. Come on, just do it.
Laura: Ok.
Leo: It's ok.
Leo: Come on, you can do better than that.
Laura: No, I can't.
Leo: Ok. Maybe it'll be better if I do it with you.
Laura: Really?
Leo: Yeah. Let's just go for it. Just don't hold back, ok? On the count of three. One, two, three.

[Laura and Leo scream]

Erica: Dimitri. I have always felt so safe with you. World seems very far away.
Dimitri: Well this is a difficult time for us both.
Erica: We can help each other, just the way we used to.
Dimitri: Well, your situation with Bianca has left you feeling fragile and unsure of yourself.
Erica: I don't want to discuss that now.
Dimitri: Erica, we can't hide in the past that we had together.
Erica: What are you saying?
Dimitri: I will always be here for you.
Erica: I know.
Dimitri: I will be here as a friend. Now, that goes for Bianca, too. Alex and I will always open our home to you both.
Erica: Dimitri, look around you. Alex is gone.
Dimitri: Yeah. But she's still my wife. And when I find her and bring her home, we'll resume the life that we had together.
Erica: Dimitri, I value your friendship, too. And although I cannot fathom your commitment to Alex, I acknowledge that it exists.
Dimitri: Thank you for that.
Erica: I just can't help wondering. I mean, Alex has been gone for quite some time now and all you've had is the one cryptic phone call. Dimitri, has it occurred to you that maybe Alex doesn't want you to find her?

Leslie: I've been waiting for you, Tad. Why didn't you just use your key?
Leslie: This scent you bought me has a musky, animal quality. I'll never wear anything else. What's the matter, cat got your tongue? Did Dixie yank it out when she got home? Come on, you knew it was only a matter of time before she found out about us. I mean, your wife is hurting now, but she'll get over it. Tad?
Leslie: Either say something or kiss me. Why are you looking at me that way? You're scaring me.

Dixie: Well, it happened.
Dixie: He confessed. He slept with Leslie. I asked him to move out. So it's over. My marriage is over. My husband is gone.

Laura: I loved that.
Leo: I told you.
Laura: So, what, you do this on a regular basis?
Leo: Oh, yes. I've been pushed to the limit. You're shivering. Let's go inside and warm you up.
Laura: You know, no, I'm not ready. Oh, there's something really cleansing about being out here, you know, facing my demons.
Leo: Ok. I'll be right back.
Leo: You've had a lot of tough breaks, kid.
Laura: Yeah, well, don't feel too sorry for me. I mean, it's not like my life's all been pathetic. And I have a lot to be grateful for. I mean, I'm so lucky to have Brooke and Jamie and my Aunt Pheebs. But you're right. I mean, the bad stuff especially sucking me back -- the fire at the SRO that killed my mom and these creeps that want to invade my life and the night that I was pushed off this deck and almost died. But I refuse to let it rule me.
Leo: But somehow it happened anyway, right?
Laura: Hey, I'm trying to be brave, here.
Leo: And you're doing a very good job.
Laura: Yeah, you think so?
Leo: I think -- I think that you're used to things not working out for you, so it's safer just to expect the worst. Like I said, I'm familiar with that approach, but it doesn't work for me anymore.
Laura: It doesn't? Why?
Leo: I don't know. I guess -- I guess my future means more to me than just the weekend now. I actually care about what I'm going to be doing five to 10 years from now.
Laura: And that's new?
Leo: Yeah, very. My mother's view of myself was as shallow as mine. You know, I used to think that my destiny was just to marry some wealthy woman and help her spend her money.
Laura: And now?
Leo: I don't know. I don't -- I don't know. I just know that I don't want to duplicate my mother's unhappy life. I wish that I had some kind of a talent that I could develop, you know, a passion that I could pursue, like you do with your photography.
Laura: You know why I take pictures? Don't even start with that stealing your soul thing.
Leo: I won't even guess.
Laura: It's a way to hold on to what I think is real and what I think matters. It's a way to stop and really look closely at people and catch them unguarded and beautiful.
Leo: That's how I see you.
Laura: You're kidding, right? The walls around me are higher than the one I saw in China.
Leo: No, no, wrong. You try hard, but wrong.
Laura: I can't do this anymore.
Leo: Why?
Laura: Because if you keep being nice to me, I'm going to cry.

David: Dixie, I'm -- I'm really sorry.
Dixie: Don't be. He's moving out and our life together is over, and I really feel nothing. You know, I was driving over here and I stopped at a crosswalk. I saw this couple walking across the street and they were holding hands and laughing, and I waited for my heart to break, but it didn't. I don't feel anything at all.
David: That's because you're in shock.
Dixie: You know, I don't care what it is -- I really don't -- as long as this lasts. I personally don't ever want to feel anything again. Because feelings like love and homesickness and loneliness -- they clouded my thinking. They opened up my heart and led me right back to Tad. Feelings feed off your soul while you starve.
David: Dixie, why don't you sit down, ok? Just --
Dixie: You know -- did you know Tad is a serial cheater? I knew that. I knew he wasn't capable of being faithful. What is more pathetic, the guy who can't keep his pants zipped or the woman who keeps forgiving him? I remember, you know, when he cheated on me with Liza. I was so upset, I went back to Pigeon Hollow. I took Junior with me and I even got re-engaged. But I couldn't forget him, you know? He was in my blood, he was in my heart. Ah. So when he told me that what happened with Liza meant nothing, I -- I don't know -- I just had to believe him because I needed to believe him. I needed him back in my life, in my bed. One kiss and I was a goner. What a sucker. He went right back into business with Liza. Oh, but it was ok. No, it was like nothing personal. Just a way to stick it to Adam, you know -- all those last-night work sessions, all those trips out of town. It was nothing. It was nothing. He told me, "don't worry about it," you know, and I trusted him. But we were both lying because I knew -- I knew he hadn't changed. But I guess I closed my eyes because I just didn't want to believe he'd stick it to me again.
Dixie: Well, then there was you.
David: What about me?
Dixie: You offered me a kind of sanctuary, a place where I could escape to. You know, I could work so hard, I couldn't think about what tad was doing or with whom. I just buried myself in your problems. You helped me to forget that my husband was a serial cheater. You helped me forget my worst fear -- what Tad was feeling for Liza or Leslie or god knows who else. See, these little feelings, they just really destroy you, you know? They're guilty with an excuse. I don't ever want to feel anything ever again.
David: Dixie. Hey. What you feel is what sets you apart. It's what makes you who you are.
Dixie: No.
David: Yes. You can't deny what you're feeling. You want to be numb, but you can't. You're not. You're feeling something right now even though you don't want to. What is it, Dixie? Tell me what's really in your heart. Talk to me.

Leslie: Tad, talk to me, please.
Tad: Why? What do you want me to say? You set it up, didn't you? You set up the whole thing. Dixie asked me point-blank what happened and I told her.
Leslie: How'd she take it?
Tad: How do you think?
Leslie: Tad, I'm sorry.
Tad: Are you?
Leslie: Well, yes. I mean, this whole thing got way too messy. And that's partly your fault.
Tad: My fault?
Leslie: You could have made life a hell of a lot easier for all of us if you'd stopped fighting the inevitable.
Tad: You and I belong together.
Leslie: I've known it for years. You don't belong with Dixie. You belong to me. I love you, Tad. I want you to love me back. Love me, please.

Erica: You're angry with me.
Dimitri: No, no, a little under the weather and tired.
Erica: You don't like what I said about Alex.
Dimitri: Erica, I don't want to discuss my wife or my marriage with you.
Erica: Well, why not, Dimitri? I mean, who knows you better than I do? And if, as I suspect, Alex has left you, then who better to help you with that?
Dimitri: Hmm. Well, I appreciate your concern, but your theory about Alex staying away on purpose is sort of out there.
Erica: I don't think so.
Dimitri: No, Erica, Alex disappeared off of Ryan's yacht under strange circumstances. She wants to come home and someone is keeping her from that.
Erica: And I know who that someone is. You and Edmund.
Dimitri: What?
Erica: Dimitri, think back to the night of the party and all the weeks leading up to it. You and Edmund were at each other's throats. She pitted brother against brother.
Dimitri: Erica, that is enough.
Erica: Edmund and Alex were engaged to be married, Dimitri. She cheated on you with your own brother.
Dimitri: Ok, time to go.
Erica: She pushed you to the breaking point, Dimitri. She pushed you so far. I mean, I was aware that she was trouble from the day I saw her, but never as much as I was that night. And so I knew it was up to me to stop her before she completely destroyed you and Edmund.
Dimitri: Erica, what did you do?
Erica: I took her aside and I told her that if she really loved you that she would leave you and Edmund alone in peace.
Dimitri: So you told Alex to leave me?
Erica: I just merely made a suggestion. I'm really rather surprised, given how she feels about me, that she seems to have taken it to heart.

David: Dixie, tell me what's really in your heart.
Dixie: Hatred. Hatred for Tad, for Liza, for Leslie, and for myself for being so blind, for believing that he loved only me. How could I be so stupid?
David: You had faith in your marriage, Dixie.
Dixie: My marriage was a lie. I believed it. I thought we were good. I thought we were going to make it right. I thought we were the golden couple, you know? Christmastime, you know, we wished on a star, together forever. By New Year's, he had a girl on the side and I was kissing you like there was no tomorrow.
David: Every marriage is going to be tested.
Dixie: Well, Tad and I failed again. How many times did I tell you how happy we were? How many times did I say how solid our relationship was, how we were in it for the long haul? And you knew, didn't you? You could tell our marriage was falling apart, but you'd let me go on and on and on. You really must think I'm the world's biggest fool.
David: No. No. The only fool here is Tad. Only a fool would betray a woman like you, Dixie. Only a fool would give your love away.

[Tad grabs Leslie by the neck and starts choking her]

[Leslie groans]

Tad: You stop it. You wouldn't listen, would you? Hmm? No. It didn't matter how many times I told you that I didn't want you, that it was a mistake, to stay away from me. No, no, no, you had to take my things, right, so you could set up this twisted fantasy, huh? Huh? And torture my wife and ruin me and ruin my marriage. Well, guess what -- you didn't just steal my clothes or wedding ring. No, you stole my life, huh? And I'll bet it was fun for you, wasn't it? One big game. Well, guess what -- game's over, Leslie, and you lose.
Leslie: Tad, you're crazy.
Tad: You know something? That's -- that's high praise, indeed, coming from you.
Leslie: Oh! I only wanted --
Tad: I don't give a damn what you want. I never have. Oh, no. My life!
Leslie: Please. Please don't hurt me. Why are you doing this?
Tad: I'm doing it for fun. The same reason you tore apart the only woman I've ever loved, someone who meant everything to me.
Leslie: But I love you, too.
Tad: Yeah?
Leslie: With all my heart.
Tad: I tell you what, huh? You take a really, really good look at this picture because this is as close to me as you are ever going to get! From now on, I am living for one reason and one reason only, and that's to get my life back. And you -- you are going to help me. And you are going to do it whether you like it or not.

Dixie: David, please don't make me out to be something that I'm not.
David: You're perfection.
Dixie: I'm not. I'm -- I'm as guilty as Tad.
David: How do you figure that?
Dixie: I saw the warning signs. You know, as far back as New York I saw. You know, when I thought -- jumped to the wrong conclusion and thought that he and Liza were in the same bed together, you know?
David: Well, given Tad's history, it was a logical assumption.
Dixie: But it proved then that we had serious trust issues. And even after he told me what really happened, I still doubted him.
David: Well, with everything that has happened, I think that's reasonable, don't you?
Dixie: But it wasn't too late back then. I could have done something.
David: Like what, Dixie? You've already admitted that Tad is a pathological cheater.
Dixie: I could -- there must have been something that he needed, maybe, something that I could have given him.
David: Dixie, I'm not going to let you blame yourself for this.
Dixie: But I am to blame for this, you know? I could have done something right. I could have gone to a marriage counselor. I could have confided my fears to my husband. But instead I turned to you. And when I told tad that I kissed you, I practically gave him permission. I practically pushed him into Leslie's bed.
David: What you and I did is not the same thing has having an affair.
Dixie: Tad and Leslie had more than an affair. You saw their room. All of his things were there. It was their special place. How many afternoons did he leave the house and lie to me about where he was going? Did he laugh at me because I made it so easy for him?
David: Dixie, don't do this to yourself.
Dixie: How many times did he make love to her and then come home and make love to me? Did he do the same things, do you think? Do you think he said the same things, tell the same stories? Did he take his ring off and put it by the side of the bed? The ring that I gave him, the one that I put on his finger? Oh. There's too many pictures in my head, you know? I -- I can't stop thinking about him kissing her and telling her that he loves her. I can't live with these things in my head. David, you have to help me. You have to make it go away.
David: Dixie, it is all going to go away, I promise you. I'm going to take away your hurt and your pain. I'm going to do everything within my power to help you, I swear to you. Come here.

Dimitri: Erica, let me understand this. You told Alex that I would be better off without her?
Erica: You and Edmund. Dimitri, she has been tainting everything since the day she walked into our lives. She resented me when I questioned her loyalty when she turned to Edmund when she thought you were dead.
Dimitri: But what right did you have to interfere?
Erica: I was your wife. That gave me some rights. And I am your friend, and I hate to see her tear you and Edmund apart.
Dimitri: So you ordered Alex to leave town?
Erica: Dimitri, I merely suggested that she give you and Edmund enough space to heal the breach between you. And I told you how she resents me, so I'm quite frankly surprised that she heeded my advice.
Dimitri: Erica, you know how frantic I've been. Why in God's name did you keep this from me?
Erica: Because I didn't make the connection at first. I figured right along with you and Edmund that she had been the victim of foul play, that she had been kidnapped. I mean, her departure that night from the yacht was so abrupt. What woman would leave town without a wardrobe, without her makeup?
Dimitri: No, no, no, no. What connection are you speaking of?
Erica: The phone call. Her phone call to you. You said she called you, told you not to worry, and then she hung up before you could ask any questions. Well, if a woman had really been kidnapped, she would have slipped some clues in there so that you could find her. Oh, look, Dimitri, I hate to burst your bubble, but she's probably checked herself into some to spa for a complete overhaul, which could take months. If I were you, I would file for divorce. I would get on with my life.
Dimitri: Uh-huh, the way you've gotten on with yours?
Erica: What do you mean?

[Dimitri chuckles]

Dimitri: Forget it.
Erica: No, come on, Dimitri, tell me. If you have something to say, say it. Friends can tell friends anything.
Dimitri: Hey, all right! All right, let's get this clear -- Alex did not leave me because you badgered her into I although I'm sure you gave it your best shot.
Erica: Dimitri, what is about me that still gets to you?

Laura: I don't mean to be such a downer. I'm sorry.
Leo: Ok. I live by two rules -- one, never explain, two, never apologize. You want to scream again? We could.
Laura: You know what? I don't -- I don't really need to scream anymore.
Leo: All right. Consider yourself cleansed.
Laura: You're good at this.
Leo: Good at what?
Laura: Listening.
Leo: Oh. Well, I'm a babe magnet for chicks in distress.
Laura: No, don't take it as a slam. I saw you with Bianca. You helped her over some rough ground.
Leo: Yeah, I'm not so sure about that.
Laura: You were there when she needed you.
Leo: Yeah, but is her life any better for it? She and Erica still aren't on the same wavelengths. And look how much I helped Greenlee.
Laura: Well, Greenlee was pretty messed up when you two met.
Leo: Yeah, well, she's completely over the edge now. You know, I should come with a label or something attached, like "befriend at your own risk." You know?
Laura: Don't blame yourself for Greenlee's self-destruction. And Erica's problems with Bianca are Erica's loss, not yours.
Leo: I don't know, maybe it's just an ego thing. I don't know. I just feel like there's something that I missed, something that I could have done to make a difference.
Laura: I don't think so. I mean, you know that famous phrase "it's Erica's world, we just live in it"?
Leo: Hmm.
Laura: Well, Greenlee has become a planet in her own right.
Leo: You know my dear diabolical mom is the same exact way. I think I'm detecting a pattern here.
Laura: What? Too many toxic women?
Leo: Huh. How do you think I shake them?
Laura: Walk away.
Leo: Walk away, just like that?
Laura: Yeah. Don't look back. I mean, you said you were focusing on the future anyway now, right?
Leo: Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can just erase the past.
Laura: No one can. You know my theory?
Leo: What?
Laura: Survival of the quickest. When the going gets rough, just hightail and run. That's how I got away last time. It's how I dealt with my mom's death. It's how I got out of the porno mill.
Leo: Say what?
Laura: Oh. You didn't know.
Leo: No.
Laura: Right. Well, it's on my permanent record. I'm part of Pine Valley's folklore. I was a teenage porn princess. Yeah, you can download me on the internet.
Leo: No, that's ok. I'm not really into that stuff.
Laura: Well, neither was I, but I was young and stupid.
Leo: But you turned and walked away.
Laura: Walk? Leo, I ran. But I'm tired of running. And I'm willing to risk staying in one place now, with Brooke and my family and my new friends.
Leo: Can I be on that list?
Laura: Yeah, you are. Had a good time tonight.
Leo: Well, whenever you need your soul cleansed, just let me know.

Dimitri: You want to know what about you still gets to me?
Erica: Please.
Dimitri: All right. I think you're using Alex's disappearance to your own advantage.
Erica: I'm doing no such thing.
Dimitri: Oh, come on, Erica, I know you, how you operate. You're always working an angle.
Erica: What would I possibly have to gain by Alex leaving you? Oh, please. Does your ego know no bounds? Oh, come on, Dimitri. You can't possibly imagine that I am pushing for the two of us to get back together.
Dimitri: Oh, you aren't?
Erica: No, I -- I most certainly am not. I have come to you as a friend, Dimitri. I've told you about this so you could have a sense of closure and start living again.
Dimitri: Erica, if you had said one generous word about Alex at some time I might believe you, but you haven't.
Erica: Dimitri, I've never pretended to like Alex.
Dimitri: And as far as closure is concerned, Erica, it will happen when Alex returns.
Erica: If she chooses to return.
Dimitri: My wife did not leave me. I do not believe that.
Erica: Dimitri, when you thought you were dying, you hid yourself to spare her the pain of watching you slip away. Now, isn't it possible that Alex is doing the same thing?
Dimitri: Alex isn't dying.
Erica: No, she's not. But maybe she just made a clean break to spare you and Edmund any more pain.
Dimitri: I don't believe that.
Erica: Well, I think you'd be a fool not to consider it. I mean, haven't the police and Interpol been looking for her for weeks with no results? I'm sure you've had your own team out there looking for her. Has anyone come up with anything to support your kidnapping theory? Was there a ransom demand?
Dimitri: No.
Erica: Because there was no kidnapping. Dimitri, you know Alex. She has the background, she has the resources to vanish without a trace.
Dimitri: What about the phone call?
Erica: I suppose she made that so that you would know she hadn't met some horrible fate.
Dimitri: No. No. Alex loves me.
Erica: Well, then perhaps she loves you enough to leave you alone.

David: You will survive this, Dixie. You will get past it someday. And I will help you. Everything within my power is yours.

Erica: You think I'm right, don't you?
Dimitri: Erica, I want you to leave. My driver is waiting.
Erica: Well, if Alex has left you of her own free will --
Dimitri: This discussion is over with.
Erica: Please just think about what I've said. Because just if Alex has left you of her own free will, the sooner you accept it, the better that would for you. Call me if you need me.

Leo: The boy does it again.
Laura: What?
Leo: I'm shameless, you know that?
Laura: Really?
Leo: Yeah, really. Your survival play is to turn and run. Mine's to catch and mooch.
Laura: Hey, you know what? You didn't orchestrate that kiss. I got moves of my own. I wanted to kiss you. I wanted you to kiss me back.
Leo: Both got what we wanted.
Laura: I want more.
Leo: No. Not tonight, not here.
Laura: No?
Leo: No. Not like this. I'll take you back to the shore.

Leslie: Where are we going?
Tad: Where do you think? We're going to find Dixie. And when do, you are going to tell her the truth. You're going to tell her there never was an affair, that you've been stealing my things for weeks so you could set this up. You're going to tell her, Leslie, what I've been telling you from the very beginning, which is I don't care about you and I never have, that I love one woman and one woman only, and that is my wife.

David: It's time I take you home.
Dixie: I don't want to go back home. I want to stay here with you. I want you to make love to me.


ON THE NEXT - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Liza: This was in the crib. Somebody has been in the house!

Leslie: Your wife is seeking comfort from the new man in her life. If you don't believe me, call David.

David: I can't picture my life without you, Dixie, and I'll do everything I can to take away your pain.