Hayley: Axel, I went to a meeting. I go to meetings every day. Nothing seems to be helping me. I just feel like the bottom of my stomach is about to drop out. You know, like I can't even breathe. I know one day at a time. I know. But nothing is helping me right now. No, they're -- nobody's here. I don't know. Uncle Trevor went to pick Amanda up from a wedding, and Janet had to work late. No, look, if you -- if you have to go, it's ok. I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine. I'm not going to do anything dumb. All right.

[Car approaches]

Hayley: Oh. They're here. They're home now. Uncle Trevor's here. Yeah. He can talk me down from the ledge. I was joking. It was a joke. Ok. Thanks a lot. I'll talk to you soon. Bye-bye.

[Trevor hums wedding march]

Trevor: Hayley! Oh, here she is right here.
Hayley: Hi.
Trevor: Hey. How's it going?
Hayley: Hanging in there.
Trevor: Yeah? Did you talk to Mateo?
Hayley: Yeah. Yeah. Hey there, sweetie pops. How was the wedding?
Amanda: Awesome. Mindy looked like a model in her gown. Didn't she, Daddy?
Trevor: Oh, yeah. It was quite a transformation from, what, camp counselor to bride?
Hayley: It was really nice of her to ask you to be in the wedding. Were you the only junior bridesmaid?
Amanda: Her niece was the other one.
Hayley: Oh. Well, it was quite an honor, huh?
Amanda: You've been a bride. That's much better. Guess where they're going on their honeymoon.
Hayley: Where?
Amanda: Bermuda.
Hayley: Hmm.
Amanda: Where did you and Mateo go?
Hayley: Jamaica.
Amanda: Did you swim under waterfalls and walk on the sand in the moonlight?
Trevor: Sweetheart, why don't you go upstairs and change your dress. You don't want to get it all dirty, you know.
Amanda: It's already all messed up. Was it the most romantic time ever?
Hayley: Yes, it was.
Amanda: I can't wait till I grow up and go on my honeymoon. Then me and my husband will live happily ever after, just like in the best fairy tales.

[Knock on door]

David: I'm so glad you're home. Did you get my message?
Erica: No. No, I didn't. I didn't check the machine.
David: I got it, Erica. All of it.
Erica: It?
David: You don't ever have to worry about Donald Steele or Jerry Reeves or even my mother ever again. Here are the letters that Vanessa stole from you, the copies of your diary that she made, the negatives of the photographs -- everything. And Donald Steele will never hurt you again because we have him, Erica. He confessed on tape. He admits that Vanessa provided everything. He was blackmailing her. Come on. Come on. I want to play this tape for you.
Erica: No, I -- I don't need to --
David: No, no. I want to prove to you that I had nothing to do with those photographs of you disappearing from my office.
Erica: It doesn't matter, David. It doesn't matter anymore. Nothing matters anymore.
David: What's going on? What's wrong?
Erica: He's dead. Dimitri's dead.

Alex: What do you think you're doing? Give it to me. I said give it to me!
Edmund: I need to see my brother.
Alex: No, I can't let you do this.
Edmund: Get out of my way.
Alex: He was my husband.
Edmund: He was my brother! Get out the way before you get hurt.
Alex: Stop it! Stop it!

Erica: We were all at Wildwind. We were waiting, and then Edmund called the pilot to see when they were going to land. And then the pilot told Edmund that there was some sort of a problem, that they were turning back.
David: What kind of a problem?
Erica: The pilot didn't say. He just said that Dimitri couldn't come to the phone. And so then Edmund insisted that the pilot land the plane here. And then we all -- we rushed to the airport. I mean, we all just assumed that it was mechanical or electrical or, you know, a malfunction.
David: And was it?
Erica: No. No. I mean, the next thing I knew, the plane had landed and they wheeled Dimitri past us in a gurney. And he just said a few words to Edmund, and then he lost consciousness. I've never seen him like that. I've never seen him so weak.
David: I'm sorry.
Erica: He's gone. I mean, they said at the hospital that they tried to revive him, but it was too late.
David: It wasn't a heart attack, was it?
Erica: No. The doctor in the ER Said that it was an aneurysm or a stroke. I really don't know. I just know that it was very confusing and it was very sudden. And I never had a chance to say good-bye to Dimitri. Dimitri loved me. He loved me more than any man has ever loved me. And that's why I just -- I know that that woman is lying.
David: What woman?
Erica: The woman who showed up at the airport. The woman with the English accent. Although I am sure that that accent is just as phony as she is.
David: What makes you think that this woman is a phony?
Erica: Oh. It doesn't make any sense. Dimitri would never marry again. He said that no one would ever take my place in his heart or in his life.
David: Dimitri got married?
Erica: No, that's what she said. But I'm sure that it's a hoax.

Alex: Leave it alone.
Edmund: Damn it. Why won't it open?
Alex: It was sealed for the plane trip to Vadzel. It won't open. Leave it be.
Edmund: There's got to be something in the garage I can use.
Alex: Please, Edmund. I'm begging you -- don't do this.
Edmund: You will not deny me the right to see my brother -- wife or no wife.
Alex: I promised him. Don't you understand? I promised him I wouldn't let something like this happen.
Edmund: Something like what?
Alex: He didn't want anyone to see him with the life drained out of him. He was so proud. He wanted to spare you that.
Edmund: Spare me what? What the hell are you talking about?
Alex: He didn't want your last memory of him to be him lying dead in that coffin.
Edmund: Before, you said Dimitri collapsed unexpectedly on the plane. Now you're saying he knew this was going to happen?

Amanda: I wonder where I'll go on my honeymoon.
Trevor: Sweetheart, don't you think you're a little young to be asking that question?
Amanda: Maybe if you and mommy thought about it, you would have gone on one.
Trevor: Well, it was different with us. I mean, your mother had her job. I had cases in court. We were really busy.
Amanda: Sorry, Daddy. That's lame. Isn't it, Hayley?
Hayley: Oh, don't get me in the middle this.
Amanda: Well, what if you tell my dad what you and Mateo did in Jamaica?
Trevor and Hayley: What?
Amanda: Inspire him. No marriage is complete without a honeymoon.
Trevor: Ok, sweetheart. I think that's enough. Why don't you go upstairs and change your dress, and then we'll rustle up some chow and have it ready for when your mom gets home. What do you say?
Amanda: Can it be spaghetti?
Trevor: Yeah, yeah. She's got some sauce frozen in the freezer. You get your dress changed, come down, draw a pot of water, and I'll be right in there, ok?
Amanda: Ok.
Trevor: Yeah.
Amanda: I'm going to make it a dinner for two, just like a date.
Hayley: Go for it.

Trevor: So how'd it go with Mateo?
Hayley: It was a complete disaster.
Trevor: Yeah. I mean, how? So, come on, lay it on me.
Hayley: Well, I went back to the condo to wait for Mateo, and Ryan shows up to drop off his keys to S.O.S.
Trevor: And?
Hayley: And Mateo walks in and sees Ryan and goes ballistic and starts screaming and yelling at us, and he accuses us of doing it right there in the condo while his son's birthday party is going on right outside the door.
Trevor: Oh, boy.
Hayley: Then he's screaming and yelling at me and accusing me of sabotaging his loan application at the --
Trevor: Loan? What loan?
Hayley: To buy me out of S.O.S.
Trevor: What? Why would he want to do that?
Hayley: Because he wants to sever all ties with me permanently.
Trevor: No, he doesn't. He doesn't want to sever --
Hayley: Yes. That's exactly what he wants, Uncle Trevor. You didn't see the way he was looking at me, the way he looked through me. He hates me now. As much as he used to love me, he hates me now.
Trevor: Well, Tink, there's a lot going on here. He's under a lot of pressure. Maybe you just got to give him a little more time.
Hayley: Excuse me. Haven't I been slammed around enough this year? Me? What about me?
Trevor: Yeah. Yeah, but I -- sweetheart, the fact is, you were the one that was kissing the other guy.
Hayley: Please. Please. He was the one with the secret wife. He was the one with the secret kid. And they're the ones that ruined any chance we ever had!
Trevor: Well, he should have told you about them.
Hayley: You're damn right he should have told me about it, but he didn't. And this is not my fault, and I'm sick and tired of everyone telling me that this is my fault.
Trevor: Nobody's telling you anything about this. Nobody's telling you that.
Hayley: You know what? I would have thought of all people, you would be on my side.
Trevor: I am on your side. I'm just trying to take you through the angles.
Hayley: Forget it! Forget it. I'm all talked out.
Trevor: Tink! Tink.


Amanda: What was that? Trevor: What?
Amanda: The yelling and the door slamming.
Trevor: Oh. It was Hayley. She took off.
Amanda: Did you say something to make her mad?
Trevor: She's going through a tough time now. But she'll pull through.

Edmund: You better get your story straight, lady.
Alex: Oh, this is torture for both of us.
Edmund: First you said Dimitri thought Vadzel was his home. Then you said it's the hunting lodge. You're having a hard time making your mind up about a lot of things. I'm starting to wonder if you even knew my brother, much less were married to him.
Alex: No, you misunderstood me. It happened just as I said it did.
Edmund: Which time?
Alex: I am as devastated as you that he is dead. He was taken from me as well.
Edmund: What did you mean when you said Dimitri didn't want anyone to see him like this? Was he sick before the flight? Did he know he was going to die? Answer me, damn it! I want to know what happened to my brother!
Alex: I told you!
Edmund: Tell me again! In detail.
Alex: It was dreadful. One minute we were laughing and drinking champagne and talking about meeting you, and then the next, he was in terrible pain and he collapsed. And I held him, and I told him that it would be all right.
Edmund: How did you do that? You're not a doctor.
Alex: I wanted to believe it. But he seemed to know what was going to happen.
Edmund: How?
Alex: I don't know. He wanted to spare you from the same pain that you suffered when you lost your wife.
Edmund: This is different.
Alex: No, it's not. He wanted you to remember him strong and vital, not -- not this way. If you loved your brother as much as you say you did, then please don't go against his last wish. Just leave him be.

Erica: Dimitri was so forgiving of me. And just everything he did, you know, was larger than life. He did everything with such intensity. Everything from riding his horse Maximillian to taking over a company to simply just eating a steak. And he would always say to me, "Erica, you have to savor life because you only come around once." And then he'd laugh. Oh, that laugh -- that was just so irresistible from the beginning.
David: Tell me how you two met.
Erica: Well, that was a terrible day for me. I mean, it had a happy ending of sorts.
David: And where was it?
Erica: On a television set -- "Market Street Week." Dimitri was actually planning a hostile takeover of my company.
David: Of Enchantment?
Erica: Yes. And I thought he was the most arrogant, egotistical, ruthless, self-aggrandizing, pompous man I had ever met.

[Erica remembers her times with Dimitri]

Dimitri: Because you are the original ice maiden.
Erica: You are out of your mind.
Dimitri: About you, yes.
Erica: You think that you can just look at me -- just look at me the way you look at me and just say those ridiculous lines, and you think I'm going to fall for you.
Dimitri: You've already fallen.
Erica: I have not.
Dimitri: I want you so much that I can't say no to myself.
Erica: Well, I'm strong. I am, but even I have limits.
Dimitri: Oh, Erica.

Singer: Try to deny it trust and your heart will lead the way Erica: Oh. They're breathtaking. Oh, I love them. I love you.
Singer: I want to hold you in my arms I know this can't be wrong

Erica: I promise this is going to be painless or my name's not Sweeney Kane.

Singer: Time will heal a heart once your will is broken it doesn't matter how far apart we are love will find a way to start some people show it the moment they know it some know just what to do and say some try to hide it try to deny it

Dimitri: Erica, I always knew that I would be giving it to you again. How does that -- how does that feel?
Erica: Feels like coming home again. It feels like it's never left my hand. And it never will again, Dimitri. It will never leave my hand ever, ever, ever.

Minister: May the father and the son and the holy spirit bless you and grant you length of days, fair children, progress in life and faith, and fill you with all earthly good things.
Dimitri: Amen.
Erica: Amen.
Minster: You may kiss the bride.

Singer: I looked into your eyes and I found love love I found love

[Erica starts to cry]

Amanda: Let's use the candles tonight.
Trevor: [French accent] oh, ho, ho. What is the big occasion?
Amanda: Do we need one? It always makes the room a lot prettier.
Trevor: [Normal voice] oh, romance, romance where is this romance coming from?
Amanda: It was just being in the wedding. Were you at Hayley and Mateo's wedding?
Trevor: No. They got married -- they got married at the hospital.
Amanda: Did you see any pictures of it?
Trevor: No, come to think of it, I didn't. Not sure they even took pictures.
Amanda: Well, when I get married, I'm going to have a photographer take lots of photos so that I can look at them forever. And maybe if Hayley and Mateo did that, they'd be living together instead of Hayley living at our house, so that every time they got into a fight, they could just take a picture out and look at it.
Trevor: I wish it worked that way.
Amanda: Why doesn't it?
Trevor: Well, even when people love each other tons, things don't get fixed that easily.
Amanda: Well, do they still love each other?
Trevor: Oh, yeah. I think so, yeah.
Amanda: Then everything is going to be ok, and they'll get back together and be happy, just like you and Mommy. Can I light the candles now?

Ryan: Hey.
Hayley: Hi.
Ryan: You ok? Obviously, you're not. Any more run-ins with Mateo?
Hayley: No. Uh-uh.
Ryan: I'm sorry. I just got out of the shower. Come in.
Hayley: You know what? Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Ryan: No. No, no. It's ok. Come on.
Hayley: I have an AA Meeting in an hour. I can just drive around until then. Or I could go to the mall and get an espresso.
Ryan: Hayley. Just come in. It's ok. Relax. So, where you'd go after the condo?
Hayley: Went back to Uncle Trevor's. I was getting really frazzled, and so I -- nobody was home. But I made a few phone calls to some friends, see if I could take my mind off of everything, but it didn't seem to help. So I just waited around, and -- well, by the time Uncle Pork Chop got home, I was good and ready to take somebody's head off -- which I did. Namely his. So I thought it was time to get out of there for a while.
Ryan: Well, I'm glad you came here. Let me get you a soda.
Hayley: Yeah, that'd be great. Thanks. You know, I still can't believe that Mateo thought that you and I were getting it on right there in the apartment.
Ryan: Listen, that was just lashing out. And it's the easiest to lash out at the people that you love.
Hayley: Love. If Mateo loved me, he would never be able to speak to me that way. You know, the way he did. He accused me of leaving him for you, and he said I was a liar, that I was using my alcoholism as an excuse. My God, you know? After all the times I've put my own personal stuff aside for him, I just have to sit there and listen to him tell me what a prince he's been all this time, you know?
Ryan: Look, I'm sure he didn't mean the things that he said.
Hayley: Oh, yes, he did. He meant them. Every word. He wants me out of S.O.S. And if that happens, well, the marriage is over. Not that I have a marriage.
Ryan: I wish there were something I could say to make this all better, to make it easier for you to take the next step.
Hayley: The only person that can help me now is Mateo, and he's not talking. I just don't get it, Ryan. Why is he so ready to throw away everything we have just over one stupid kiss?
Ryan: Maybe he feels pressured from Raquel and from Max.
Hayley: No. Uh-uh. I can't blame them anymore. This is not their problem. This is about me and Mateo. I mean, we used to be able to read each other's minds, and now that connection is broken. And I don't know if anything's going to be able to fix it.

Erica: I think that you should leave.
David: I can't just leave you like this.
Erica: There's nothing more that you can do for me.
David: Well, you can't just sit here alone and cry.
Erica: Sometimes people need to cry.
David: Erica, you've suffered a terrible loss. And you have nobody -- no parents, no siblings, nobody to give you the support that you need right now.
Erica: No, I -- I still talk to my mother sometimes, you know, when I'm in trouble, and she helps me. I mean, she's here with me, you know. Maybe I should go to the cemetery.
David: No, no. It's too late. Look, you can do that tomorrow. Erica, listen -- I know that you feel alone. I mean, there are people in our lives that we set our pulse by, touchstones. And when they leave us, it's as if a part of us has been taken with them.
Erica: How could he do this? How could he do this to me? And to Bianca? I mean, she loves him. She adores him. She thinks of him as her father. What am I going to tell her?
David: Well, I could call her if you would like. She does know me.
Erica: No, but thank you very much. No. I really do have to do this myself. We're going to need to remember him together.
David: Are you sure?
Erica: Yes, I am. Thank you. You've been very kind, but it's better that I'm alone.
David: Erica, I don't feel good about leaving you like this.
Erica: Please. I do appreciate why you came over here and all the things you said, but I need to be alone. I mean it.
David: All right. But if you change your mind, you will call me? You have my pager?
Erica: Yes, I will.
David: All right.
Erica: Good night, David.

Edmund: Look --
Alex: Alexandra.
Edmund: Dimitri and I -- we've had a lot of differences over the years, and I think this is going to be another one because I need to see him. I need to say good-bye to my brother in my own way, and --
Peggy: Eddie? Eddie, are you in there?
Edmund: Peg. Peg, come here. In here.
Peggy: Eddie, I just heard the news. Oh, God. How could this be? How could the Lord take him away from us in the prime of his life?
Edmund: I don't know. I just don't know why, but I'm going to find out.
Peggy: Oh, forgive me. I -- who --
Alex: I'm Alex, Dimitri's wife.
Peggy: His wife?
Alex: We were just married. He told me a lot about you, how you took such good care of him and the family and Edmund.
Peggy: I love them all like they were my own.
Alex: You know he felt the same way about you.
Peggy: Yes. God. How long had you been --
Alex: Just a few days. We were on our way here to tell everyone, and he collapsed.
Peggy: Oh, dear God, you poor child. What a horrible thing to happen to a new bride.
What's this doing here? Eddie. You weren't trying to open the casket, were you?
Edmund: Peg, I want to see my brother. What's so terrible about that?
Peggy: Not this way, Eddie. It'll haunt you.
Alex: That's what I said.
Edmund: I want to see him. What is wrong with you people? What is so bad about wanting to say good-bye to Dimitri?
Peggy: Sweetheart. A little respect. Just make the funeral arrangements. We can all say good-bye to him in a proper way.
I can't believe it. Dimitri's gone. I can't believe it. My boy. My boy is gone. Edmund: Ok. Ok, Peg. Let's go back to the house, ok? Let's just go back to the house. Are the children ok?
Peggy: The children are fine. They were both in the nursery. I -- are you coming Alex?
Alex: No, I'll just be another minute.
Peggy: All right, dear.

[Alex talks to Dimitri's coffin]

Alex: I'm so sorry. I have to do this. I don't have any other choice.

Trevor: Of course I'll tell her. Yeah, I love you, too. Yeah, I'll see you when I see you. Bye. That was your mom.
Amanda: No kidding.
Trevor: She doesn't know when she's going to get home, so she says not to wait up for her.
Amanda: Why does she always have to work so late?
Trevor: Well, she's got this big enchantment board meeting coming up. She's got to get her year-end figures together. Hey, don't look so down in the dumps. We got a nice candlelight dinner, and I have my beautiful daughter with me.
Amanda: It would have been a lot better if Mommy was here. I cooked spaghetti just the way she likes it --
Trevor: Yeah.
Amanda: A little crunchy.
Trevor: Al dente. We'll just save some for her for when she gets home ok?
Amanda: She ordered in, remember?
Trevor: Well, a midnight snack.
Amanda: It doesn't taste so good when you reheat it.
Trevor: Well, she likes it cold. Ok, we'll feed the scraps to the dog.
Amanda: There weren't supposed to be any leftovers. You're totally missing the point.
Trevor: Oh? What is the point, exactly?
Amanda: Why does work always have to come first? You guys need dinners with music and dancing. You didn't even have a honeymoon. Why'd you even bother getting married?
Trevor: What?
Amanda: You heard me.
Trevor: Sweetheart. Your mom and I -- we don't need roses and romance. We got each other. We love each other, so don't worry about us, ok? I'll clean up.

Ryan: So did you check out the schedule?
Hayley: What schedule?
Ryan: The TV lineup. Come on. You can't tell me you didn't know that a horror movie always makes you feel better. Have some popcorn. Amazingly enough, I didn't even burn it.
Hayley: Oh, what are you talking about? All those microwaves now have that fancy popcorn button. You can't burn it.
Ryan: Oh, believe me -- I can find a way to burn it.
All right. What do we got? What do we got? Here's one -- "A giant earthworm terrorizes a Texan town." I don't think so. All right. What else have we got? Ok, wait a minute. "Creature frozen in the ice thaws out and causes --"

[Ryan glances at Hayley who is now asleep on the couch]

Edmund: Alexandra? Alexandra?
Peggy: We brought you some supper, dear.
Edmund: Looks like she's not here.
Peggy: Maybe she went for a walk. I'll just set it down here. It's cold, so it won't spoil. What's this?

[Music plays]

Peggy: A music box. This wasn't here when I cleaned.
Edmund: That must be the gift Brooke mentioned.
Peggy: Gift?
Edmund: Yeah. The wedding present that Dimitri supposedly sent Alex. The delivery man must have brought it by.
Peggy: Isn't it lovely?
Edmund: Yeah, it's just the kind of gift Dimitri would have picked out.
Peggy: You sound surprised when you say that.
Edmund: Peg, I'm just having a hard time accepting the fact that he got married without telling me.
Peggy: Well, you heard what she said, that they were planning to tell us when they got here. Edmund: I know, I know, I know, I know. I just -- Peggy: Just what? Are you doubting that they're really married?
Edmund: She showed me the marriage certificate. It's just so sudden, that's all. I mean, we don't know anything about this woman. Maybe Erica's right about her.
Peggy: About what?
Edmund: Maybe she's just after Dimitri's money.
Peggy: Eddie. She loved that man. I saw the look in her eyes when she talked about him.
Edmund: She could be faking it.
Peggy: She's barely --
Edmund: She could be faking it.
Peggy: Faking it? No way faking it. She's barely holding on.
Edmund: You know, you have the right to your opinion, but I am not convinced she's on the level.
Peggy: Why? Because they got married so suddenly? Oh, come on. You know Dimi. He was always impulsive. Remember how he married Gloria on a whim and didn't tell a soul until they got back here?
Edmund: I know, I know, I know. But he knew Gloria, ok? He knew her for years. How long has he known -- when did Alexandra come into his life?
Peggy: Still, sweetheart, I think we should give her the benefit of the doubt.
Edmund: I'm trying, Peg. I'm trying, ok? But there's too many unanswered questions.
Peggy: Well, it'll all sort itself out in time, won't it?
Edmund: I can't wait that long. Find your way back to the house ok?
Peggy: Well, sure I can find -- where are you going?
Edmund: To get some answers.

Trevor: Whoa. It's late. You and me -- we got to get to bed.
Amanda: Can I just write Mommy a note first? You said I won't be able to see her before I go to sleep, and I just wanted to tell her that you two are going to have a date -- a real date, just the two of you.
Trevor: Ok. Just make it quick, ok?
Amanda: I will.
Trevor: Sweetheart, you don't need to worry about me and your mom. You know, when you get married, you'll realize that building a life has more to it than just romance. Good night, sweetheart.

Amanda: Not if I can help it.
Amanda: Hi, Tim. It's Amanda. I know it's late in Paris. Yeah. We need to do something about Mom and Dad. I need your help.

Erica: I love you, honey. Ok. Ok. But you call me, Bianca. You call me any time, you know, that you want to talk to me or need to talk to me. I don't care if it's the middle of the night. Ok. I love you. Good night.

[Edmund returns to the mausoleum and finds Dimitri's casket gone]

Edmund: Alexandra?