[Noise]

Marian: Stuart? Darling, is that you? Oh. Oh, Scott.
Scott: I'm sorry, Marian, it's just me.
Marian: I'm so sorry. I just heard the noise, and I -- oh, boy. I'm really discombobulated. That -- that sedative they gave me really just knocked me out.
Scott: Yeah, well, you needed your sleep, you know? You were pretty exhausted by the time they got you home from the studio.
Marian: Oh, yes, that appeal we made on TV about Stuart. Has anybody called with any information?
Scott: No, not yet.
Marian: I'm not surprised, after the spectacle Adam and I made of ourselves.
Scott: Adam was completely out of control, Marian.
Marian: I just hope Stuart didn't see this -- as much as I want him to come home -- because I really think he's been through enough, Scott. And, by the way, you were so kind to bring me home. You really were. You're just like your father. But you don't have to stay here, you know.
Scott: Well, I got to finish the dinner I started. God, I promised Liza I wouldn't say anything until we were absolutely sure.
Marian: Sure of what? Oh, my God. Scott, if you know something, please, please, tell me.
Scott: Becca and I went up to the cabin. Dad's been there.
Marian: Oh, my God.
Scott: Yeah.
Marian: Oh, Scott --
Scott: There was food on the table and we found his watch. We came back, we told Adam and Liza. They've gone up there to get him and bring him home. He should be home at any minute.
Marian: Oh, I knew it. Oh, I knew he was ok. I knew my king of hearts would come home me, I knew it. I knew it. Oh.

Stuart: You're my wife?
Esther: Don't you remember?
Stuart: I don't remember anything. I wish I did, but I don't. I'm sorry.
Esther: Don't be sorry. It's not your fault.
Stuart: All I can remember is that I got to talk to someone, tell them something really important.
Esther: Well, maybe that someone's me.
Stuart: You think so? I don't know. I just feel -- I -- I don't know what I feel. I don't know who I am!
Esther: Well, you've got me to take care of you, and -- and we'll see this thing through together. I'll stay with you for -- forever, huh?

Derek: What is it we need to know?
Palmer: What is it, Vanessa?
Leo: Please, Mother, what are you waiting for? I'm being arrested for murder, for God's sakes!
Vanessa: I --
Leo: Tell them what you know! Mother --
Derek: Tell us, Mrs. Cortlandt.
Leo: Mother, please! Come on, tell us!
Derek: Tell us!
Vanessa: I -- I did it! I killed Paolo! All right? He was blackmailing my son. And he said he loved me. Oh. Said I was the only woman who ever really made him happy. Of course he lied, you know? Well, he was two-timing me with Erica Kane, I mean, of all people. I had to stop that. I mean, you understand. I -- I didn't mean to kill him! I only gave him the drug to set him up, you know, to have him arrested for stealing my necklace, you know, it was -- it was all to teach him a lesson. I never meant to kill him. You do understand that, don't you?
Derek: Vanessa Cortlandt, you are under arrest for the murder of Paolo Caselli, also known as Paolo Decaro.
Vanessa: No!
Derek: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be held against you in a court of law.
Vanessa: Leo, darling, will you help me? I did it all for you, Sweetheart. You do believe Mommy, don't you?
Leo: Believe you? I saw you with him. You didn't do it for me. You did it because you were in a jealous rage. And you were going to let me take the fall.
Vanessa: No, no, no, no, darling, you've got it all wrong, all of it.
Leo: No. No, I don't. I finally see you for the selfish slut you are.
Vanessa: Oh --
Becca: Come on, let's go, Leo.
Vanessa: Listen to me, Palmer. See, Paolo meant nothing to me. He -- he -- I was the victim. I mean, he coerced me. You are the only man I have ever truly loved, Palmer. Please, darling, just tell me that we can get through this, that you understand.
Palmer: Vanessa, I have to thank you. You've saved me a bundle.
Vanessa: Not the specs for the house.
Palmer: You've always wanted to live in a big house. Well, now you're going to for a long, long, time.
Vanessa: Darling -- no, Palmer, please -- Dav--
David: Oh, don't even bother.
Erica: How could anyone be so desperate as to fall in love with Paolo?
Vanessa: Stop it! Stop it! Will you stop laughing at me! Stop it!
David: Paolo!
Vanessa: No!
Derek: Let's go.
Vanessa: No!

Derek: Mrs. Cortlandt, sometime today, what is it you want us to know?
Vanessa: I just -- wanted -- I wanted -- to say that this is wrong! You see, my son is not a murderer. He's a good boy.
Derek: I'm sure Ted Bundy's mother said the same thing.
Vanessa: Please do not be snide at this moment. You are making a big mistake.
Derek: I don't think so. We found Leo at the scene with blood on his hands, holding a drug vial. That's pretty potent evidence.
Vanessa: Well, all right, Lieutenant, all right. But have you even stopped to consider that maybe there was no murder? I mean, the toxicology report said the cause of death was a drug overdose. So he was a drug addict. He merely overdosed on drugs, fell, hit his head, and then poor Leo just happened by.
Derek: What you say has some merit since the report states that there was a large quantity of cocaine ingested by the victim.
Vanessa: There's your answer. The hoodlum killed himself. Killed himself, simple as that.
Derek: But there's more to it than that. The drug found in Mr. Caselli's system was not a recreational drug. It was a date rape drug. And nobody would've ingested it voluntarily, especially not in such a high dose.
Vanessa: I think it just adds to the answer. I mean, the man was so high on cocaine that he didn't know what he was doing, what he was taking.
Derek: Is that so?
Vanessa: Yes. I mean, the man was obviously a drug addict. I mean, he would do anything for a fix, and you believe me, I know that.
Derek: How is that? I thought you barely knew the victim.
Palmer: I was under the same impression.
Walter: Mrs. Cortlandt, perhaps you shouldn't say anything more.
Leo: No, no, let her speak. I'm being arrested for murder. Please tell everybody what you know.
Erica: I think the worm is turning.
David: Please, Vanessa, enlighten us.
Vanessa: Well, really, must I state the obvious? I mean -- I mean, the man was an addict. He came after me, stole my necklace, accosted me in the hallway, his eyes were wild, he was sweating all over. I mean, why would he take such a chance to do a thing like that? You know? Unless he was obviously -- didn't know what he was doing. He was probably blackmailing my son to get his money for his drugs. I mean --
Derek: Then you didn't know the victim personally?
Vanessa: Lieutenant, why would a woman in my position hang around with a man of that character? I mean, except as a victim.

Stuart: Marriage is bigger than almost anything. Should be able to remember that. Maybe I should see a doctor.
Esther: No! Um -- you, you've just got a bump on your head. I can take care of you.
Stuart: How -- how long we been married?
Esther: Oh -- you know, sometimes it seems like an eternity, like heaven. And then other times, just a couple of minutes, you know, like a -- like a roller coaster ride.
Stuart: How long is that?
Esther: A couple of years.
Stuart: Are we happy?
Esther: Very. You know, it's like we are still on our honeymoon.
Stuart: Where did we go on our honeymoon? No, where were we married? Maybe we could go there, go to the church and go down front and hold hands and -- and -- and maybe we'd remember -- I'd remember something. Can we go?
Esther: No. Um, you know, I mean, not right away because we got married someplace else -- you know, far away.
Stuart: It wasn't Hawaii, was it?
Esther: No. No, but it was -- it was far away.
Stuart: Far away.
Esther: Mm-hmm.
Stuart: Oh. I've got it! Let's get the wedding pictures out. You show me -- you show me everybody that was at the wedding and I'm sure I'll remember somebody -- eating the cake and dancing and all those things. I'm sure I'll remember something. Ok? Where do we keep our wedding album?

Marian: You didn't see him at all?
Scott: No. We waited for a while. He didn't turn up. But, you know, what Adam did to dad and you was terrible. It was a terrible thing. I'm sure Dad just wanted to lay low until -- until, you know, he'd settled things out for himself.
Marian: Yes, yes, you're probably right about that. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I'm a mess. Um --
Scott: You look fine.
Marian: No, no, no, I can't let your father see me like this. I'll be right back, ok? I'll be right back. Thank you, Scott.
Scott: All right.

[Knock on door]

Scott: Hi, Liza, where is he?
Liza: Where's my mother?
Scott: She's just woke up. She's fixing herself up for Dad.
Liza: I thought we agreed that we were not going to say anything to her unless it was positive.
Scott: But she was so sad. I just wanted to give her some hope. What -- what's going on? Why, why isn't Dad here with you?
Liza: Stuart's not coming back.
Scott: He decided to stay at the cabin? He's all right --
Liza: It was like you said. He was at the cabin --
Scott: Why isn't Dad here with you?
Liza: We found his jacket. There was a fire. There was nothing left. Your father --
Scott: No.
Liza: Scott -- Scott --
Scott: No! I don't believe you.

Marian: Oh, Liza, I didn't know you were here. Oh, darling, this is the happiest day of my life. Next to the day I married Stuart, of course. You remember that blizzard? Oh, he just pushed himself through that howling storm. There was just no stopping him.
Liza: Mama --
Marian: You know, I told you everything was going to be all right. Stuart's taught me all about faith. And faith really, really works. Scott, by the way, has made a welcome-home dinner for Stuart. Where is Scott, by the way?
Liza: He left.
Marian: Oh. Oh, he must've gone out to buy some of that bread that Stuart likes. Darling, can you stay and have some lasagna with us? And where's Stuart? Thought he was coming home with you.
Liza: Something happened.
Marian: Liza? What's wrong? Are you ok? It wasn't Colby -- isn't Colby, is it?
Liza: It's Stuart.
Marian: Oh, I know all about Stuart. Scott told me that Stuart went to the cabin. Don't be angry with him for telling me, but I'm really glad he did.
Liza: Mama -- Stuart's gone.
Marian: Oh, no, darling, of course he's not gone. He's at the cabin. They found his food and his watch --
Liza: There was a fire at the cabin.
Marian: Well, Scott didn't say anything about a fire at the cabin.
Liza: It happened after Scott and Becca left. Stuart was there, but there's nothing left.
Marian: When Scott said that they saw him at the cabin, you know, he wasn't at the cabin, you see, so I'm sure Stuart wasn't in the cabin when it burned down, darling. And, you know, he's going to be very upset about this because he really loved that cabin, Liza, he loved it --
Liza: Stuart was inside.
Marian: Of course he wasn't inside, Liza. Stuart is a very careful man. I mean, if a fire broke out, he would've put it out or he would've gotten away.
Liza: I don't know if he fell or he was unconscious, but he was inside. It burned down. He's gone. I'm so sorry.
Marian: No. No, he's not gone. How dare you say something like that, Liza. How dare you.

Stuart: Where are our wedding pictures? What is it?
Esther: There aren't any.
Stuart: Everybody has pictures taken at their wedding.
Esther: Well, like I said, we got married very far away.
Stuart: Well, didn't -- we didn't take any pictures?
Esther: No, one day we just, you know, got up and went away by ourselves and got married, so that's why there aren't any people or flowers or gifts.
Stuart: No pictures. That's -- that's sad. I like pictures.
Esther: It's not sad. It was very romantic.
Stuart: Really?
Esther: Oh, yes. I mean, one day you just -- proposed. And we were so in love that we just eloped. And you were very handsome, and I wore flowers in my hair. And we got married under a full moon, and the stars were twinkling and everything was glowing. It was magical.
Stuart: Things were glowing?
Esther: Oh, yes. It was the happiest day of my life. All my days with you were the happiest days of my life.
Stuart: Where are our wedding rings?
Esther: You know, we -- we decided that we didn't need wedding rings, Stuart. They're just jewelry.
Stuart: No rings, no pictures.
Esther: Well, you know, you don't need photographs. You're a great artist. You could draw anything.
Stuart: I'm -- what did you -- I'm an artist?
Esther: Oh, yes. You're amazing.
Stuart: Oh -- I don't feel like an artist.
Esther: Come here.
Stuart: Oh. That's pretty.
Esther: You painted it.
Stuart: I did that?
Esther: You gave it to me as a wedding present. It's my most cherished possession.
Stuart: I want to draw something right now.
Esther: Are you sure you're up to it?
Stuart: Yeah. Well, I want to try, anyway. I -- I don't remember where I put my artist stuff.
Esther: Oh, well --
Stuart: Shouldn't I remember that?
Esther: I'll help you. Um -- uh -- um -- here. And -- here.

Derek: Thank you for sharing your insight about the victim, Mrs. Cortlandt. Unfortunately, snatching a necklace doesn't constitute proof of a drug addict on his way to a self-administered overdose. Mr. Du Pres will remain under arrest.
Vanessa: Oh, please, please, you can't do this. He's just a baby.

Leo: Well, did you and your girlfriend come to gloat now? Is that it?
David: I came to post your bail.
Becca: That's so kind of you.
Vanessa: Well, you're getting to know this station pretty well, aren't you? First you spring Erica here and now Leo. Huh. You're becoming quite the hero.
Erica: You have no idea what kind of a man your son David is.
Derek: Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies! If there's going to be a problem, please, take it outside.

David: So, how much is his bail?
Derek: Hasn't been set yet.
David: All right, when is that going to happen?
Derek: Tomorrow morning.
Leo: What?
Derek: No judges are available at this time. The arraignment is set first thing in the morning.
Leo: No, no, no, so I have to stay here overnight?
Derek: You'll survive.
Vanessa: My son is not a common criminal. Now, surely some arrangements can be made.
Derek: Afraid not.

Vanessa: Darling? Darling, you have got to do something. You are an important man in this town. You can contact someone. Keep him out of jail for a night. Just --
Palmer: Well, as much as I would like to take Leo home with us, I'm afraid we're at the mercy of the legal system. Rest well, Leo.
Leo: Mother, please. Don't go with him. Don't leave me here. I can't stay a night in jail.
Vanessa: I know.

Leo: Please, you have to do something.
Leo: Mother, please.
Vanessa: Lieutenant, may I please have just a few minutes with my son? Oh, come on! I'm not going to slip him a nail file.
Derek: Five minutes.
Becca: I'll be outside if you need me.
Leo: Are you coming back?
Becca: Yes.

Vanessa: All right, darling. Now, look, Leo, I know it looks bad.
Leo: Can you say "death sentence?"
Vanessa: Darling, don't get hysterical now. I have always gotten you out of trouble before, haven't I, darling?
Leo: Why did you lie about not knowing Paolo?
Vanessa: Well, darling, if it were only that simple.
Leo: No, no, it is that simple. You know that I am innocent because you know it's your husband who's the one that killed Paolo.
Vanessa: Shh.
Leo: No. No, it is. You can go now, Mother. I don't need you.
Vanessa: Oh, what are you talking about, darling? Of course you do.
Leo: No, you're off the hook. No, I -- I can help myself. All I have to do is tell Derek about the blood stain on Palmer's shirt sleeve. Now, he might not believe me at first, but, you know, I can be very persuasive. I learned from the best. And I'll just get him to get a warrant to search your suite. And what do you suppose he'll find in your dirty laundry, Mother?
Vanessa: Look, darling, I want you to promise me that you will not say one word to the police about Palmer.
Leo: You want me to protect your husband? Oh, I get it. He's your meal ticket, right? And I'm just a liability. Now that you'll have me shipped off to club fed, you can give palmer and all his money your attention, right?
Vanessa: Darling, you completely misread the whole situation. Listen, you don't know. I love you more than you will ever, ever know, Leo. And listen -- I know you did not kill Paolo, and I know just as certainly that neither did Palmer. Now, let me handle this, darling, because I -- I have a feeling that maybe I can prove who did murder Paolo.

Becca: Oh, Mrs. Cortlandt. You're still here.
Vanessa: Well, of course I am. I wouldn't leave my son or abandon him at a moment like this.
Becca: Leo, is there anything that I can get you?
Leo: How about an alibi?
Becca: I was thinking something to drink, maybe something to read.
Leo: No, no, thank you.
Becca: Are you sure?
Leo: I'm fine, thanks.

Derek: All right, Mr. Du Pres, let's get you booked.
Vanessa: Darling, don't worry. I will take care of everything.
Derek: Let's go. In here.

Vanessa: Excuse me. Lt. Frye is so disagreeable. I mean, he just assumes -- my son is simply not a murderer.
David: He's just doing his job, Vanessa. For once, your maternal instincts are right on.
Vanessa: Well, we'd better do something, David.
David: I don't care how cool Leo thinks that he is. The fact is he's just a kid who's been in the wrong place at the wrong time his whole life, which is to say anywhere near you.
Vanessa: Oh, good grief, David. I really don't need this right now. There happens to be a murderer free out there, and dar-- Palmer, are you going to help?
Palmer: Well, why don't we discuss Leo's options with Walter?

Erica: David? I am certain that the emerald is a clue.
David: I can't help but feel you're right, which is why I put it in the safe.
Erica: All right, listen to me. We really can't do any more for Leo this evening. But come to my house. We'll brainstorm. And believe me, when I'm finished, I just know you're -- you're going to be just as sure as I am that the killer is a woman.
David: Yeah. Come on, let's go.

Vanessa: Palmer, darling, forgive me. This has been such a horrendous thing. I have a monstrous headache. Will you please take me home?
Palmer: Of course, darling. Of course.
Vanessa: Thank you.
Palmer: I'll be in touch with you later.

Esther: What are you drawing?
Stuart: You. It's how you must have looked on our wedding day.
Esther: Can I see it?
Stuart uh -- no, no. I can't draw.
Esther: Oh. It -- it looks like one of those -- um, a Picasso!
Stuart: It's terrible.
Esther: Well, maybe you should try something simpler. I've got some bananas.
Stuart: Are you sure that I painted that?
Esther: Positive.
Stuart: I just don't feel like an artist. I --
Esther: Well, you're not yourself yet, Stuart.
Stuart: Yeah, but what if it takes me forever to remember?
Esther: Well -- no. It'll be all right.
Stuart: No, it won't be all right. I -- I don't like -- I don't like feeling like this. I feel like I have a -- a big blank hole in my head. It makes me dizzy.
Esther: Well, you know, we're going to fill up that hole with new memories, and one day there'll be so many memories that you'll forget all this happened.
Stuart: How can we do that? I don't know who I am. I don't know who you are. And you -- you tell me that you're my wife, but I'm not in love with you. Something's wrong.

Marian: My husband is not dead. You're lying.
Liza: I'm not.
Marian: Of course you are. Stuart's going to come home to me. He's going to come walking through the door with the flowers he's picked along the way, and he's going to prove that you're lying, Liza.
Liza: Mama, Stuart's not coming home.
Marian: Stop it! I don't want to hear you say that.
Liza: Mother, I was there at the cabin, and -- and Adam was there and we saw proof that Stuart is --
Marian: Adam? Adam is behind all this, isn't he? He wants to get revenge because he put him in that mental institution. He's lost Stuart's love forever, so he wants me to know what it's like to lose Stuart? Well, that's sick! How can he do something like this? How can he make up a lie that Stuart is dead, and how could you go along with such a plan so evil?
Liza: Mama, it's not a trick.
Marian: Oh, my God, Liza. Stuart -- he is the miracle of my life. And I thank God for him every day, every single day, and if something was wrong with Stuart, I would know about it. I would know about it right here, right here in my heart. And I know there's nothing wrong with Stuart because I don't feel there's anything wrong with Stuart! No, so you just go back. You tell Adam that he can't destroy what Stuart and I have because I know that Stuart is going to come back to me because nothing can come between the bond and the love that Stuart and I share, nothing. Do you hear me? Nothing!
Liza: Mama! Mom.
Marian: What? What do you have?
Marian: It -- it looks like a wedding band.
Liza: It is.
Marian: Well, it could be anybody's wedding band.
Liza: Will you look at the engraving, please?
Marian: "2/14/99. To Stuart, forever. Love, Marian." Well, I -- I warned him, Liza. I warned him because he was going to lose this, you know, because he wears it all the time. He wears it when he's washing dishes or when he's cleaning his brushes with turpentine or even when he's gardening. And I told him he's going to wear the patina right off the ring, but -- or lose it under one of his zucchini plants. But he never listens to me. He says it's not a piece of jewelry at all. It's a symbol of our life together, of our love. And it won't come off his finger as long as he's --
Marian: As long as he's -- alive. No. No, please, no!
Liza: Mama.
Marian: Please, no!
Liza: Oh, Mama. Mama.

Leo: Keep those things handy. I'll be getting them back soon. Hey. You know, I think I'll take you up on that soda offer. It's a hell of a place for a first date, huh? Hey, why do you look so glum? At least you get to go home. I'm stuck here.
Becca: I know I said I would stay, but I really need to go now.
Leo: What -- you can't. You said that you were going to --
Becca: I know.
Leo: Oh, I get it. Your -- your boyfriend, right? You're rushing to his side. What's the matter? He needs his milk to be warmed up?
Becca: Leo. Scott's father was killed in a fire.
Leo: Oh, my God. You're kidding me. Stuart Chandler's dead?
Becca: I don't know the details -- that was Dixie on the phone -- but I -- I need to go be with Scott.
Leo: Yeah. Sure.
Becca: But I'll be back, ok? I promise. Don't worry.

Derek: All right, Mr. Du Pres. You're lucky tonight. Lockup is quiet. Let's go.
Leo: Oh, I'm thrilled. Tell me, do they have room service?
Derek: Get out of here.

Vanessa: Tipping maids handsomely is good.
Vanessa: Ok, ok, ok. Now, would it -- I'll give it a try. Hmm. Hmm. Oh. Oh, my son, you are so predictable, using your birthday as your combination. Oh. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Ok, ok, ok. Oh, have I missed you.
Vanessa: Whew.

[Keys jingle]

Becca: I heard what happened.
Scott, I'm -- I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Scott: I didn't believe Liza when she told me what happened, so I went up to the cabin to check for myself. It's all ashes. The food was hot when we were there. Now he's dead? How can that be?

Liza: It's ok.
Liza: It's ok.
I'm sorry, Mama. I'm sorry.
Marian: Stuart.

Stuart: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound like that. I didn't mean to hurt you. Esther, I wish I -- I felt I belonged in this life. I -- but I don't. I wish I felt married to you. I wish I felt something. But --
Esther: Do you mean it? I mean, you know, we could always get married again! I mean -- and we could take pictures and -- and everything, and we could have wedding rings this time -- I mean, you know, if -- if you wanted to. I mean -- we were so happy, Stuart, and we could be that way again -- forever.

Derek: Your new home, Leo. Leo: I don't suppose I could request linen sheets.
Derek: You're lucky you got the place all to yourself. Oh, and you're entitled to a phone call before you're locked up. Is there anybody you want to reach out and touch? Your family? Your girlfriend?
Leo: No, she's not my -- no, forget it. There's nobody.
Derek: All right, then. I' see you in the morning.

Erica: Oh, those fumes were horrible. I thought they'd be gone by now. I mean, the painters finished on the second floor this morning. You don't mind coming back here, do you?
David: I don't care where I sleep as long as I wake up next to you.
Erica: Well, I hope you're not planning on sleeping any time soon.
David: Well, what do you have in mind?
Erica: Well, we have your brother's defense to plan. And we have a killer to find.
David: Well, unfortunately for my little brother, he's not going anywhere until morning. So right now, I'm a little more interested in uncovering the mystery in front of me.
Erica: David?
David: Mm-hmm.
Erica: David, did you leave that light on?
David: The better to see you with, my dear.
Erica: Oh. Oh. Vittorio!

[Vanessa listens from her hiding place under the bed]




ON THE NEXT - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Guard: Time for your arraignment.
Greenlee: Isn't this where you say you're not guilty? I'm coming.

Gillian: I spoke to Jake. I told him I loved him, but not the same way I love you.

David: Vanessa? What are you doing?