Ryan: Stay out of my life.
Chris: A little late
for that, pal.
Liza: This is my baby.
Even if Adam is the father,
it doesn't mean that he has
ownership.
Erica: Could it be any
clearer?
Frankie is trying to get
to you and your trust fund.
Tad: How am I going to nail
David?
Jesse: If we can prove that
he's a drug dealer,
you won't need to use Leslie.
TODAY'S - - - ALL MY CHILDREN
Erica: You cause my daughter
one moment's grief, and I swear,
I will bury you.
Bianca: Uncle Jack,
do you see what I'm dealing
with here?
She has completely gone out
of control.
Erica: I have? Me?
Have you told your Uncle Jack
why you're here?
Jack --
Bianca, that was a lawyer.
She wants to be legally
emancipated from me,
her own mother.
And she wants to raid
her trust fund to support
that parasite.
Jack, do you fully grasp what
I'm saying to you?
Bianca wants to legally
leave me.
Jack: And may I tell
you something?
After what I've just witnessed,
I think maybe she'd be a fool
not to.
Jesse: Took you long enough
to get here.
Tad: Yeah, well, forgive me,
the door got in the way.
You know, some of us don't
exactly have the benefit
of your black magic.
Jesse: Oh, hey, look,
don't dis the gift.
You know, that old black magic
going to help you prove that
Dr. David is doubling
as a drug lord.
Tad: That remains to be seen.
Why don't you actually lend
a hand and take a look around,
all right?
I haven't forgotten our deal.
I actually ditched Leslie
Coulson so I could partner up
with you.
Jesse: What do you expect
to find, a kilo with the man's
picture on it?
Tad: No.
It's not as ridiculous
as you might think.
David's so arrogant,
he actually thinks he can't
get caught.
Jesse: So what exactly are
you looking for?
Tad: I don't know, but I'll
know it when I see it --
anything I can use as evidence,
anything I can use that'll help
me put a noose around his neck.
Jesse: This is a waste
of time, Dude.
Tad: Do you actually have
a better idea?
Jesse: Actually, yeah.
Why don't you chum it up
with that FBI dude --
Agent Stomp.
Tad: Stamp?
Jesse: Whatever.
Tad: Can't do it.
Jesse: Why not?
Tad: Because I've got
a secret weapon I can't exactly
share with the federal
government.
Jesse: What?
Tad: You.
Jesse, the friendly ghost.
Jesse: You know,
I always forget that you always
was corny, weren't you?
[David walks in and catches Tad]
David: What the hell are
you doing in my office?
Leslie: Pam, are you sure
that Tad hasn't phoned?
Pam: Not since he put
the plans on hold.
Leslie: I don't get it.
I mean, he was so hyped about
going after David.
I just --
Pam: Leslie, look at me.
You're not getting any ideas,
are you?
Leslie: Of course not.
I mean, this is Tad's show.
I just want to make sure that
David gets what he deserves.
Pam: Hey, it's time
for your meds.
Leslie: One tiny pill
to chase away all those
blue meanies.
I am better.
Don't you think?
Pam: Yeah, I really do.
Leslie: Good.
So, what can we do to get
into trouble?
[Leslie doesn't take her pill]
Mia: Ryan, your dad skipped
out on your whole family.
I mean, why this sudden urge
to track him down?
Ryan: The same reason you had
to hook up with Liza.
Mia: Yeah, but Liza was
a stranger to me.
I mean, you know who
your dad is.
Ryan: Yeah, he's a complete
waste of skin, but I have
unfinished business
with the man.
[Chris comments to himself]
Chris: That's too bad
you're never going to finish it.
Adam: Liza, are you
all right?
Liza: What are you
doing here?
Adam: I got a call
from a reporter.
Never mind. What happened?
Did you have an accident?
What are you doing here?
Liza: No, just -- just calm
down, and I'll tell you.
Adam: Just tell me
you're all right.
Liza: Um -- I'm all right.
I was stupid,
I was walking,
I wasn't thinking, and
I barreled into Dixie's
car door.
Adam: How could you be
so careless?
Liza: No, no,
it wasn't her fault.
Dixie: The car was parked --
Doctor: I'm back.
Has your OB been by yet?
Adam: OB?
What does my wife need
with an obstetrician?
Adam: Liza, is this what
I've been praying for?
Are you going to have a baby?
Dixie: You know,
before you start handing out
cigars, the obstetrician is
for me.
Adam: You're pregnant?
Dixie: Well, I don't know.
I'm not sure.
There's a very, very,
very, very slight chance that
I might be, so I thought I would
come here and get checked out.
Adam: Why didn't you take one
of those home pregnancy tests?
Liza: You know, Adam,
that's none of your business.
Adam: She's my son's mother.
Dixie: It's all right.
It's OK.
I -- I didn't.
I decided not to.
Adam: Why not?
Dixie: Because they don't
always work and because I felt
like I just didn't want people
at home to know, so I came here,
and don't you go blabbing it
to anyone.
Adam: Who would I tell?
Liza: Ok, now that you know
that I'm all right,
can you leave?
Adam: No, nonsense.
I'm going to wait and take
you home.
Liza: Dixie can take me.
Adam: When did you two get
to be such good friends?
And why did you come all the way
over here instead of going
to Pine Valley Hospital?
Dixie: Well, the doctors here
are quite --
Adam: Oh, I get it,
I get it.
Insurance.
Dixie: Insurance.
Adam: Yeah.
Against Tad breaking your neck
because it's not his child.
It's Dr. Hayward's, isn't it?
David: Tell me why
I shouldn't call security.
Tad: Relax, ok?
Just take it easy.
What are you going to do,
you're going to call downstairs
and report me for felonious
waiting?
The door was open.
David: That door
is always locked.
Tad: Wasn't today.
David: What are you doing
here, Martin?
Tad: I came to make a peace
offering.
David: Yeah, right.
Tad: No, I'm on the level. I want to offer you a truce.
David: You hate my guts.
Why this sudden about-face?
Tad: My family.
To be specific,
my father and my brother.
I want you off their backs
for good.
I heard you just knocked Jake
off Laura's case.
David: Yeah, I did.
And it was my call to make.
Tad: Absolutely.
But if you're riding Jake to get
back at me, you're wasting
your time because as far
as I'm concerned, you
and I are quits.
I am moving on with my life.
So what do you say we just bury
the hatchet?
Jesse: Yeah, like right
in his back?
[Jesse chuckles]
David: You would have made
a good snake oil salesman.
But I'm not buying.
Tad: I'm completely sincere.
David: Of course you are.
Now get the hell out
of my office and take your bogus
offer with you before I do
call security.
Tad: So much for giving peace
a chance.
[Tad leaves but Jesse stays]
Jesse: Whoo.
All right, Dr. David, let's --
let's see how you live when
nobody is watching.
Erica: Jack, what is wrong
with my trying to save
my daughter?
Bianca: You can't save me
from myself, Mother.
Erica: No, but I can save
you from who she is.
Jack, you control Bianca's
trust fund.
That money is for her future.
Bianca: My future is starting
right now.
And you know what?
This is not about Frankie.
Erica: Bianca, your father
did not leave you a small
fortune so you could just
squander it on this con artist.
Jack, promise me that you will
not allow Bianca to touch
a penny of her inheritance.
Please, Jack.
Bianca: Frankie's my friend,
Mother.
She doesn't give a damn about
my money.
Erica: Oh, Bianca,
when are you going to just open
your eyes?
Please see her for what
she really is.
Please do it soon, please,
before she breaks your heart
and your bank account.
Jack: Nobody is going to be
cleaning out Bianca's bank
account, including my Bianca.
Now, will you sit down here,
please?
Now, you know that your father
put me in charge of
your trust fund.
You want to know what the reason
was?
So I could protect
your interests.
Erica: Oh, Bianca,
I hope that you will listen
to your Uncle Jack since
you won't allow me
to protect you.
Bianca: Mom, I don't want
or need your kind of protection.
I just want you out of my life.
Erica: Bianca,
if your grandmother was here
right now --
Bianca: If Grandma were here
listening to you right now,
she would be sick.
Mia: Well,
finding Liza was pretty easy.
I mean, I had her name
and I knew where she lived.
Ryan: Yeah, well,
you know, I obviously got
my dad's name.
Mia: Yeah, but you don't have
a clue where to start looking.
Ryan: No. No, I don't.
I guess he could be anywhere.
Mia: Ryan,
I think I can help you.
You should close your door
on the past and just not
look back.
Anna: Hi.
Remember me?
Roger: A face like yours
is pretty hard to forget.
Anna: Oh, that's very nice.
You were a wee bit inebriated
last night.
Roger: Look, Anna,
if I made a pass
or got out of line or some--
Anna: No, no, no,
you were a perfect gentleman.
Roger: Oh, well, my life is
a bit complicated at the moment.
Anna: I like it complicated.
It's a challenge.
Want to tell me what's the worst
thing you've ever done, Roger?
Chris: Excuse me.
Could I have a word in private
with you, please?
Excuse us.
Anna: He wants me to be
his date at the bartenders'
ball.
I'll break it to him easy.
What?
Chris: What the hell
are you doing here?
Anna: You wouldn't give
a rat's rear if I wasn't getting
closer to Proteus.
Chris: Why don't you can
the cocktail chatter,
ok, and check out before
you blow my investigation.
Anna: Chris, the more steamed
you get, the warmer I know I am.
Chris: Look, Anna,
I don't need you to mess this up
for me, ok?
Anna: I'm not going
to do that.
But obviously, SOS is
your control central,
which means that the target must
be operating nearby,
maybe from that very table.
Chris: I thought Hayward --
I thought you tagged him
as your main suspect.
Anna: He's one of them.
Chris: One of them?
Well, what do you plan on doing,
sleeping with the whole house
until you catch Proteus
with his pants down?
[Anna starts to slap Chris but he grabs her hand]
Chris: Look, Devane,
if you're too sensitive,
maybe you should let the big
boys handle this game, huh?
Anna: I don't notice the big
boys getting any results.
Chris: Look, you pushed
yourself into the middle
of something you know
nothing about.
You have no idea who
the players are.
Just listen to me.
You could blow years
of investigation sky high.
Anna: What am I going to do,
put a blotch on your resume?
Or is this all personal?
Chris: No, no, no, no,
it's very simple, Devane.
Unlike you, I want to retire
with a full pension.
Believe me, I earned it.
Anna: So if you bring Proteus
down, you're going to get
full honors.
Is that what you're saying?
And by the way,
how long has Ryan Lavery been
under surveillance?
Chris: Say what?
Anna: Well, you keep
watching him.
Is he a suspect?
Chris: No way.
Anna: A straight answer.
I must be on to something.
What exactly is Ryan to you?
Mia: This whole idea about
finding your dad -- maybe
you should just, you know,
just forget about it.
Ryan: Why? You didn't.
I mean, you tracked down Liza.
Mia: Yeah, and look at what
a warm and fuzzy experience that
turned out to be.
Sometimes you just --
you shouldn't go down
some roads.
Ryan: Come on, you connecting
with Liza doesn't have to be
a complete waste of time.
You can still -- I don't know --
hit it off as sisters
or whatever.
I'm not trying to get
in the way of that.
Mia: Well, if she's jealous,
that's her problem.
Ryan: Yeah, well, you work it
out however you got to work
it out.
I know what I have to do,
all right?
Mia: I'm just afraid that
you're getting your hopes up
too high.
Ryan: Oh, no.
No, I did that only once --
with Gillian.
Mia: I'll shut up.
Ryan: Look, I understand this
isn't going to be some bear-hug
father-son reunion.
I know that.
But I --
I don't know, Braden,
my brother, is gone,
my mom is dead,
and I didn't get a chance to say
good-bye to them, and that means
something to me.
Mia: And your dad?
Ryan: He's a mean
son of a bitch.
And if I ever did get to see
him, I can finally say good-bye
and I can tell him go to hell.
I mean, I've been waiting
for this for a very long time,
this face-to-face, and now
I'm ready.
Liza: You apologize to her.
Adam: Why?
She's the one that's carrying
David Hayward's love child.
Dixie: "Love child"?
Wait a minute here.
Now, I have not been with David
Hayward in quite some time.
Liza: Dixie, you don't owe
him any explanations.
Dixie: No, no, no.
I think it's pretty important
that I set the record straight
so I don't read about it
in "The Exposer," since some
of us have a big mouth.
I did not -- I am not carrying
David's baby, ok?
Adam: Ok, ok.
Well, we'll see you when
you give birth to a child
with a "666" tattooed
on his forehead.
Dixie: Oh, stuff it,
would you?
Please, put a sock in it.
Adam: Gladly.
Yes.
Well, are you cleared
to leave yet?
Liza: Yes, I am.
Will you wait outside while
I change?
Adam: Yeah.
Dixie?
Liza: Dixie can stay.
Adam: Oh.
Liza: Thank you for covering
for me.
Dixie: You owe me, lady.
Liza: Yes, I do.
And I'm sorry.
You of all people
coming to my rescue.
Dixie: Well, you can pay me
back quick by telling Adam that
you're the one that's pregnant
and I am not carrying David's
love child.
Liza: You really got me off
the hook.
Dixie: Yeah, for now.
But you're not going to be able
to keep this a secret
much longer.
Liza: This -- this false
alarm really has gotten me
thinking how much this baby
really means to me, and I know
what I have to do.
Dixie: You have to tell Adam
that you're pregnant.
Liza: I have to play this
by my husband's rules.
I have to play this very
carefully.
I'm going to have to pull
an Adam.
[Jesse watches David in his office]
Jesse: Oh, this is thrilling.
It's like watching mud.
Come on, punk.
Do something
incriminating!
Ay.
I guess it's up to me to stir
things up a little in here, huh?
All right.
Whoo!
Whoo!
[Jesse makes papers on David's desk blow around]
David: That's bizarre.
Where'd that breeze come from?
Jesse: Yeah,
I got your breeze.
We need to see a little more
Proteus, a little less
paperwork.
All right?
[Phone rings]
David: Yeah, this is Hayward.
Damn it.
I can't get away right now,
but that shipment is crucial.
No. No.
You just sit on it until
I contact you.
And I don't need to remind
you to be discreet.
Jesse: Now, that's at
I'm talking about.
Yeah.
Looks like we got a break
in the case.
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Pam: This is what you meant
by getting into trouble,
baking cookies?
Leslie: Well, come on,
these are total diet busters.
Pam: Mmm.
Aren't you going to have any?
Leslie: No, you know what?
It's my meds.
They really kill my appetite.
Hey, do you remember that summer
that Mom and Dad rented that
cabin up at willow lake?
Pam: The summer we fought
nonstop?
Leslie: Well, you took
my bike -- you know, my hot pink
bike with the handlebar
streamers and the glitter banana
seat -- and you wrecked it --ran
into a tree.
Pam: It was an accident.
Leslie: I baked you a batch
of cookies then.
Remember the secret ingredient?
Pam: Worms.
Leslie, tell me you didn't --
Leslie: Oh, I didn't use
worms this time.
I added something with
a little -- a little more kick.
Pam: Oh, my God, Leslie,
what have you done?
[Pam passes out]
Leslie: You should have
learned your lesson after
you wrecked my bicycle.
Dixie: I don't know, Liza.
Playing anything Adam's way
scares me.
Liza: Well, me, too,
but I have to do what I can
to keep this baby safe.
Dixie: But pulling an Adam --
not that I don't think that
you're up to the part,
certainly.
Liza: Well, thank you,
I think.
Dixie: But it could backfire.
Liza: How?
I tell Adam I'm pregnant,
he assumes the baby is his.
Dixie: He knows that
you slept with Ryan.
Liza: I'll tell him
I used protection.
Dixie: That's a lie.
Liza: It's a half a lie.
The baby could be Adam's,
the baby could be Ryan's.
Dixie: And you still don't
think Ryan has a right to know?
Liza: I just don't want
to saddle him with a child.
It wouldn't be fair.
Dixie: You know,
Colby was born from a lie,
and look how many people
were hurt by that.
Liza: But it all worked out
in the end.
Dixie: With a very heavy
price tag.
Liza: Ok, ok, you want
to play devil's advocate?
Think about this --
let's -- let's say that Adam
even suspects that the baby
isn't his.
He's going to make Ryan's life
a living hell.
He's going to do everything
he can to ruin him.
And Colby and I -- our life will
be like a raging sea,
not to mention this new child.
I'm just trying to buy myself
some time.
Please, just -- don't say
anything to anyone.
Dixie: Ok. I won't.
But before I seal my lips
permanently, I think I have
to point out that there's
a glitch in this master plan
of yours.
Liza: What?
Dixie: Well, after the baby's
born, Ryan's going to be able
to count backwards nine months
and figure out when
it was conceived.
If you really want this story
to fly, you're going to have
to get him out of town.
Liza: Well, I'm going to have
to cross that bridge after
the baby's born.
In the meantime,
I'll just have to out-Adam Adam.
Chris: Listen to me.
You leave the Lavery kid out
of this.
You hear me?
Anna: I don't take orders
from you or anyone else.
I'm a free agent, independently
owned and operated.
Chris: Yeah, yeah, yeah,
but you want back into
the WSB don't you,
and interfering with
an investigation is not your way
to prove yourself.
Anna: The way I see it is
I have everything to gain,
nothing to lose.
Chris: How is that?
Anna: If I succeed where
you fail and I bring Proteus
down single-handedly,
the WSB will take me back.
Chris: Just like that?
Anna: Yeah.
Just like that.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm going to go talk
to my friend Ryan.
Anna: Roger, I'm going to take a rain
check this drink, ok?
Roger: Not a problem.
Anna: Thanks.
Chris: Anna?
Anna: That can wait.
Mia: Maybe you'll reconsider.
Anna: Hey, Ryan.
Ryan: Hey.
Anna: No, don't get up,
please.
Hi.
Ryan: Oh.
Anna: Can I join
you for a minute?
Ryan: Absolutely.
You two know each other?
Mia, Anna --
Anna: No. We haven't met.
Mia: Hi.
Anna: Anna.
Mia: Mia.
Ryan: Yeah.
Anna: How's everything going
with Gillian's memorial?
Ryan: Good, I guess.
I mean, we're going to do
the dedication as soon as next
week, I understand.
I want you to be there.
Anna: Sure.
I'll be there, of course.
Ryan: Anna, I just thought
of something, something
you could help me out with,
maybe.
Anna: Oh, yeah. What?
Ryan: Well, I mean,
with your background
and everything, you know how
to track people down, right?
You know how to find people?
Anna: I do, absolutely. Yeah.
Who are you looking for?
Ryan: My dad.
Anna: Ok.
So tell me everything you know
about your father.
Erica: How did Bianca ever
get so out of control?
Jack: Well, maybe she comes
by it naturally, Erica.
You were not exactly the epitome
of cool, threatening the life
of a minor in a court of law.
Erica: Look, if you could see
this from my side --
Jack: I see it the way
it really is.
And whether you want to believe
it or not, this Frankie Stone
has done nothing wrong.
Erica: How can you say that?
Jack: Because I have faced
the facts.
The fact is --
Erica: Oh!
Jack: She has no rap sheet,
she has not filed a lawsuit
against you regarding the car,
she has not asked you
for one thin dime, Erica.
In fact, the only crime that
she is guilty of is befriending
your daughter.
Erica: You listen to me.
I know a con when I see one.
And for some reason,
nobody believes that
she deliberately threw herself
in front of my car.
But she did, Jack.
I was there. I saw it.
I was an eyewitness to that scam
that she is trying to pull.
I saw it, Jack.
She is dangerous.
And I want this -- this
Mary Frances Frankie Stone
to know that I am dangerous,
too.
Jack: Well,
mission accomplished.
I think you made that very clear
when you threatened to kill
her.
Erica, I'm the D.A.
I can't have you waltzing around
here threatening people's lives.
Erica: Oh, I see.
Mr. District Attorney,
putting his job ahead
of his family.
Oh, that's nice.
That's very nice.
[Jack sighs]
Erica: Why is this, Jack?
Because I rejected you?
Jack: Because you
rejected me?
What, are you kidding me?
You know, if my memory serves --
and I believe it serves me
very well -- you --
I'm not going to do this.
I'm not going to let you draw me
into this.
And you want to know why?
Erica: Because you're
a coward.
Jack: Because I love you
and I love Bianca
and I don't want to see the two
of you doing things to each
other that you will regret
for the rest of your lives.
Now, before we say things
that we can't take back,
I'm going to go try to find
my niece and see if I can settle
this without any more of this
family's blood being shed.
[Jack kisses and hugs Erica]
Bianca: I don't care what
my mother says.
I'm --
that's it.
I'm not giving up.
She's so out of my life.
Frankie: So this is all
because of me --
Bianca: No, it's not --
Frankie: I've messed up everything.
Bianca: It's not
because of you, Frankie.
Frankie: Yes, your life was
perfect before I crashed
into the right person --
Bianca: No.
Frankie: And you're giving up
all that matters.
Bianca: Like what?
Frankie: Like your mom.
Listen, I know she's a royal
pain, but she would walk over
broken glass for you.
And your Uncle Jack and Opal --
it's all the same with them,
too.
You know, you had it all before
I showed up.
Bianca: That's not true.
Frankie: It's like --
it's like it's me or them,
and you picked me.
I don't even get it.
What do you see in me?
Bianca: I see
courage,
the strength that it took
to strike out on your own
and not care what other people
thought of you.
Frankie: I don't care for me.
But I do care, you know,
for you.
Bianca: You don't have
to worry about me, Frankie.
I mean, you've shown me how
brave I can be.
That's how you make me feel when
I'm with you -- like I can
do anything.
And I like that feeling.
I really like you.
Bianca: If you're here
to negotiate or something,
you can just forget about it.
I'm not giving in.
And if she wants a fight,
I'll give her one.
Jack: You can fight this
fight if you want, but I'm going
to tell you straight,
Sweetheart, you're not going
to win.
Ryan: Well, my given name's
Curry -- John Ryan Curry.
Lavery's just my mother's
maiden name.
Anna: Why did you change
your name?
Ryan: I guess I just didn't
really want any of my father
sticking with me.
Anna: Oh.
Did it make a difference?
Ryan: No. Not really.
Anna: And if we locate
your father, what exactly do
you want to happen?
Ryan: Well, actually,
I haven't really thought that
far in advance, but I know
he left a stain on my life
and I just want to rub it out.
Anna: I understand, but that
could be painful as well
as liberating.
Ryan: So will you take
the job?
Anna: Sure.
Ryan: I just want you to do
some groundwork, like
a telephone number, address --
Anna: You don't want me
to contact him?
Ryan: No. No.
That's between me and him,
nobody else.
Anna: I understand.
Ryan: Ok.
Good. I got to run.
Mia: Do you mind
if I tag along?
Ryan: I'll catch up
with you later, at
The Pine Cone, ok?
Ryan: Thanks.
Anna: Yeah.
I'll be in touch.
Ryan: Great.
Anna: It was nice meeting
you, Mia.
Mia: Yeah. Same here.
Anna: All right.
This should cover Roger's tab
and a tip for you.
Chris: What are you up to,
Anna?
Anna: I got a new assignment.
Some people do have faith
in my detective work.
Chris: Look, you cannot --
you cannot go snooping around
for Ryan's father.
Anna: What's stopping me?
[Jesse pops into SOS and sits down next to Tad]
Tad: Do you have to do that?
Jesse: What are you talking
about, Withers?
This is mad fun.
It's one of the perks, you know.
Tad: Lucky me.
What happened with Hayward?
Jesse: Dude got a phone call,
man.
Something about some shipment
going down.
Tad: Yes!
Jesse: Yes!
Tad: It's exactly the kind
of thing I've been waiting for.
Jesse: So we can scratch
plan B, right?
Tad: What plan B?
Jesse: Little
Miss Nut Job thing?
Tad: Oh, Leslie.
Jesse: Yeah.
Tad: Yes, I completely forgot
about her.
Jesse: Yeah, boy.
Let's keep it that way,
all right?
Tad: Yeah, ok, fine.
A deal's a deal.
I understand.
So what do we do next?
Dixie: Hi!
Tad: Dixie.
[Dixie chuckles]
Tad: Hey.
Dixie: How are you?
Tad: Hey, Sweetheart.
Dixie: You look surprised
to see me.
Tad: Yeah.
Dixie: We had a lunch date,
remember?
Tad: Yeah -- oh, yeah.
Sure -- no.
I didn't forget.
So,
how has your day been?
Dixie: Crazy.
Tad: Yeah?
Dixie: Yeah.
Tad: Mine, too.
Jesse: Hey, I'm out.
Got to get back to check
on Dr. Do-wrong, all right?
Dixie: Speaking of crazy,
have you heard
from that PI you hired?
Tad: Not today. Why?
Dixie: It's just
this feeling.
I keep wondering if they've
found Leslie Coulson anywhere.
[Adam and Liza return home[
Adam: This is rich.
Tad Martin, once again
the victim of a cheating spouse.
[Adam chuckles]
Adam: Oh, and to think
Dixie's carrying David
Hayward's child.
[Adam chuckles]
Adam: It's just
too delicious.
Liza: You know, honestly,
Adam, you get such ghoulish
delight out of other's
people's miseries.
Adam: Oscar Wilde was right.
"It's not enough that I succeed.
My friends must fail."
Liza: You know,
you don't have friends.
You have enemies and ex-wives,
which -- I don't know --
is redundant.
Anyway, David and Dixie --
their affair is ancient history.
Adam: Yeah, it was a good
thing.
Hayward's not fit to father
a stoat, let alone a child.
Liza: Ok, well, let's just
say for the sake of argument
that Dixie is pregnant
with another man's child.
Yes, at first Tad would
be upset.
Adam: Upset?
If he were half a man,
he'd blow Hayward's brains out.
Liza: Ok, let's forget
the worst case scenario.
But let's say Dixie stayed
and had the child.
Don't you think in time that Tad
would love that child
as if it were his very own?
Adam: A constant reminder
of his wife's infidelity?
No.
No man, no marriage could
survive that.
[Doorbell rings]
Adam: Lavery, what the hell
are you doing here?
Ryan: I need to speak
with Liza -- alone.
Jack: Bianca, the simple fact
is you don't have grounds to be
emancipated from your mother.
Bianca: Well, there has to be
a way.
Jack: Afraid not.
Bianca: Well, then I'm taking
her to court.
Jack: You really want
to do that?
You want to sit up there
on the witness stand and blast
a woman who loves you more than
life itself?
Are you really, really prepared
to do that, Honey?
Bianca: What you're saying is
that you're not going to let me
go near my trust fund, right?
Jack: Honey, what I'm saying
is let's explore some other
options first.
Bianca: There are no other
options.
Frankie's homeless,
and she needs a place to stay.
Frankie: Bianca, it's ok.
Bianca: No, it's not ok.
I'm not going to let you sleep
on the street.
It's not safe.
Jack: How about
your Aunt Vanessa?
Any chance of you staying
with her for a while?
Frankie: No, I don't think
that's going to happen.
Bianca: We need to find
a place that we can stay
together.
Frankie: Oh, I so hate doing
this to you.
Bianca: You're not doing this
to me.
It's going to work out,
I promise.
Jack: Look,
I could float you some cash
until you find a place, and get
settled in, ok?
Bianca: Uncle Jack,
I don't think I want your money.
Jack: Your father put me
in charge of your trust fund
for a reason, Sweetheart.
Bianca: Yeah.
He didn't trust Mom.
Jack: No. No.
He knew how much you
and your mother mean
to one another, and he did not
want something so vulgar
as money coming between you.
Now, I have to honor his wishes.
I cannot give you the money
from your trust fund,
but, I can give you that.
Look, I know you're mad
at Erica, but, Sweetheart,
she is doing the best she can.
And that's all any parent
can do.
Honey, we're family.
Let's not do this.
Let's not do this.
Let's forget about this legal
nonsense, please, please,
at least for now, huh?
Bianca: Ok.
Ok.
Jack: Ok.
You wonder why I love
you so much.
You need anything -- I mean
anything at all -- you,
too, Frankie -- you just let me
know, ok?
Smart girl.
Frankie: He's nice.
Bianca: Yeah, he's great.
You think I did the right thing?
Frankie: Well, you did what
you did.
I don't know if it's right
or not.
Bianca: I guess I should go
call off my lawyer.
When I get back, we'll figure
out what we're going to do next,
ok?
Wait for me here.
Frankie: I will.
[Phone rings]
Frankie: Yeah?
What the hell are you doing?
Yeah, she just left.
No, don't worry.
She doesn't suspect a thing.
Ok, calm down, calm down --
everything is going according
to plan.
Bye.
[David sits at his desk, with Dixie's medical file and remembers]
Dixie: It's my turn.
Dixie: You threatened
my son's future to keep
yours safe?
There's no going back.
David: Obviously,
you don't understand.
Dixie: No,
you don't understand.
You don't understand at all.
You used my son.
David: Oh, come on, Dixie.
J.R. wasn't exactly innocent.
Dixie: Maybe he wasn't
innocent, but at least he isn't
like you.
At least he isn't evil.
David: You will change
your mind about me, Dixie.
Jesse: Hey, there, Doc.
What you doing with all that
information on Dixie?
Huh?
David: Yeah, it's me.
The shipment we discussed --
I'll pick it up in an hour.
The abandoned warehouse.
And make sure it's just
you and me.
Jesse: And Jesse makes three.
Tad: Sweetheart, why all
of a sudden are you wasting
your time thinking about
Leslie Coulson?
She's out of our lives for good.
Dixie: Well, I'd really like
to believe that.
Tad: Well, you should
believe it.
Dixie: It's just that
that dream I had --
it was so real.
What if it happens?
Tad: It's not.
I won't let it, Honey.
I'm not --
I'm not going to let Leslie
Coulson hurt you ever again.
[Leslie talks to her unconscious sister. She is wearing her sisters clothes and a wig]
Leslie: Sorry you can't come
with me, Pammy.
But I've got a date with Tad.
Only he doesn't know it -- yet.
And neither do you.
Adam: Anything you have
to say to Liza you can say
to me.
Liza: Just a minute.
Can I have just a minute?
Adam: Don't be long.
Liza: Dropping by
without calling probably wasn't
a good idea.
Ryan: I guess not.
Liza: Is this about Gillian's
memorial?
Ryan: No. No.
This is about my dad.
I want to
go and find him.
Liza: If that's what
you want.
Is there anything I can do
to help?
Ryan: No, Liza.
You don't understand.
After the playground
is dedicated,
I'm leaving Pine Valley.
Anna: So why can't I do any
checking on Ryan's father?
Is he part of
this investigation?
Chris: There's no connection.
Anna: I don't believe you.
Chris: It's the truth.
Anna: Really?
Chris: You want Proteus?
You're heading down the wrong road.
Anna: So set me straight,
Chris, or else I'll go find
Patrick Curry and ask him.
Chris: Anna,
you won't find Ryan's father.
Anna: What's to stop me?
Chris: I killed him.
ON THE NEXT - - - ALL MY CHILDREN
Liza: Ryan's leaving town.
Adam: Why are you crying
about it?
Mia: You can't just dump me.
Greenlee: I have discovered
the secret to being happy.