"Ryan continued his discussion with Gillian and Jake regarding "their mutual interests". He wanted to help Jake raise money for the pregnant teen fund Jake is starting. Ryan has been planning a party to launch his web site and offered to make it a fund raiser for Jake's project. Jake questioned Ryan's motives and wondered aloud why Pine Valley was starting to feel like Chechnya, i.e., Ryan trying to save Jake again? "I'm busted" said Ryan, admitting that he's trying to help himself by helping Jake. Jake would get the money his project needs while Ryan would get the publicity he needs. Gillian sensed another agenda and asked Jake if she could speak to Ryan alone. Hesitantly Jake said yes and left the two of them standing in a hospital corridor alone. Gillian asked Ryan what kind of scheme he was trying to pull, and Ryan denied any scheming going on. "Don't lie to me!", cried Gillian. "I'm not lying Princess", Ryan told her saying it's all about his work. Gillian felt that it was much more than that because they had loved each other and she left Ryan to be with her husband. Ryan claimed to be a different man than the one who loved her, and Gillian admitted to missing that man. Ryan told her that man is gone and that he can now go for whole days at a time and not think about Gillian. Gillian told Ryan that his hard edge was back, like when he first came to Pine Valley. "I'm the man I want to be", said Ryan. He went on to say that because of Gillian he had believed in fairy tales, princesses and heroes. Gillian interrupted saying he was still her hero. But Ryan told her that it was a crock, the hero lost, she chose Jake and now the tough guy would go it alone. He said he doesn't believe in love anymore.
After Jake left Gillian with Ryan he ran into Joe Martin. Joe told Jake he wanted him to understand why David gets to stay at Pine Valley Hospital. Jake said he understands but doesn't like it. Then he told his father about Ryan's offer. Joe asked if he doesn't trust Ryan. Jake said he believes Ryan wants Gillian back and is going after her. Joe said Gillian chose Jake and is devoted to him and that Jake should trust Gillian.
As Leo led a tipsy Bianca to her room, Erica met them on the stairs and demanded to know where they'd been. Leo told her they'd been at SOS but Erica didn't buy it saying she'd tried calling them but got no answer on their cell phones. Bianca began yelling at her mother, saying how she just wasn't as perfect as she was. Erica was close enough to Bianca to get a whiff of alcohol and asked Bianca if she had been drinking. Bianca told her mother she was "drunk on life". Before Bianca could say any more, Leo jumped in and told Erica he had given Bianca the drink, he thought she could handle it. Erica went crazy on Leo, telling him he was to move out immediately, he was off the Enchantment campaign and if she ever caught him near Bianca again she'd slap him with a restraining order. At that point Bianca defended Leo and said she scored the booze because she wanted to feel numb. Erica asked her why she wanted to feel numb and Bianca answered "You don't want to go there with me Mom". Of course Erica did want to go there and demanded an explanation. Leo tried to help out Bianca but was told to stay out of it. Bianca began to feel faint but Erica told her "you're not fainting on me, you're telling me what's going on!". Leo was ordered to keep Bianca awake while Erica went to make coffee. Bianca asked Leo to help her tell her mother why she got drunk and tried to "make it with Marcus" and why she couldn't make it with him. She wished Sara was there with her and would take her far away. Bianca told Leo about her relationship with Sara, how they used to talk all night long. She described the first time they kissed, after watching a boy and girl in the rehab center make out. Sara had asked Bianca if she'd ever hooked up with anyone before and Bianca had said no, that she was afraid to get that close. Then Sara leaned over to Bianca and kissed her. Bianca said it felt like "I'd been holding my breath all my life and when Sara kissed me I could breathe again". Then she almost desperately asked Leo how Sara could have said that they were a mistake and hurt her like that, as Erica unseen came back into the room. "Who's Sara?" asked Erica. She wanted to know if Sara was the reason Bianca got drunk. Bianca told her mother that she had met Sara in rehab and had become close to her. "Something happened between me and Sara", Bianca confided. Leo encouraged her to go on, but she faltered, saying it was personal. She wanted her mother to understand that what happened to her was real and that it changed her. Erica said "Something happened between you and this girl?" and Bianca nodded. With an all knowing look Erica told Bianca she didn't have to explain, that she knew exactly what happened. Bianca looked stunned and confused. Erica went on to say she'd been in that same situation when she was younger. She had fallen for a boy named Phil Brent and Tara Martin had stolen him away. Erica believed that Bianca's best friend Sara stole Bianca's boyfriend!
After Tad left their house, Dixie stood alone in the living room replaying the kiss with David and her conversation with Tad. She realized that Tad was going to David's office and she grabbed her coat to run out the door. There stood Liza, looking for Tad. Liza asked why Dixie was going out dressed in a negligee and was told that she had to go stop Tad from killing David. Liza wanted to know if David did something to Tad and Dixie said no. Then Liza asked if David did something to Dixie and Dixie just looked at her guiltily. She yelled at Liza to get out of her way but Liza pushed her back into the living room. "Did he force himself on you?" she asked Dixie. She told Dixie that married women are David's passion, but Dixie admitted to Liza she wasn't forced. Liza wouldn't let Dixie leave, telling her that she's the only woman Tad has ever loved or wanted, she's his life. She accused Dixie of selling him down the river for a stolen kiss. She went on to tell Dixie that Tad has Dixie on a pedestal because he's always been the screw up. Dixie cried "I didn't sleep with David!" and Liza told her no, but you wanted him. Liza tried to give Dixie advice about Tad, and told her that when Tad is alone he goes into a dark place where Ray Gardner lives. She told Dixie that she had better show Tad how much she loves him . Dixie screamed back at Liza that she's trying to get Tad in bed with her. Liza told Dixie that she is right but that Tad only loves Dixie and that she'd better be the woman Tad needs her to be.
Tad found David in his office removing his bandage from his wounded hand. David asked Tad if he'd heard the good news about the complaint against Jake being dismissed and apologized for making light of Jake's medical condition. Tad told David he was there to discuss Dixie. David reminded Tad that Dixie quit so that there was nothing for them to talk about. Tad recalled when Dixie took the job with David and the two men admired Dixie's dedication to her work. David gave Dixie credit in saving Dimitri's life, saying she wouldn't let Dimi give up. "Sounds like she's the heart of this operation" said Tad. He asked David how he would be able to go on with out Dixie. Then he accused David of hiring Dixie not because he needed an assistant, but because David wanted Dixie personally. David told Tad he thought he should get security in the office to protect both of them but Tad hung the phone up. Tad told David not to worry, he wasn't going to beat him, that would give him too much publicity. "You messed with the wrong person's wife" he snarled at David. Tad swore that he would make sure David would be scarred for the rest of his life. David reminded Tad that there are laws against harassment and Tad said there are also laws against sexual harassment. Tad brought up Nurse Amy and the tryst she and David had in his office, on the very desk at which they were now sitting. David taunted Tad saying that no one in the hospital would ever testify against him but Tad told him that there were many women in the hospital that would love to testify against him. Tad told David that even if the trial went David's way, his golden reputation would be trashed and that no reputable hospital would take him on staff. David challenged Tad to go ahead with it, his lawyer would bring Dixie to the stand and she'd have to admit that she was no victim, that she'd desired David as much as he desired her. Tad stormed out of the office just as Leslie Coulson came in. She asked David what was eating Tad. David told her that Tad is upset because he and Dixie will soon be splitting up. "
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