The Santos family held an evening gathering at Hector and Isabella's house. Mateo announced that his friend from Texas, Tanner, would be attending his wedding ceremony. For some reason Rosa was being fitted for a Pocahontas outfit. Bobby arrived fresh from the courthouse eager to show off his annulment decree. Bobby approached Hector with his hand held out and asked if he could begin dating his daughter. True to form, Hector said no. He told Bobby that he did not make a good decision by running right from the courthouse to the Santos house. Hector implied that it was disrespectful to go "wife hopping." All the Santoses jumped in to help Bobby with his case. Isabella and Anita both commented that Bobby proved he is a decent young man through his love and affection for Sam. Only when Hayley chimed in to Hector about how his is a man of his word and that she knows he will keep his word about allowing Bobby to date Anita now that his marriage has been voided. Now backed into a corner, Hector stood and agreed that Bobby can "court" his daughter.
Now that the family was again in harmony, Anita wanted a few moments alone with Bobby. She begged her parents to let her and Bobby do the dishes, but Isabella said that it was Rosa's turn at kitchen duty---besides, she added, "you've have a guest." Anita insisted, but it wasn't going to be in the cards for her and her young suitor. Rosa suggested that they all play a game of Monopoly. This was not the kind of evening that Anita wanted to spend, but she would have been stuck with it had Hayley not intervened with one of her crafty ideas. She asked Mateo if they could move "that thing in the basement" to Holidays. Mateo was totally oblivious to what Hayley was doing, but she Hayley stomped on his foot his proverbial lightbulb went on. Mateo told his parents that they needed help moving a heavy object from the basement and that Bobby and Anita would be the perfect helpers. Hector agreed, but told Anita that she needs to be home in time for her curfew. Anita thanked Hayley for saving her from a boring family evening and Bobby and Anita were free to go on their way.
Adam teased Liza that she needs to study up on the past Mrs. Adam Chandlers if she is going to pull off a fake engagement. Liza snapped back that it would take her well into the next millennium to read up on all of his ex-wives. Adam was talking of his vision of their engagement party as Tad walked in. Tad didn't know what Adam was talking about, but he told him that he should get his "vision" checked because they are cavorting in his office. Adam asked Liza if she would be joining him later as planned for a late night dinner and a swim in his heated pool. Liza, not really wanting to take a dip in the cool November air, said that she did not having a bathing suit and therefore could not take Adam up on his offer. Adam smiled devilishly and said that they didn't need any bathing suits. Tad cringed at the thought of Adam and Liza prancing around naked and order Adam out of his office because he and Liza had some show details to smooth out. Well, Gloria was added to the mix as she dropped by the station to take Tad out on a date. Tad groaned and told Glo that it seems they are going to have to pass on their date because they are running late with their station work. As tension started mounting, Gloria asked if she could speak to Tad in private. Gloria told Tad that Liza might need to live with Adam before she can enjoy her time alone. Tad was shocked that Gloria could be so prophetic and asked her where she got in from. Glo smiled and asked Tad "Did you see that white-haired man" in your office? The two agree that they would reschedule their date for the weekend. Adam and Liza discussed Tad and how he would be putty in Liza's hands after he hears of their engagement. Adam upped the ante in his deal with Liza. He said that he would give her a ten karat diamond that she can later sell to get cash for a beach house or anything else her heart desires. Liza wasn't sure that Adam's plan would work and said that Brooke might come after Adam, but Tad is too busy with Gloria to care what she does. Liza's green-eyed monster emerged from hiding as she told Adam that she could "take" Gloria in a fight.
Kelsey returned to the boathouse near the lake. She recalled her tender moment with Bobby a few days before Halloween and how Bobby told her that she can be a very sweet person when she wants. As Kelsey reminisced, Bobby and new gal pal Anita approached. Kelsey took to a hiding spot and listened as Bobby and Anita discussed their mutual attraction for each other. The tears in Kelsey's eyes welled as she peeked around the corner and saw Bobby and Anita kissing.
Stuart tried to detain Brooke at Chandler Mansion by showing her some art books. Brooke insisted that she had to be going, but Stuart told her to wait until after he heated up some hot chocolate for her. Stuart left for the kitchen and Brooke passed her time by paging through an old photo album with pictures of her and Adam as a married couple. The walk down memory lane ended with a stumble as Liza and Adam returned home and walked in on her. Brooke thanked Stuart for the hot chocolate and said that she had better get going. Liza started to page through the photographs, but Stuart told her to keep her hands off because it was private. Liza asked where she would be spending the night and Adam pointed her in the direction of her room. She toyed with Adam by asking why she was not being given a suite of rooms. With a few moments alone, Adam asked his brother what he and Brooke had talked about. Adam confessed to Stuart that he is trying to get even with Brooke for breaking his heart. He talked of how he gave Brooke the space she needed---and how she used that space to land in bed with a "Caveman" (That's Pierce, if you're wondering). He said that he is now trying to return the pain. Stuart blasted his twin and asked why he just can't tell Brooke that he loves her. Adam said that he tried that and that it just doesn't work. Liza returned to the study clad in a bathrobe. Adam told Liza that Tad will go crazy if she agrees to marry him. He said that Tad "married his soul mate [Dixie] and threw it all away for one tumble with you." Liza agreed to the engagement plan. She then asked how big a ten karat diamond was. Adam smiled and said that it was somewhere between a ping pong ball and a doorknob. Wow!
Back at WRCW, Tad sat alone in his office tossing crumbled paper balls into the trash can. He placed a call to Gloria and asked if she could join him at the station. When she arrived, Tad asked her if she would consider appearing on The Cutting Edge and talking about how she feels now that her former boss, Jonathan Kinder, has been killed. He said that Gloria looks radiant on camera and that he wants everyone to see how beautiful she is. Gloria accepted.
Noah called Derek while en route to the hospital and told him that Julia is in danger. He didn't have time to explain as he whizzed down the highway, but told Derek to get his men over to the hospital immediately. Officer Murphy left his post outside the door and made a call telling someone that things were "all clear." Rose and Julia bickered over whether Julia should go through with hypnotherapy as discussed. Julia tried to convince Rose that Grady's men would not win if she went through and identified the shooter. Rose disagreed. She said that Grady and his men win no matter what happens. They had no idea that Grady slipped into the hospital dressed as a surgeon and was planning on carrying out a non-surgical operation. As Grady approached the door to Belinda's room, Derek's men arrived on the scene. Grady slipped inside an adjacent room and waited for things to settle down. Noah raced into his sister's room and asked where the cop was that was supposed to be stationed outside the doorway. Derek instructed his men to search the hospital wing with a fine toothed comb. By this time Grady had already slipped outside the room onto the window ledge. Noah showed his photo to Julia and asked her who she saw. Julia knew the man as "Fred Harris," but Noah told her that he has another idea of who the man really is. Rose refused to finger the man as Grady and Noah erupted. He screamed that this man had been alone with his wife and told Rose that she had better think twice about what she's doing. Rose finally agreed to tell the police everything she knows. "The Keefer out it to a vote and the ayes won," she said in her concession speech.
In the parking deck, Grady slipped out from under Noah and Julia's car. He made a call to Slade and told him that "Julia Keefer will not be making it home tonight." Julia and Noah got into their car a few minutes later and listened to words of advice from one of the police officers when he told them to be careful on their drive home because the roads are very dangerous. Underneath the car, a thick liquid dripped from the car's undercarriage....
Brooke returned home well after her promised "curfew." Laura, who was reviewing calculus with Scott, chewed her foster mother out for not calling to tell them when she'd be home. Perhaps sensing a possible feud, Scott said that he had better be going. Laura again asked Brooke where she had been. Brooke said that she was with Stuart, but Laura caught her on the lie and said that Stuart had called a long time ago to say that Brooke was on her way home. Brooke confessed that she took a long drive after leave Chandler Mansion because she needed to clear her mind. Brooke then tried to change the subject my voicing her approval of Scott. Laura smiled and asked Brooke if she could answer a question for her. She asked how she can be sure when a guy is "the one." Brooke chuckled and asked Laura why she couldn't have asked an easier question--- like explaining particle physics. Laura explained that she thinks about Scott all the time and that she replays their dates over and over in her mind. Brooke told Laura to listen to her heart and that she'll know when she's with "Mr. Right."
Still at WRCW, Tad asked Gloria how she got tangled up with a slimy man like Jonathan Kinder. Gloria answered with a question. She implied that it was that some women let themselves be taken in by the wrong men. Gloria blamed her involvement with Kinder on low self-esteem and added that "Kinder was the best [she] could do" for a job and had to make a living somehow. Tad then asked Gloria why she fell for Adam. She said she "saw the monster from the man" and fell in love with the charming side of Adam's personality. Tad repeated over and over that he can't believe that a woman would want to be involved with Adam. Gloria responded "Liza's a woman of the world" and that she can take care of herself. Glo then commented that Tad can mentioned Liza's name because it's obvious that he cared for at one time.
Mateo surprised Hayley by doing some last minute work at Holidays before the contractors begin their work in the morning. Mateo told Hayley that three quarters of all new business fail and that he doesn't want all their hopes place on the venture. Hayley was a little more optimistic. She said that in 5 to 10 years there will be Holidays scattered all around the country. Mateo put his finger up to his fiancee's lip and told her that as long as they are still together in 5 to 10 years he'll be the happiest man in the world.
Liza may have accepted Adam's proposal, but she said that they need to discuss the terms of going through what she called a "public humiliation." Adam reminded Liza that she's already going to get a sizeable chunk of WRCW stock as well as a diamond the size of small European country and asked what more she could possibly want! Liza called her pretending to be in love with Adam a task that ranks along side of Hamlet's Soliloquy on the difficulty scale. She added that she'll look like a fool if she is engaged to Adam and then dumped for Brooke. Adam suggested that Liza be the one who ends the relationship: "Adam dump-er... Liza dump-ee" Not good enough. Liza said that she wants to be given ownership of half of WRCW. Adam refused. He said that half of WRCW is worth a small fortune and that Liza is no longer playing by the rules of their agreement. "We don't play by the rules," Liza replied and said that if Adam wants to continue their scheme he has to agree to her terms. Liza bid Adam farewell and adjourned for the evening, saying that she wants an answer in the morning.
Noah and Julia prepared to drive home, but they were stopped by Derek Frye. He told them that they were to have a police escort at all times. Noah initially refused indicating that he can take care of his wife. Derek told the couple that his squad car is equipped with bullet proof glass and mused that Noah could play with the siren if he was a good boy. Julia agreed that it might not be such a bad idea to have the police take them home and Noah finally came around.
Derek and a fellow officer scoped out the hunting lodge before allowing Noah and Julia inside. Derek ordered the young couple that they were under a virtual house arrest and that they are not to leave the lodge under any circumstances and said that he would personally escort Julia to her meeting with Dr. Tolan.
Hayley woke up before Mateo and watched her lover sleep. When Mateo finally did wake up, he thought it was odd that Halo took pleasure in watching him sleep. The two had fallen to sleep on the billiard table at Holidays. Hayley and Mateo soon got to talking about their restaurant venture and Hayley told Mateo that getting Holidays ready for its Thanksgiving opening was a lot of hard work. She added that the cosmetics business really isn't her cup of tea. She said that she took on her job at Enchantment to make Adam happy. She thought that she'd be in charge for three to six months---and that was three years ago! Now she's decided that she doesn't want her relationship with Mateo to take on a part-time schedule. She concluded that she needs to work at Holiday's full-time and that she is resigning from her duties at Enchantment. Mateo asked if Hayley knows what she's doing and that she is not supposed to quit Enchantment to make him "happy." Hayley insisted that she was doing what she wanted to do and that was the end of the conversation.
Julia woke to the new morning after a night of terror-filled sleep. She told Noah that she had a nightmare. In the dream she was walking down a corridor at the hospital toward a door. As she walked, the door seemed to get further away. Then footsteps followed behind her. As she walked a little bit faster, she finally reached the door. She opened the door and found a dead body laying on an examining table covered by a white sheet. She lifted the sheet and looked into the eyes of the deceased---and the eyes were her own! Julia said that a nice hot bath would soothe her frazzled nerves. She checked on Officer Rowan who has been stationed outside the door. He said that all was quiet on the home front...but he spoke too soon. A gun shoot fired out from the bushes and the police man fell to the ground. Julia screamed out for Noah who raced to her side and shut the front door. After checking to see that Julia had not been hit, he picked up the phone to call 911. Whomever was outside had cut the phone line. Grady, his gun ready for another round of shots, slinked up to the cabin and prepared to take out Julia. Officer Rowan had enough presence to give Noah his police radio and told the couple that channel D would let them contact the police station. Noah told the dispatcher that they need assistance immediately because they were under fire and that an officer was down. With help en route, Grady tried to gain access to the cabin. Noah grabbed his firearm and let of two quick shots. Derek arrived a few minutes later, but Grady had already fled the scene. Officer Rowan was taken to the hospital and Julia, much to Noah's chagrin, demanded that she go through with her scheduled hypno-therapy session.
On the set of a live edition of The Cutting Edge, Tad ordered his crew to make sure that Erica "comes out smell like a rose" after their piece on Jonathan Kinder. Brooke, Laura, and Scott exchanged questions on the format. Laura thought it was strange that Liza would be appearing on a show that she was in charge of running. Scott explained that Liza "was on to" Jonathan first, but couldn't notify the authorities because Jonathan led her to believe that she had killed Skye. Adam was on stage as a replacement for Skye. As the interviews progressed, Liza became furious that Gloria was on the panel. She commented to Adam that she could "snap [Gloria] like a twig." Adam had plans for his spot on the show. He told the television viewers and those assembled in the studio that he was very cynical with humanity after he learned that his daughter had been held hostage by Jonathan, but said that Liza's affection and companionship showed him that the world was not all bad. Then he looked into the camera and said that that was the reason that he has asked Liza to become Mrs. Adam Chandler."
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