"Mateo and Hayley were on the verge of sharing a romantic moment when room service knocked at the door. Mateo interrupted his pleasure to answer the door even though he knew that neither he nor Hayley had ordered anything from room service. Tanner was at the door with a cart full of gastronomic delights,. He said that he could not decide what to order for his friends so he just ordered everything. As he pushed the food cart into the room, Tanner begged Hayley to give him a second chance to make a goof first impression. Tanner and Matt told Hayley a story of how they stole a rival high school's mascot (an armadillo) when they were younger. Tanner left the room to retrieve some additional food items. When he did, he bumped into someone from the hotel's room service staff who was looking frantically for a food cart he had left in the hallway. Tanner said that he hadn't seen anything and continued on his way.
When Tanner returned, Mateo received a phone call with some distressing news, It seems that while Matt and Hayley were away from Holidays no work had been done. Now they were but a few days from their supposed grand opening and they did not have neon lights for the windows, refrigerators for the alcohol, or a license that would allow them to serve liquor. Mateo raced to the hotel lobby where he was expecting a fax from a business associate. While he was gone, Tanner stared longingly at Hayley. Halo became nervous and asked Tanner if he was trying to use telepathic powers to bend the spoon she was using. An out of breath Mateo returned to the hotel room and announced that he and Hayley would have to fly back to Pine Valley to try to salvage Holidays. Mateo called the airline to make travel arrangements, but the taped message at the airport begged to differ with Matt's plans. Due to inclement weather all flights to the East Coast were postponed. No need to worry, though, Tanner offered to use his plane to fly the couple back home. Hayley refused. She said that they would be crazy to fly in weather that the major airlines deemed dangerous enough to cancel flights. After some prodding by Mateo, Hayley agreed to let Tanner fly them home---as long as he doesn't try any funny business.
Laura tried to carry on a conversation with Brooke, but Brooke had taken a flight on the daydream express. Brooke managed to derail her thoughts long enough to hear Laura tell her that she was heading over to Myrtle's house to help bake some brownies.
At Myrt's, Laura told Myrtle that Brooke had decided to adopt her, but that they might need Myrtle as a "character witness" to help sway the judge's decision to grant custody to Brooke. Myrtle vowed to do whatever it might take. Scott showed up at the boarding house with some earth-shattering news: He was no longer going to go to school. Laura was stunned (so was I!) After the commercial break, Scott clarified that he won a science scholarship and was going to be allowed to skip the remainder of his high school years and enter directly into Pine Valley University. Dontcha just hate when they tweak you like that? Laura assumed that Scott's elevation to the next plateau of education would mean that he no longer wanted to date a high school kid. Au Contraire, Mademoiselle Kirk. Laura told Scott that Brooke had decided to adopt her. Scott was happy for Laura and suggested that they celebrate. Laura offered to treat for some mocha lates, but Scott had bigger plans in mind. He told Laura that he wanted to spend New Year's Eve with Laura.
Laura saw an artifact of Pierce's artwork that had been given to Myrt and Laura go to thinking about Pierce. She asked Myrtle if she could call her friend. I couldn't help but notice a look of annoyance on Scott's face as Laura rambled on and on about Pierce.
Pierce (this time being played by Maxwell Caufield) chatted with Laura for a short time and seemed particularly fascinated with the news that Brooke was going to adopt Laura.
Brooke had her recurring "wedding dream" again, but this time she was awake. As she floated through her mind's secret messages, her doorbell rang. When Brooke opened the door and saw Adam standing outside, she tried her best to muscle the door shut. Adam was a little bit stronger and when Brooke ended her push-and-pull battle, Adam stumbled into the house and nearly landed on his face. Brooke wondered why Liza was not tagging along on the visit. Adam told Brooke that she knew why Liza was not along with him and demanded to know how she could let him down by not stopping his wedding. Adam said that he embarrassed himself in front of the entire town by marrying Liza. Brooke replied that by having her interrupt the wedding ceremony, they both would have looked like fools and that she was teaching Adam a lesson by letting him marry Liza. More than that, Brooke asked why she should even care for Adam. She informed Adam that she is out of his life---permanently! Adam explained his wedding charade to Brooke. He said that Brooke was sucked into the game quite by accident because the trap was originally set for Liza to catch Tad. Brooke told Adam that Stuart wanted the wedding halted but that Adam betrayed his brother by masquerading as him during a visit to Brooke's house. Adam looked Brooke in the eye and told her that he "should be able to love [her] without losing [his] mind." He told Brooke that he loved her and that she loves him. Brooke disagreed. Adam ordered his former wife to look him in the eyes and repeat what she had just said. Brooke did exactly that. She turned and faced Adam and said "I cannot love you. I will not love you." Brooke said that she feels as though Adam treats companies that he plans to liquidate with more respect than he shows for her. One final word of warning. Brooke told Adam that he had better watch his back because Liza sold him out. She said that Liza told her that Adam impersonated Stuart and that she would not have known otherwise. "You've finally met your match," she said with tears in her eyes.
Adam ran home and Brooke tried to take an afternoon nap. Again Brooke's sleep was haunted by her mysterious dream. This time, however, the mystery was finally revealed. The man in her dream was Pierce, not Adam and Brooke did manage to stop the wedding. When she did, she and Pierce shared a passionate kiss.
Winifred called Liza "Mrs. Chandler," but Liza did not respond. Liza said that her new name would take a few days to get used to. Liza wanted to give all of her wedding gifts away, but Winnie said that Lucretia might want some of the items for the kitchen. Stuart arrived and asked Liza if she had seen Adam. When Liza said that she had not seen Adam and that he was not around, Stuart announced that he wanted a few moments alone with her. Stuart told Liza that he knows that she and Adam only got married to make Tad and Brooke jealous. He said that Adam confessed the whole scheme to him. Liza insinuated that Stuart misunderstood what was said. Stuart was offended by Liza's implications that Stuart was "slow" and demanded that Liza not talk down to him. Stuart said that Adam was in the process of changing his ways but that "he'll never reform with [Liza] in the house." Liza tried to lie her way out of things by telling Stuart that she did plan on carrying out her plan with Adam but that she fell in love with him. Stuart wasn't fooled. He told Liza that she was not very nice for trying to con him. When Liza suggested that Adam made her laugh, Stuart said that Liza is only laughing because she has access to Adam's millions. Belinda showed up to discuss some legal wrangling and Stuart hit the road. Liza told Belinda that she feels threatened by Adam's power and wants to know what would happen to her if Adam decided to get rid of her. Belinda asked to see the prenuptial agreement that Liza and Adam signed, but Liza said that she and Adam never made any type of contractual agreement. Actually, she said that she and Adam had a verbal contract where she would be given half of WRCW. That verbal agreement doesn't hold up in court according to what Belinda had said. She called the agreement "compelling" evidence, but said that a judge might not hold the agreement as legally binding even if Adam did announce his plans on national television. Liza was stunned that she could end up with nothing from the marriage. Belinda advised Liza to honor her wedding vows to avoid any trouble and asked why she was not on her honeymoon. Liza assured the lawyer that she and Adam would eventually go on a honeymoon to an island. Belinda smiled and suggested the couple head to Alcatraz.
When Adam returned to Chandler Mansion, his eyes pierced through Liza as he threatened to wrap the proverbial "ball and chain" around her neck!"
- Soap Central