02/10/1998 Trevor Meets "Axel"



"Allie, Jake, and Liza put their heads together to try to figure out where David had gone and what he could possibly be up to. They all knew that David was a cunning and dangerous man. Their fourth wheel provided them with the information they needed. Stuart phoned to let them know that David had shown up at Chandler Mansion. Downstairs in the mansion, David convinced Adam that he was there to give him medical advice. Adam allowed the cardiologist to enter his home. He offered the doctor a glass of brandy, but David pointed out that alcohol wouldn't help Adam's condition. After placing the call, Stuart raced downstairs and asked David why he was there. He watched in horror as Adam prepared to drink a glass of an unknown liquid that David had poured for him. Thinking that the drink was laced with poison, Stuart grabbed the glass and gulped down the drink. Adam watched his brother curiously and asked him what he was doing. Stuart asked David why he'd given Adam something to drink. Adam fielded the question for the doctor, telling his brother that he wanted a glass of brandy but David felt it was a bad idea and gave him some water instead. If the drink was water, Stuart asked, why was it fizzy? Adam rolled his eyes and explained that the glass had been filled with soda water. Stuart felt slightly embarrassed, but he wasn't about to show his cards. Adam asked his brother to go back to doing whatever it was he was doing before he started acting so strangely. As Stuart left, he heard David issue a surprising prescription for Adam's health and happiness: Divorce Liza immediately.

Back at Myrtle's, the brainstorming session gave Allie and Liza the munchies. They ordered a pizza and rather slyly convinced Jake to pick up the tab. While Jake was out of the room paying for the snack, Allie asked Liza about her feelings for Adam. It seems that Allie detected a note of concern when she learned that David had dropped by Chandler Mansion. Liza admitted to being concerned for Adam's health, but she stopped short of saying that she wanted to get back together with her husband. Adam always found a way to push her buttons, Liza told Allie, but there was still something magical about her tyrannical husband. Jake returned to the room with the pizza just as the phone rang. He took the call, which happened to be from Stuart, and learned about David's divorce talk. Jake informed Stuart to do everything in his power to stop the talks. He knew that if Adam decided to divorce Liza, it would bring an end to their plot.

As the footsteps approached her location, the mystery woman grabbed a board to fend off the trespasser. Of course, she, too, was trespassing, but that really didn't seem to matter. Before the mystery woman could see who was approaching, she pummeled the intruder on the head with the board. Tad tumbled to the ground. He was out cold. The woman dropped to her knees and instantly knew she'd made a terrible mistake. "I thought you were Adam," she said softly as she stroked Tad's hair. She urged him to open up his "beautiful baby blues," but Tad didn't so much as move his pinky. She asked him why he'd gotten himself involved in Adam's haunting. Tad mumbled slightly and his eyes opened partially. Tad managed to see a fuzzy image of his mystery woman before collapsing again. The mystery knew that she had to do something. She had to get Tad help before something really bad happened to Tad.

Janet introduced Trevor and the faux Axel. The man was overjoyed and asked if he'd gotten the part. "Part? What part?" Trevor asked. Janet was quick on her feet and explained that the part Axel was talking about was the part where he gets to meet "the other man." Janet pulled Axel aside and dropped him a subtle about her background with Trevor. Keep in mind, the man had absolutely no idea that this was the real magilla. Axel's improvisational skills were right on the mark. He acted like a macho man who wanted to make sure that another man didn't interfere with the love of his life. He clasped his hands together and told Janet that he thinks he and Trevor will have to "thrash it out." Trevor took off his coat and appeared ready to grapple. Janet knew that Trevor would make short work of the actor, so she had to think up a way to keep the two men from coming to blows. She advised Trevor that "small packages pack a big wallop" and praised Axel's experience in the martial arts. She asked Trevor if she could have a few minutes alone with Axel and Trevor obliged. When he left the room, Janet finally broke down and told the hired Axel the truth about her predicament. She told him that Trevor was a man with whom she had been in a relationship. For reasons that she said she could not explain, she needed to break it off with him. The man wasn't disappointed that the acting gig wouldn't make him rich and famous. He thought of Janet as a nice lady who needed some help. As long as he was paid for the performance, he agreed to help her out. Trevor returned to the room and Axel instructed Janet to leave the room while he and Trevor talked. Outside, Janet begged for Trevor to understand why she was trying to get rid of him. Of course he couldn't hear her, but Janet needed to get some things off her chest. Inside, Axel tried to impress Trevor with his feelings for Janet. Since he didn't know the woman he was talking, he couldn't go into too much detail on what it was that he liked in Janet. Trevor capitalized on this and blew Axel out of the water. Trevor described how he loves the sound of Janet's laugh and how her skin reminds him of cream. It was apparent that Trevor really loves Janet and the actor knew it. Janet listened to the conversation and when she realized that Axel was in trouble, she returned to the room and appealed to Trevor to accept the fact that their relationship was over. Axel wasn't so kind in his demands. He ordered Trevor to "disengage" himself from Janet's life. Trevor shook his head and wondered what language Axel was speaking. Trevor reluctantly agreed to leave. He walked out of the office and closed the door behind him. He stopped momentarily and looked back at the door. He reached out to grab the doorknob, but he fought the urge and continued on his way. In the office, Axel told Janet that it was obvious that Trevor loved her deeply. He asked her if she was sure that she wanted to lose that love. With tears forming in her eyes, Janet couldn't find the words to answer. She nodded her head and wiped the tears from her eyes.

Adam thought that David's idea made a lot of sense. Stuart scampered down the steps and asked David why he was still there. Again Adam was taken aback by Stuart's bizarre behavior. Stuart told David that Adam never gives up on the women he loves. He ordered the doctor to leave immediately or risk getting his block knocked off! David laughed condescendingly at Adam's brother. Adam knew that Stuart wasn't going to allow him to finish his conversation with David and told David that they'd do lunch to finish their chat. Once David had left, Adam asked Stuart to give him one good reason why he shouldn't have him carted off to the Oak Haven sanitarium. Stuart bowed his head and simply stated that he might not be smarter than Adam, but that he can still protect Adam for things that could harm him. Adam thought about what Stuart had said and realized that he could not give up on his relationship with Liza. There was a loud knock coming from inside the walls. The Chandler brothers looked at each other. Adam told Stuart that he was going to investigate. Stuart raced off to phone Jake and tell him that he foiled David's plans to talk Adam into divorcing Liza. Meanwhile, a very concerned Adam came across Tad's near lifeless body inside the passageway. He managed to rouse Tad, but Tad had no idea where he was. He had just had a vivid fantasy of dancing with his mystery woman. That led him to ask Adam where he learned to dance so well. Obviously the blow to the head had blurred the line between fantasy and reality. Adam helped Tad out into livingroom and gave his head a thorough inspection. Tad couldn't recall how he'd gotten into the passages or even why he was there. Adam, who displayed a level of concern unlike any he'd displayed in recent memory, told Tad that he was going to call a doctor. Back inside the wall, the mystery woman packed up her belongings and prepared to move to yet another location."

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