"Seeing her frail daughter sleeping in her hospital bed was too much for Erica to handle. She told Myrtle that she'd failed Bianca as a mother. Myrtle mentioned that Mona often felt that she left Erica down especially when she was unable to mend her daughter's broken heart. The thought of her mother thinking that she'd done a poor parenting job hurt Erica deeply. She insisted that Mona had done an incredible job raising her. Myrtle didn't understand why Erica would accuse herself of being a bad mother when she'd just gotten done saying how absurd it was for her mother to think the same thing. Myrtle groused that she was tired of hearing mothers take the blame for bad things happening to their children---it does no good, she said. Bianca woke up and complained of a sore throat. She asked if the doctors could remove the feeding tube, but Erica told her that it wasn't the right time to remove the tube. Erica asked Bianca why she'd gotten angry at Dimitri and Jack Erleier in the day. Bianca had no particular reason for her outburst, but hinted that she thought one of the men might remove her feeding tube if they thought she was really mad. Bianca claimed that she was tired and asked to be left alone.
In the hallway, Jack and Travis got into a fight over his engagement to Erica. Travis claimed to be looking out for his younger brother, but Jack didn't see it that way. Travis referred to Erica as a "one woman wrecking crew." Jack professed his love for Erica, but Travis was sure that Erica would toss Jack aside in the near future. Jack decided that it was best for him to leave the scene before he and Travis came to blows. Before he left, he said that Bianca reminded him of Christina, their younger sister who had died years Erleier. Travis refused to accept the comparison, saying that he would not let Bianca die. When Erica exited the room, it was her turn to feel Travis' wrath. Travis told Erica that she'd picked a horrible time to get engaged to Jack. He felt that Erica's engagement proved that she thought only of herself. While Erica was parading around picking out china patterns and arranging her honeymoon, Travis snapped, Bianca would be left out in the cold. Erica didn't allow Travis to push all the blame for Bianca's condition onto her. She blasted Travis' perfectionist attitude. She claimed that the world could be spinning out of orbit, but that Travis would claim that he was still in perfect alignment. She told him that as long as he thinks he's perfect, there will be problems in his life. Travis didn't like Erica's comments and asked her if she'd learned those "pErles of wisdom" during her stint at Betty Ford. Erica hauled off and slapped Travis hard against the face. He told her that slapping him wouldn't change the fact that she was responsible for Bianca's health crisis. Jack returned to the scene and ordered Travis to back off. Things calmed down and the trio looked forward to the next day's therapy session.
Janet and Axel returned to her hotel room and got quite a surprise. Amanda, donned in her Sunday best with makeup splattered all over her face, had somehow gained access to her mother's room and started a "dress up" party. Axel didn't expect to see someone in the room and nErley fainted dead away when Amanda popped out of the bathroom. Janet scolded her daughter for showing up without permission and asked her if her father knew where she was. Amanda shook her head. Axel left the room to get Amanda some ice water from the vending machine. While he was gone, Amanda had nothing but bad things to say about Mr. Green. She implied that he was a weakling and that Trevor could "take him in one round." She also ridiculed Axel's toupee. Janet reminded her daughter that if she can't say something nice about someone, then she shouldn't say anything at all. Thanks to a little help from Carrie's mom, Trevor managed to locate his errant daughter. He apologized to Janet and Axel for ruining their evening and told Amanda that she'd be punished for leaving home without permission. Amanda tried to butter her daddy up with compliments, but he didn't back down from his plans to punish her. Trevor and Amanda left, but not before Trevor gave Janet and Axel a peculiar glance. Later, Axel told Janet that Trevor doesn't believe that their in love. The glance Trevor had given them, he said, was like the sneer of a disapproving theatre reviewer. He suggested that they turn up the heat so that Trevor truly believes they're lovers. Axel got caught up in the romance and sex talk and tried to steal a kiss from Janet. She pushed him away and slugged him! She told him to leave at once. He agreed and Janet sat alone in her room thinking of Trevor. A knock sounded on her door. She thought that Axel had return for more abuse, but she was wrong---it was Trevor.
Adam asked the mystery woman how she could still be alive. The woman told him that all of his questions would be answer---but only if he followed her. Before Adam followed Joy out of the office, Tad burst into the room and demanded some answers. Adam was furious that Tad had interrupted and the woman shook her head back and forth slightly as if trying to tell Tad to leave them alone. As Tad and Adam bickered back and forth over his right to get answers, "Joy" pulled off yet another disappearing act. A bright flash erupted in the middle of the room and when the smoke cleared Tad and Adam were forced to split up and find the enigmatic interloper. Adam headed to the basement and found Joy's hidden stash of food. He poked around further and found a roll of duct tape and a bottle of chloroform. On the roof, the woman tripped over a flowerpot. When Tad walked onto the roof, he instantly saw the broken flowerpot. He knew that "Joy" was on the roof and promised to protect her if only she'd tell him who she was and what she was doing. Adam appeared a few minutes later and told Tad what he'd found in the basement. It was evident that the woman had planned to hold him hostage. Tad told Adam to go back down to the basement and continue searching. Adam didn't see the logic in it, but he agreed. He noticed the broken flowerpot and asked Tad what had happened. Tad responded that he'd fallen over it. Adam returned to the basement and found another interesting artifact---Joy's wedding picture. Back on the roof, Joy came out of her hiding spot and asked Tad why he's always there every time she turns around. Tad offered to give the woman her necklace back, but demanded that he be given some information in return. He was told that she didn't (or couldn't) give him the answers to his questions. She did, however, apologize for hitting him with the board in the Chandler Mansion passageways. Joy took the necklace and hopped up on the ledge. She gave Tad a final glance before jumping off the ledge. Tad raced over to prevent the woman from falling, but he was too late. The woman had jumped onto a window washer's scaffolding and was out cold. Tad raced down the steps and crawled out of an office window and onto the building's ledge. He carefully tiptoed over to the rope on which the scaffolding was attached. He took hold of the rope, but lost his footing---leaving him dangling several hundred feet above the busy streets below."
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