"Still at The Valley Inn after Wendy nixed their date, Tad turned to hitting on one of the waitresses. The conversation the pair shared was, at times, quite provocative. Tad mentioned that he was a Virgo, perhaps counting in the waitress being big on astrology. She wasn't into astrology, but mentioned that she did have an interest in birthstones. She lifted a gold chain that hung around her neck and flashed her birthstone to Tad. The woman remarked that the stone brought her good luck. Tad, noticing that the stone nestled well into the waitress' shirt, remarked that it looked like the stone was the lucky one. The waitress informed Tad that his birthstone was a sapphire and told him that she had a small sapphire that she'd be willing to give to him. When asked if he would mind carrying the stone around, Tad replied, "That depends. Will I get lucky?"
In the lobby of The Valley Inn, Jack, Travis, and Kit planned to celebrate Kit's release from the hospital. Until, that is, they saw Tad sitting in the dining area. Both the Montgomery men wanted to leave immediately, but Kit did not want to shy away. In fact, she wanted to go to Tad's table and talk to him. Jack shook his head and asked Travis to take Kit up to her room so that they could order room service. Jack advised Kit not to get too used to hotel living because he'd had already made the decision to go house hunting. Jack had no sooner headed for Tad's table when Kit asked her other brother to distract Jack so that she could have a few minutes alone with Tad. Jack wasted no time in telling Tad that a DNA test had proved that Kit was really his sister. Tad offered Jack his condolences and warned Jack that Kit was "not worth fighting for." He noted that "sometimes after the hugs and kisses [are gone], people are disappointed." What Tad was trying to say in a roundabout way, was that Jack would ultimately disappointed by Kit once the euphoria of Christine's "resurrection" had worn off. Jack countered an accusation that Kit was only out to steal the Montgomery fortune with an announcement that he'd already taken the legal steps to ensure that Christine received all the money she was entitled to---so she wouldn't have to steal anything. Tad insisted on referring to the woman as Kit and every time Jack corrected her by saying, "Christine." Just as Jack was asking Tad about Erica's cryptic remark to "ask Tad" about why Kit was such a bad person, Travis arrived at the table and asked to speak to Jack in private. That allowed Kit to join Tad at the table. She told Tad that they needed to talk about their past. Without ever saying exactly what it was that she'd done to Tad, Kit admitted that what she had done to Tad was the worst con she'd ever pulled off. But telling Jack and Travis, she said, would hurt them more than it hurt her. Tad coldly inferred that Kit was lying about being raped and asked her to admit the truth. Kit didn't back down from her claim that she'd been raped, but she told Tad that she did want the police to end their search for the rapist. Jack and Travis returned to the table and asked what was going on. Jack saw a tear streaming down his sister's cheek and knew that Tad must have said something to upset her. He again asked Tad to tell him what Kit had done to him. "Forget it," Tad said softly. "It's no longer relevant." Tad bowed his head slightly and excused himself from the table.
Braden recited several lines from a rather morose poem and stopped after he noticed that Dixie wasn't smiling. Dixie said that she'd be as good as new if she could get a hug from her son. That, she said, would be better medicine than any of her uncle's hired specialists could prescribe. A smile on his face,David walked into the room and commented that he now knew why he ears had been ringing. Outside, Adrian tried to probe Dixie's attending nurse for details on Dixie's condition. Since he was not a family member, she referred him to the hospital's administration office. Even his government ID didn't sway the nurse. Dixie wanted to know why David, a cardiologist, had been called in to examine her. David did his best to dodge the question, but Dixie threatened to remove him for her case if he didn't give her some answers. David told Dixie about her damaged heart and said that he had hoped to get her condition in check. Seeing that David was trying to help her, Dixie agreed to undergo more tests. She ordered David to give her the results of her tests directly because she knew that her Uncle Palmer would not give her straight answers.
Dimitri, Edmund, Eugenia>, and Gillian gathered in the parlor at Wildwind for their afternoon cocktails. Ryan entered the room with a bag around his shoulder and announced that he was moving out. Gillian ran across the room to her husband and begged him to reconsider. Dimitri reminded Ryan that Gillian would face deportation if he backed out on the arranged marriage. Ryan smirked and told Dimitri that the INS had already granted Gillian her green card. Ryan explained that he had arranged to "crash" at Rudy's until he could find somewhere suitable to stay. Eugenia's mouth gaped at the usage of the word "crash" and told Ryan that her family doesn't "crash." She offered to let Ryan have his own wing at Wildwind, but that wasn't about to change Ryan's mind. Dimitri commented that the situation made no sense. Gillian chimed in with her concurring opinion. Eugenia suddenly blurted out an admonishment to her granddaughter, reminding her that it was her fault that Ryan was leaving her. Gillian gasped in horror when Eugenia revealed that she had had an affair, though Eugenia never mentioned David's name. Gillian tried to minimize the meaning of her affair, saying that her "betrayal was only physical" because her heart always belonged to Ryan. She turned to Edmund and Dimitri for support, but neither one was going to help her. Ryan said goodbye and turned to walk away. "You can't do this!" Gillian exclaimed. "You love me." She warned Ryan that if he walked out the door, their relationship would be "over, finished, kibutzed." Ryan muffled a laugh and told Gillian that their relationship already was "over, finished, kibutzed." Gillian was absolutely floored by her inability to keep Ryan from leaving. She tried to play it cool when Ryan left, but her emotions got the best of her. She ran towards the door screaming for Ryan to return so that she could be the one to walk out on him, but it was mostly for show. Gillian had no desire to walk out on Ryan. She pressed her face against the solid oak front door and sobbed, "Ryan, I love you." On the other side of the door, Ryan found it hard to walk away. But he did.
Opal and Palmer returned to Palmer's hotel room. Palmer touted their argue-free luncheon as a sign that their marriage was back on track. He spoke endlessly about how he and Opal could get back together and the fun things they could do with Petey. Opal asked Palmer to slow down and explained that one quiet meal together did not change the fact that he had locked her up in his secret room. Adrian knocked on the door and, much to Palmer's chagrin, Opal let him inside. Adrian told Opal that he'd just come from the Westside Hospital. Palmer's face froze. Opal worried that something had happened to Adrian, but Adrian quickly explained that Palmer's niece was the one who was in trouble. Opal began to panic and turned to Palmer to ask him if he knew anything about Dixie's condition. If Palmer had not known about Dixie's illness, he surely would have worked himself into a frenzy. Seeing that Palmer was cool as a cucumber, Opal knew that Palmer had known about Dixie's illness all along. Opal decided that she was going to go to the hospital and see Dixie with her own eyes. Palmer chirped that he'd tag along, but Opal asked that she be allowed to go alone. When Palmer argued that he had a right to be with Dixie, Adrian stepped in and ordered Palmer to honor Opal's request to go to the hospital by herself. Palmer was furious with the way Adrian was treating him, but all his sousing and grousing didn't convince Adrian to get out of the way. Palmer blasted the government for still placing a tail on him. Adrian smiled and informed Palmer that he was looking after him on his own time and that the government no longer was following his every move. That, of course, prompted Palmer to wonder why Adrian was so fascinated with his life. Adrian told Palmer that he had been by Opal's side when she'd cried at night about the way Palmer had lied to her. That, he said, gave him every right to keep an eye on Palmer, a man he deemed a "no good slimeball."
Raquel started packing her bags, leaving Mateo and Hayley to wonder why Raquel was acting so peculiarly. Everything became a bit clearer when Raquel explained her thinking. She said that she had come to Pine Valley so that she, Max, and Mateo could be a happy family. She did not want to have to share her son with Mateo. She wanted more and was being asked to accept less. "I promised Max a family---that's a mommy and a daddy," she snapped. Mateo quickly warned Raquel that her fantasy was not about to come true. He made no attempt to hide his love for Hayley and asked Raquel why she repeatedly made him tell her that he no longer loved her. Mateo insisted that he wanted to be a parent to his son. The use of the word "parent" really struck a nerve with Raquel. She lashed out at Mateo for thinking that paying monthly child support and going to a baseball game would make him a parent. Raquel told a harrowing tale of how she had to work several jobs to support Max. Max had landed in the hospital because of a "congenital heart valve problem." Since she had no insurance, no one wanted to take the risk of operating on Max. Max nearly died by the time Raquel found a doctor who was willing to perform the surgery with the promise of being paid back over time. Mateo remembered that his youngest sister, Rosa, had also suffered from a heart valve defect. Raquel made certain that Mateo and Hayley knew that she did not regret anything that she'd done for her son. "He's my son," Raquel shouted several times. Hayley wiped a tear from her eye. She was not going to argue that Raquel had made many sacrifices for her child. That, however, was expected of a parent. "I thank God he's okay," Mateo said softly. Mateo reminded Raquel that he had not abandoned Max---he hadn't even known that he had a son. "I won't let you steal my child," snapped Raquel. Hayley, who had been quiet throughout the conversation, finally spoke up. She applauded the tenacity that allowed Raquel to raise Max by herself. She did not, however, approve of Raquel's mindset that having a child with Mateo somehow meant that Raquel was permitted to play mind games with Mateo. Taking Max away from Mateo, she said, was a form of punishment for the young boy. Raquel shook her head and sighed that things were not supposed to have turned out like this. Hayley rolled her eyes and remarked, "Tell me about it." Max returned to the room and Raquel quickly turned her back so that her son would not see that she'd been crying. Max was overjoyed to see "baseball man" and asked the almost-stranger if he was going to help him find his father.
Opal arrived in Dixie's hospital room and immediately asked Braden to leave the room. Compared to the laid back Braden, Opal was like a tornado spinning wildly about the room. Dixie smiled meekly and asked Opal if she could turn it down a notch. Dixie was surprised that Opal did not know that she was in the hospital. Opal explained that Palmer was up to his old tricks and told Dixie that she needed to call Tad and tell him about her hospitalization. Dixie told Opal that she'd already spoken to Tad. She started to tell Opal about the arrangement she and Tad had made, but Opal chimed in that she already knew all about the agreement. Dixie told Opal that since Tad had not shown up on the rooftop, that was a signal that they were not to talk to each other again. "Tad was most certainly on that rooftop," Opal rebutted. "You were the no-show.""
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