"Dressed in multiple layers of warm clothing, Stuart and Marian trekked across a frozen lake to a little wooden house. The pair entered the shack-on-ice and escaped the elements. A fire had already been lit, and the house was pleasantly warm. Marian was still fearful that they'd end up on the bottom of the lake -- and she was not amused when Stuart began jumping up and down to demonstrate the ice's thickness.
Marian slowly warmed up to the idea and walked around the small cabin. She nearly passed out when she noticed that a small hole had been cut in the house's floor. Stuart chuckled to himself and explained that the hole was used for ice fishing. Marian shifted her weight onto one leg and looked curiously at the hole. "I have plenty of ice in my freezer," she remarked. Again, Stuart laughed. He said that they were actually fishing for fish -- not ice.
Marian vowed to grow to like ice fishing. She said that she wanted to enjoy everything that Stuart enjoyed. Stuart looked nonchalantly at his fiancée and told her that he hoped that never happened. Marian was taken aback by the remark. It did, after all, seem somewhat cold. Stuart explained that he liked the fact that he and Marian were different. Their interests were varied, and most were definitely not shared, but Stuart preferred it that way.
Marian gave Stuart a kiss, and the two snuggled up for a little romantic cuddling under a fur blanket. They were so involved in their passion that they didn't even notice that one of Stuart's "tip ups" had gone off, signaling that he'd caught a fish.
Liza headed to the hospital to talk to Jake. Once she located him, Liza told the doctor about her run-in with David Hayward. Liza had already told Jake that she thought Dixie might have some sort of physical ailment. Jake had peeked at Dixie's medical records when Tad had asked him to and had learned that Dixie was being treated for panic attacks. Since David acted peculiarly about an unknown patient's medical records, Liza was certain that Dixie was hiding something. Jake reluctantly agreed to reaccess Dixie's records. He'd typed in his password and was about to retrieve the medical records when a hand slammed down on the computer's keyboard.
David had not returned to his office, but an equally formidable foe had stepped into the ring. Tad scolded Liza and Jake for sticking their noses in where they didn't belong. Liza explained that she was acting as Tad's friend. If poking around Dixie's medical files might help get Tad and Dixie back together, Liza was going to do it. She explained that her pregnancy had given her a new outlook on life; she wanted to atone for her past mistakes -- especially for breaking up Tad and Dixie.
Tad ordered Liza to respect his privacy and Dixie's too. He explained that he didn't want to have any more secrets exposed. He then took several minutes to explain the bombshell that had been dropped on him the night before. Liza told Tad that she was only a phone call away if he needed her.
At Chandler Mansion, Dixie called Braden to make final preparations for her video session. Dixie planned to tape a memento for her son, something that Junior could play, after Dixie died, to help him remember his mother. Adam was scheduled to take Junior to a hockey game, but Adam tried to wiggle out of the outing at the last minute. It wasn't that Adam didn't want to go to a hockey game, but his mind was focused solely on Hayley's imprisonment. Dixie blasted her former husband for trying to back out on their son and ordered him to put Junior first for a change.
Adam called in a few favors to some of his cronies. He hoped that someone could pull a few strings and get Hayley released from jail. Junior walked into the office area and told his mother and father that he was ready to go. Dixie gave her son a hug goodbye. Dixie looked like she was saying her final farewell to her son, and in a way, she was. Braden showed up a short time later and set up the video camera. Dixie sat down in a chair and began what turned out to be a very painful and emotion message for her son.
To the camera, Dixie told her son that she didn't want to tell him about her illness because she did not want to upset him. She assured him that they would be together in heaven one day, when the time was right. "Heaven is a wonderful place," she said softly, adding, "The only thing missing is you." She asked her son to always remember her and took time out to tell him about all the things that she would never get to see him do -- his first date, passing his driver's exam, and college graduation. "I want you to do the things I never did," she said with tears welling in her eyes. "Go to Morocco and ride a camel. Sing at the Grand Old Opry."
Dixie managed to crack a smile when she requested that Junior not name his daughter Dixie. Dixie said that she'd heard all the jokes -- Dixieland, Dixie Cup, Dixie Bird, Whistlin' Dixie. "If you need help, go to Tad," she said. She called Tad trustworthy and assured Junior that Tad cared for him by saying, "You can always count on him." Tears were flowing freely down Dixie's cheek. "The best years of my life were [spent] with you," she said as she smiled meekly.
In the video, Dixie told Junior not to think of death as goodbye. Instead, death meant "I'm right around the corner. I'm as close as a favorite memory." She concluded the videotaped message by singing "You Are My Sunshine." Even icy Braden was touched by the emotion-filled message. Dixie broke into tears, and Braden comforted her. "I don't wanna leave my baby," she sobbed. "Junior is lucky to have you," said Braden reassuringly.
Dixie wondered how lucky Junior could be to have a dying mother. Suddenly, the door to the room flung open, and Adam stepped inside. The hockey game had been canceled due to technical problems. Seeing Dixie in Braden's arms in front of a video camera, Adam naturally assumed that something of a sexual nature had been taking place. "What in the devil had you two been doing?" he asked.
One by one, visitors slowly trickled by to visit Hayley. The latest visitor, however, was one that Hayley had not anticipated. "I'm probably the last person you expected," said Kit as she approached the cell. Hayley rolled her eyes and made no attempt to hide her displeasure. Kit started off with a bit of praise for Hayley, remarking that she admired Hayley's loyalty to her friends. Kit did, however, waste no time in telling Hayley that in that instance, her trust had been misplaced.
"Ryan did not rape anyone," Hayley snapped. She said that her friend was incapable of forcing himself on any woman. Kit painted a picture of a very different man, a man that had twisted her arm and shoved her against a bar. Hayley nodded her head and reminded Kit that Ryan had already admitted that he'd pushed Kit around. As Kit continued implicating Ryan as her attacker, Hayley became more and more furious.
Hayley said that Kit had been "stumbling down drunk" on the night that she'd been attacked. Plus, it had been dark, and Kit's attacker had worn a wolf mask. Kit tried to defend herself against Hayley's attacks, but Hayley was not about to listen to anything Kit said. Kit cited the DNA evidence that seemingly proved that Ryan had sexually assaulted her. Hayley wasn't so sure. She hinted that someone had fixed the test -- and even went as far as to say that Kit was directly involved.
Kit was outraged by Hayley's insinuation and stormed out of the cell area. The guard overheard the raised voices and stopped by to make sure that everything was okay. Hayley asked the guard if the police had caught up to Ryan yet. The woman shook her head and walked away. Hayley started to cry and silently thanked her husband for not turning in Ryan and Gillian.
Gillian raced across the room to Mateo and immediately thanked him for rescuing them. She incorrectly assumed that Hayley had sent Mateo to deliver the getaway money. "I'm not here to finance your getaway," Mateo remarked coldly. He was, however, there to implore Ryan to turn himself in to the authorities. Ryan refused to comply, saying that he would not go to jail for a crime he hadn't committed.
Ryan claimed that he was doing what Hayley had asked him to do. Mateo shook his head and said that his almost-wife was "stubborn as hell." Mateo didn't want to see Hayley locked in a jail cell, but perhaps he was more concerned with the possibility that he could lose custody of Max because of Hayley's imprisonment. Gillian told Mateo that Hayley would never forgive him if he turned them in. Mateo was surprised by Gillian's devotion to Ryan. "Do you really know him?" he asked the princess. He urged Gillian to cut Ryan loose before he dragged her down with him.
"I'd go to the guillotine [for Ryan]," Gillian stated firmly. Mateo pressured Ryan to do "the right thing" so that Hayley could be released from jail. Ryan shook his head. He accused Mateo of being partly responsible for Hayley being in jail. Hayley and Ryan's friendship had been forged over many months. It was Ryan who'd been there for Hayley when she learned that she could not have any children -- and when Raquel had dropped the news that Mateo was a father. Had that never taken place, perhaps Hayley and Ryan's friendship wouldn't be as strong.
Ryan also implied that Mateo did not like the idea that Hayley had a mind of her own. Mateo vehemently denied feeling that way and again issued an order for Ryan to walk himself to the police station. When Ryan refused, Mateo pulled out his cellular phone and started dialing the police. Gillian acted quickly, smashing the champagne bottle over Mateo's head. She screamed in horror as Mateo fell lifelessly to the ground. Gillian feared that she'd killed Mateo, but Ryan noted that Mateo was still breathing and that his pulse was strong. He told his wife that they needed to make a quick getaway before Mateo regained consciousness. Along the way, however, they would call the paramedics."
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