"Ryan had a fit when he realized that Gillian slept with David for money. In anger, Ryan gabbed David and threatened to throw him into the water (through the ice fishing hole). Gillian begged Ryan to stop and eventually convinced him to unhand the doctor. David brushed himself off and pompously told Gillian not to worry because her "husband is a rapist, not a murderer." David handed the cash to Gillian and told her to keep it because she was "worth every penny." After David left, Ryan and Gillian continued to argue. Gillian insisted that she'd only slept with David because she'd been desperate to help Ryan---but Ryan didn't want to hear Gillian's explanation. He told her that their relationship was over.
Mateo and Janet made good on their plan to get Hayley released from jail. Mateo told Jack that Ryan and Gillian had been hiding at Linden House. Hayley was escorted into the room and she saw first-hand that Mateo was okay. She decided to confess that she was supposed to deliver a sizeable chunk of cash to the boathouse to help Ryan and Gillian flee the country. Trevor told Jack that he was legally required to release Hayley since she'd told him everything she knew. Mateo also informed Jack that the fugitive couple was no longer hiding at Linden. Jack's eyes showed that he didn't want to release Hayley, but he knew he had no other choice. Hayley thanked Mateo for helping gain her release, but the couple's reunion was very awkward. They both admitted that their relationship was in trouble, but neither was willing to throw in the towel. Mateo asked Hayley to remember the good times they'd shared and to hold on to those memories when things looked their bleakest. "It's hard sometimes," Hayley sobbed. Mateo took Hayley's hand and told her that if they cannot hold on to the good times, they might lose each other. In the station area, Edmund eavesdropped as a police officer fielded a tip on a Ryan Lavery spotting. The anonymous caller told the officer that he believed he spotted Ryan and Gillian near the pond. The officer told the caller that they had already searched the ice shacks, but that didn't stop Edmund from running out of the station.
As Adam and Dixie searched for their missing son, Liza dropped by Chandler Mansion. Liza and Dixie ended up in the uncomfortable position of being alone with one another. Liza offered her sympathies to Dixie and assured her that she would find Junior. Dixie forced a smile and thanked Liza for her concern. "Does [Junior's disappearance] have anything to do with you being sick?" Liza asked softly. Dixie's eyes opened wide and her lower lip twitched ever so slightly. Dixie laughed nervously and asked Liza where she'd gotten the idea that she might be sick. Liza explained that she'd observed Dixie coming out of David's office on several occasions. On none of those occasions had Dixie looked anything but morose. Dixie tried to pass David off as a friend, but Liza knew better. Dixie was surprised that Liza was concerned about her health. Liza quickly noted that she really wasn't concerned about her personal affairs---but she was, however, concerned about Tad. Liza pointedly asked Dixie if she was trying to be a martyr by shielding Tad from the truth about her health. If that was the case, Liza felt that Dixie should come forward and tell Tad the truth. Dixie angrily ordered Liza to keep her nose out of her personal life. Shortly after Dixie stormed out of the room, Liza got on the phone and placed an urgent call to Tad.
With the signed divorce agreement in his hands, Adrian dropped by Belinda's apartment to ask the attorney to file the agreement in court. Adrian also informed Belinda that he'd been given an "indefinite leave of absence" from the spy business. Belinda told Adrian that she was sorry to hear that he'd lost his job. She couldn't help but wonder if Adrian might be able to make lemonade out of the lemons he'd been handed. Perhaps during his off time---Adrian was adamantly opposed to accepting a desk job within the agency---Adrian might be able to patch things up with Opal. Belinda was critical of Adrian's plan to simple walk away without trying to work things out. Adrian said nothing. Instead, he turned and walked out of Belinda's apartment. Belinda called Opal and told her that she was sending a court clerk over with papers for her to sign. The attorney also told Opal where Palmer was and how he got there.
Opal later traveled to the cabin and took great pleasure in seeing Palmer tied to a chair. Palmer ordered Opal to free him, but Opal commented that her husband wasn't really in the position to bark orders. "Our marriage is finished," Palmer observed, as he asked Opal to free him for their son's sake. Opal's soft spot has always been her children, and this time was no different. Opal bowed her head and agreed to try to untie Palmer. She searched around in an old desk and managed to find a pair of scissors. Palmer's eyes were full of rage as Opal cut the straps that bound his arms. As soon as he arms were free, Palmer reached out and tried to snatch the scissors away from Opal. Opal's reflexes were too quick for Palmer. She pulled away and taunted Palmer with the scissors. Palmer repeatedly called Opal a "harpie" and demanded that she finishing freeing him. Opal wasn't about to do any such thing. Opal told Palmer that he would have to free himself---and then find his way back to town on his own. If and when he did return to Pine Valley, Palmer was told that he would find that the locks had been changed at Cortlandt Manor. If that wasn't enough, Opal had even had Palmer's Dobermans "traded in." Palmer was furious that his precious pups had been removed. He bounced up in down in his chair and struggled to free himself. Opal tossed the scissors across the room and smiled evilly as she filed out of the cabin.
Opal returned to Cortlandt Manor and found that someone was waiting for her: Adrian.
Mateo and Hayley were on their way out of the cell area when they noticed that David was having a discussion with Kit and Jack. The doctor had dropped by to see if the police had nabbed Ryan yet. Jack brushed David off, simply saying that Ryan had not been apprehended. David was stunned. He told Jack that he'd phoned in a tip nearly half an hour earlier. Jack was stunned by the news that David had spotted Gillian going into an ice fishing shack. Jack dashed off as David smiled proudly.
Gillian pleaded for forgiveness from Ryan, but Ryan didn't want to hear anything that Gillian had to say. Gillian tried her best to convince Ryan that she'd only slept with David because she had been desperate to free him from jail. The sentiment may have been nice, but Ryan was not about to forgive Gillian's sexual indiscretion. Gillian went on to claim that David was only trying to cause trouble because he was jealous of their relationship. "I can't take it any more," Ryan snapped. "We're over." Gillian sobbed hysterically as she tried to prevent Ryan from walking out on her. She begged him to take the money and make a run for his freedom. Ryan grabbed the money from his wife and through it through the hole that had been drilled into the ice. Gillian grabbed on to Ryan's arm and again begged him to stay. As she did this, the door to the shack swung open. Edmund stood in the doorway with a determined look on his face."
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