"News of Ryan's arraignment finally made it to Wildwind. A jubilant Edmund told Kit that Ryan had been denied bail. Overjoyed, Kit wrapped her arms around Edmund and thanked him once again for standing by her. Now that Ryan was safely behind bars, Kit decided that it was time for her to attempt to get back on her feet. Kit suggested that the time had come for her to move out of Wildwind. Edmund told Kit that she shouldn't move out---and not to feel guilty about Gillian and Hayley's decisions to move out. Sam and Maddie scurried into the room and commanded their father's attention. A housekeeper entered several seconds later and apologized for letting the children get out of her sight. Edmund was called away on some domestic matters. Kit offered to watch Sam while everyone was tending to their business. She did a wonderful job of keeping Sammy entertained. She draped a blanket over the sofa and table and created a fort. Once inside, Kit put on a puppet show for Sam using her socks. Edmund returned to the room and smiled happily at Kit's "parenting" skills. Again, he asked Kit to do him the favor of sticking around a little while longer.
Ryan's coughing fit continued. The severity was so great that Ryan tumbled off his cot and onto the floor. Ryan looked up at the man standing just outside his cell. His face echoed his surprise. Even more surprising was that Ryan knew Braden---and referred to him by name. Before he could say anything else, Ryan collapsed. Braden called out for help. Moments later, a guard and Jack entered the cell area. Jack believed that Ryan was feigning illness so that he could mount an escape. The attorney also accused Braden of being an accomplice. Braden became very angry and told Jack to pat him down. He sassily remarked that he was not concealing a cake with a file in it. Jack demanded to know who Braden was and why he was visiting Ryan. Braden dodged the question, instead accusing Jack of having beaten Ryan. The paramedics had already been summoned and arrived in the middle of Jack and Braden's discussion. When the cell was opened, Braden tried to dash inside to tend to Ryan. He was pushed off to the side. Jack's jaw dropped when one of the paramedics informed him that Ryan had a hundred-and-five-degree temperature. Seeing that the District Attorney was momentarily distracted, Braden slipped out of the station. Jack threw a tantrum when he realized that Braden was missing. He phoned Derek and requested that an armed officer be stationed outside Ryan's room at the hospital. Until then, Jack said that he was not going to let Ryan out of his sight because he wanted to make sure that Ryan ended up in jail for a long, long time for raping his sister.
Gillian thanked Jake for taking her back to Myrtle's. The pair briefly discussed their past run-ins with the evil Dr. Hayward. Gillian told Jake that it had been David's phone call that had led the police to Ryan's hideout. She completely omitted the part about her affair with the doctor. Gillian listened carefully as Jake told her how David had gotten him suspended from the hospital. Rather than talk about David all night, Jake suggested a way for them to release their stress. He went to the closet and retrieve a flat basketball and an air pump. Gillian looked at the two objects and knew exactly what Jake had in mind. "You're going to pump David full of air and then blow him up?" Jake was somehow able to keep himself from laughing. The pair hit the basketball court---and from what Jake said, Gillian wasn't that bad a b-baller. Jake sensed that Gillian had left something out about her dealings with David. He urged her to come forward with any information that might be able to be used to get David kicked out of the hospital. Gillian bowed her head and claimed that she knew nothing about David and his personal life. Jake was paged by the hospital and had to end the conversation. Jake hung up the phone and softly told Gillian that Ryan had been taken to the hospital.
At the hospital, Jack ordered the officer standing sentry duty not to allow anyone other than police and medical personnel into the room. Jake and Gillian arrived just moments later. Jake flashed his hospital badge to the guard and was permitted entry into the cubicle. Gillian announced that she was Ryan's wife, but she was barred from the room. Gillian waited until the guard was distracted and then dashed into the room. She called out to Ryan and told him that she loved him---but Ryan was unconscious and unable to hear a word she'd said. Ryan's condition was quite serious. He was diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia and ordered to stay in the hospital for a few days of observation.
Junior told his mother that he viewed her videotape. Dixie tried to downplay the meaning of the tape, but Junior knew what was going on. Junior said that after watching the tape, he knew that his mother was sick and possibly dying. "I'm not a baby," muttered Junior as he asked his mother to come clean. A lone tear stream down Dixie's cheek. She finally confessed that she was not in the best of health. She strongly denied that she was going to die. Dixie pulled Junior close and gently brushed his hair. Dixie came up with an idea to ease her son's fears. She headed to the phone and placed a call to David. Some time later, David showed up at Chandler Mansion and set out to reassure Junior that his mother would be okay. Adam walked into the room as the doctor was giving his solemn vow that he would "fix" Dixie. Adam looked coldly at David and told him that they would all hold him to his word. On a notepad, David drew a rough sketch of Dixie's heart and tried to explain to the boy what was ailing Dixie. Junior listened carefully and seemed to understand everything that he was told. There was one thing that was still confusing the young boy. If Dixie wasn't going to die, why did she make the videotape? Dixie laughed nervously and told her son that she'd overreacted. She likened her decision to make the tape to the way she did all her holiday shopping weeks ahead of time. Junior bought the explanation. Dixie asked to have the tape back, but Junior realized that he must have left the tape in his backpack. Dixie nearly had a nervous breakdown when she learned that the bag---and tape---were still at Tad's! Braden had no sooner arrived at the mansion when Dixie grabbed him and told him that she had a mission for him. Adam pulled David aside and told him that his services were no longer needed. David refused to take himself off of Dixie's case. He called himself Dixie's "best hope---and only hope." He then warned Adam that he would back off if he knew what was best for Dixie and Liza.
Tad got ready to pop the tape in his VCR, but he was sidetracked by a knock on his back door. Outside, Liza bounced around. Tad later learned that Liza had to use the bathroom. Before dashing off to relieve herself, Liza told that that she had big news for him. Tad fidgeted nervously---almost a much as Liza had done while waiting for Tad to answer the door---as he waited for Liza to return. He was phenomenally disappointed when he learned that Liza's "big news" was more gossip about Dixie. Tad repeatedly shushed Liza before she could reveal what she'd learned about Dixie's health. Liza wasn't about to be silenced because she felt that her news could change everything between Tad and Dixie. She waited until Tad was quiet before blurting out that Dixie was in very poor health. Tad's face expressed his concern. His attitude changed when he realized that Liza had no real proof that Dixie was sick. Her hunches and Dixie-and-David sightings failed to convince Tad that Dixie was really sick. After all, he'd just seen Dixie a few hours before and she appeared to be in perfect health. Tad told Liza that it pained him to think about how happy he and Dixie once were. "I still love her," he said softly. "I can't go two minutes without thinking of her." Liza had to fight back tears when he learned that her help was actually causing Tad more pain. She explained that she felt a need to get him back together with Dixie since she had been the one that had broken them up in the first place. Liza hugged Tad and told him that she would never bright up the subject again. Tad told Liza that he'd reviewed some of the tapes she'd sent him for show topics. Liza nodded her head and grabbed an armful of the tapes that sat atop Tad's television. One of the tapes turned out to be Dixie's videotaped farewell. After Liza left, Tad decided that he'd watched Junior's tape. He looked high and low and could not find the tape anywhere. He got down on the floor and searched under the sofa. As he did this, Dixie, thinking that the house was empty, slipped in through the back door. Tad looked up and called out Dixie's name. Dixie screamed in horror and quickly donned a big, innocent smile."
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