"Tad poked his head up and calmly told Dixie that she might want to try knocking the next time she drops by. Dixie smiled nervously and claimed that she didn't knock because she didn't want to pull Tad out of bed. Tad didn't buy the excuse, but he didn't challenge Dixie either. Dixie explained that she wanted to pick up Junior's backpack. Tad handed it over and Dixie immediately dove into the bag to find her videotape. Tad eyed her curiously for several minutes before asking her if she was looking for the tape. The fact that Tad knew of the existence of a tape---even if he didn't know what was on it---was enough to strike fear into Dixie's heart. Tad found a cassette tape on the floor and popped it into the VCR. Dixie yelled out that it wasn't fair of them to violate Junior's privacy by playing the tape. Tad worried that the tape might be something that could have a negative impact on the boy and decided that playing the tape was the only smart thing to do. Dixie held her breath as Tad pressed the play button. In seconds, the sound of the Loony Tunes>tm blasted through the speakers. Dixie laughed hysterically, obviously relieved that her videotaped farewell wasn't in Tad's VCR. There were now another problem. Where was the tape? Tad remembered that he was supposed to drop by the hospital to visit Jake. Dixie asked permission to hang around for a few minutes and make a phone call. Tad obliged and headed off to the hospital. Braden waited until Tad was gone before scurrying in through the front door. He and Dixie rummaged through Tad's stash of videotapes, hoping to find Dixie's tape. Their search turned up nothing. Dixie vowed to find the tape before anyone else could view it.
Adam looked at David with a wry smile and asked him what he believed he had on him. David returned the evil smile saying, "I have it and the facts are indisputable." Adam was intrigued and asked David to spill the beans on what he thought he knew. David made a cryptic remark about never telling a patient with a terminal illness that they are going to die. The underlying message was an ambiguous warning that Adam and Liza's relationship was on its last leg. After babbling on for several minutes, David opted to tell Adam exactly what was on his mind. "You will never marry Liza Colby," he said confidently. Adam didn't wait to hear the rest of David's tale. Instead, he countered with a teasing of his own information. He told David that he'd had him investigated shortly after he'd tried to kill him. David argued that Adam's allegations could never be proven. That aside, Adam told David that he'd learned a lot about his mother. "Your mother is quite a woman," he said drawing out the word "quite." David reacted peculiarly to Adam's statement. He looked as though a horrible secret was about to be revealed. Adam told David that, "he who owns control of information owns everything." David warned Adam that, "[Adam] would lose what [he] loves most" if he tried to make trouble for him. Adam laughed as David stormed out of the house, muttering that David was woefully overmatched.
For the third consecutive year, The Valley Inn played host to a fundraise for "Teens Against Addiction," a charitable organization founded by Erica Kane. Erica made small talk with guest, contributor, and former husband, Dimitri, as Joe worked to room solicit donations. Brooke waltzed over to Erica and thanked her for having entertained her escort for the evening. She then took Dimitri by the arm and led him to their table. Erica took to the stage and issued a superb rallying cry. In her speech, Erica thanked a "special man" for having helped her through her own addiction. "It's a battle---a war that must be fought every day," Erica said. Brooke was unimpressed by Erica's not-so-secret reference to Dimitri and failed to match the fervor of the other attendees' applause. Erica then announced that twenty percent of the profits from Enchantment's new line of teen cosmetics would be donated to Teens Against Addiction. Erica then worked the room and got several other bigwigs to donate portions of their profits as well. After her speech, Erica asked Dimitri if he'd heard the reference to him in her speech. Dimitri smiled humbly and told Erica that she had been the one to do the hard work; He had only been there to offer support. At a table with Phoebe and Myrtle, Brooke stared across the room at her escort and his former wife. Phoebe and Myrtle discussed Laura's adventures in China---and Brooke was off in another world. The two women gently teased Brooke about her "absence," asking her what she was thinking about. "I think I had a good thing," she said softly. Brooke told Phoebe and Myrtle that she was leery of Erica's new attitude and belief that her life was more complete without a man. Phoebe and Myrtle exchanged stunned glances and urged Brooke to go and rope in her escort. Brooke did just that, but she had a unique way of doing so. Dimitri remarked that Erica's charisma had succeeded in drumming up a substantial amount of money for "TAA." Brooke nodded and asked Dimitri if he was "still carrying a torch for La Charisma."
Gillian plead her case to the police officer, but he refused to bend the rules. Jake exited Ryan's room and briefed Gillian on her husband's still tenuous condition. Gillian begged the doctor to let her see Ryan, but Jake said that there was nothing he could do. Well, almost nothing. He returned to the room a short time later and relieved one of the nurses from duty. A second nurse hovered in the background, but Jake seemed less concerned with her presence. Jake told the nurse that he had to run to the lab to pick up some test results and left the room. The nurse slowly made her way to Ryan's side. Even with a surgeon's cap and glasses, the nurse's true identity was recognizable. Gillian leaned close to her husband and asked him if he could hear her. Ryan's eyes fluttered slightly and he called out to Gillian by name. Gillian was overjoyed to hear her husband's voice. Ryan looked around and asked Gillian what she'd done with the Christmas tree. "Oh Ryan," Gillian cooed. "You're del-air-ious. You've skipped back!" Gillian informed Ryan that he was in the hospital and that all of the Christmas decorations were back at home. She vowed to cure Ryan back to health using love as medicine. She gently kissed Ryan on his forehead unaware that the police officer had entered the room. The policeman demanded to know what Gillian was "doing to the patient." Gillian was in a bind. She looked at the wall and saw a little placard reading "inhalation therapy." Basically, it was a glorified term for the oxygen tube that was affixed to Ryan. Gillian disguised her voice slightly and told the officer that she was administering inhalation therapy to Ryan---and warned him that he'd better leave before he was infected with deadly bacteria. The guard skeedaddled very quickly. Outside, Tad flagged down his brother and asked him if he wanted to join him for a night out. Jake sighed heavily and sadly informed Tad that a new workload would prevent him from leaving the hospital. Tad was not without problems on his own. He told Jake that he was still trying to get used to the fact of having a brother that moonlights as a spy and an ex-wife that he still moons over.
At Cortlandt Manor, Opal tried to find a way to talk to God. As she spoke aloud, Adrian knocked on the bedroom door. He'd overheard Opal talking and wanted to make sure that everything was okay. Since he was there, he updated Opal on the discussion he'd had with his father. "He said I was a jerk," Adrian said with a twinge of embarrassment. Adrian also told Opal that he'd spoken to his mother, Alice. Things were definitely hard for everyone to handle. Opal apologized for having created such a mess. She told her son that she would have done things differently had she had the option. Adrian had so much to say to Opal, but he wasn't sure how or where to begin. "If a Ph.D. from MIT doesn't help," said Opal, nothing would. Adrian said that he knew Opal was different----"good different"---from the first time he met her. Opal had been kind to him even before she knew that Adrian was her son. Opal asked Adrian if they could remain pals and if Adrian could try to become friendly with his brother, Tad. Adrian smiled and said that he'd give it his best shot. He told her that he was going to set out to find Tad because he'd been very concerned about her.
Junior sat on the sofa waiting for his mother to return home. Adam entered the room and sat down near (not next to) his son. Usually, Adam is not one to admit his faults. This time, however, he ready to do just that. He told his son that he should not have told him about Dixie's illness. That, he said, was not his place. He explained that he own experience with his mother's illness caused him to overreact. Adam changed the story about his mother's illness, saying that he was upset when he learned that she was sick rather than saying that he didn't find out about her illness until after she'd passed away. Junior put forth a strong front and seemed quite confident that his mother would get better. Adam asked his son if would be okay for them to get to know each other a little better. Junior nodded his head slightly and said that it would be "cool" to spend more time together. Junior excused himself and headed off to bed. Adam called out to him and asked his son wait. He said that he knew his son was getting older-but he still hoped that he could get a goodnight hug. Junior rolled his eyes and grudgingly agreed. Dixie returned home later and told Adam that she planned on moving back to Pigeon Hollow immediately.
Liza dealt with one problem after another at the station. Wendy, the weathergirl, called off for a second consecutive broadcast, something that apparently violated the terms of her contract. Liza threatened to fire her if she didn't report to the station within the hour. Liza noticed that one of the tapes she'd taken from Tad's wasn't one of WRCW's tapes. Before she could view the tape, David appeared in the doorway and asked for a few minutes of her time. Liza tried to brush off David, but David insisted that what he had to say was important. He mentioned that his news had to deal with Adam and Liza immediately rolled up the drawbridge. She told David to stop badmouthing Adam because she'd already accepted the fact that Adam has little eccentricities. David told Liza that she was making a big mistake by getting involved with Adam, but Liza paid him no mind. David left the office in a huff and Liza went back to her task at hand---watching the misplaced videotape. She pressed the play button and watched as Dixie's farewell message played."
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