"Dinnertime at Wildwind provided good food, but the conversation was not "well done." Hayley griped that everyone seemed to have disappeared---Edmund and Dimitri were "off gallivanting," Gillian lives at Myrtle's, and Ryan is in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Raquel looked coldly at Hayley and asked her to keep the "grown up talk" until after Max had gone to bed. Hayley offered to read Max a bedtime story, but her offer was met with resistance. "Why don't you like my mommy?" Max asked Hayley innocently. Hayley's eyes grew wide; she'd been completely blindsided by the question. Raquel urged her son to finish eating, but Hayley felt that the boy deserved an answer. She asked Max if he remembered how he'd gotten into a fight with Sam because Sam wouldn't share some of his toys. Adults, she noted with a smile, also get into arguments from time to time. She apologized for having raised her voice in the past and assured Max that she did not hate Raquel. Raquel remarked that the conversation was "big stuff" for Max to digest before bedtime. She headed out of the room to give her son a pre-bedtime bath. When they left, Hayley buried her head in her hands and blasted herself for emitting negative vibes to Max. Mateo tried to convince Hayley that they were all at fault when it came to arguing in front of and around Max.
Upstairs, as his mother tucked him into bed, Max asked, "Does daddy like you." Raquel was silent for several moments before replying, "He used to." She explained that Mateo had fallen in love with Hayley. To that, Max asked his mother of she liked Hayley. "No, I don't," she replied with a soft growl. "And I want you to stay away from her."
Erica delayed the removal of her bandages by talking to herself. Outside, David approached the room, but he was denied access when his mother raced down the hall towards him. Vanessa was followed closely behind by a man toting a clipboard. David labored to look at his mother, telling her that he was too busy to play her games. The man immediately apologized to Vanessa for having doubted that she was David's mother. Hr informed her that the hospital would "extend every courtesy" to her in dealing with the payment of her bill. The man headed back to accounting. David looked crossly at his mother and asked her if she had enough money to pay for her bill. Vanessa nodded feverishly and proclaimed that she had oodles of cash squirreled away in numerous bank accounts. David was relieved that he wouldn't have to bail his mother out of another jam. This was followed quickly by a warning for his mother to hit the road so he could check in on Erica. Back inside, Erica grimaced in pain as she tried to remove the adhesive tape from her face. She reached for a pair of scissors that had been left nearby. Returning to her perch in front of the mirror, Erica proceeded to cut her bandages loose. As the gauze fell to the ground, David entered the room. He called out to Erica to stop what she was doing, but he was too late. David grabbed hold of Erica's arm and escorted her back to her bed. He scolded her for walking about without a nurse's aid. Erica didn't understand what all the fuss was about until David explained that her struggle could rupture one of the sutures in her chest. Erica never saw the wound on her face. Underneath the outer layer of bandage was yet another layer of bandage and gauze. She did, however, get a peek at some brownish-yellow stain in her face. David assured her that the Betadine stains were only temporary and were used to stave off infection. While on the topic of infection, David warned Erica that exposing her wound to the air could result in some type of infection. And infection, he stated sternly, could lead to scarring. Erica grew extremely quiet. She commented that hundreds of people rely on her face for their livelihood. She vowed to be a model patient and even handed over the pair of scissors she'd used to cut her bandages. David left the room. Shortly thereafter, Vanessa burst into the room with a big smile on her face. When she looked at Erica, she gasped, "Oh my God!" Vanessa quickly pulled herself together and apologized for being rude. Erica wasn't offended in the least. She admitted that she'd been taken aback when she had a look at her face. Vanessa's eyebrows rose ever so slightly. She asked Erica if she'd actually seen her wounds. Erica shook her head and said that she couldn't see much with all of the layers of bandages. She informed Vanessa of her pledge to be a good patient, adding that David had promised her a full recovery if she behaved. Vanessa was troubled by David's apparent promise that Erica would be good as new in a few days. She commented that Erica should take David's promises with a grain of salt. She had no way of knowing that David was about to re-enter the room. When he did, David scolded his mother for ignoring the sign on the door that requested that all visitors first get clearance from the nursing staff. Erica interrupted the conversation momentarily to discuss a problem her accountant had told her about. Apparently, the check that Vanessa had written at the charity event a few weeks back had bounced. Vanessa nervously uttered that there must have been a mix-up and announced that she'd cut another check. David followed his mother to the corridor and again asked her if she was broke. Vanessa smiled and reissued her claim that she was rolling in money. She scurried off as David peered through the window at a sleeping Erica.
In the bar area at The Valley Inn, Jake told Joe about his brief meeting with Trevor. Joe listened intently, but failed to do the one thing that Jake wanted him to do---offer some fatherly advice. Joe explained that he wanted Jake to weigh his options on his own without any outside interference. Marian and Stuart happened upon the two men. Marian immediately asked Stuart to detain Joe so that she could have a few words in private with Jake. Marian yanked Jake aside and warned him she would "die a thousand deaths" before she let him toy with Liza's happiness. Jake didn't even get slightly upset by Marian's comments. Instead, he asked her to consider that he might feel the same way about Baby Colby as she does about her daughter, Liza. With that, Jake walked away.
Liza and Adam were still discussing their possible godparent choices when they entered the dining area. Adam agreed not to bring up the subject again so that Liza could have time to think. Neither was aware that Tad and Dixie were dining at a nearby table. Adam cracked that he could "remember the day when Tad couldn't even afford [a meal at] McKay's." The air grew even more frigid when Jake and Joe entered and joined Tad and Dixie at their table. Dixie and Tad knew all about Jake's change of heart regarding Liza's baby and pledged to help him any way they could. Jake chuckled slightly and asked if they could make Adam disappear. Marian scurried to Liza's side and asked to speak to her in private. Near the foyer, Marian asked Liza to come down with a case of "morning sickness or evening sickness" so that she could avert a possibly explosive situation. Liza sighed and rolled her eyes. She then told her mother that she was confident that Jake was only considering his options---and that nothing was definite. Still, Marian was sure that having Jake and Adam in such close proximity was sure to cause some type of problem. Adam asked Stuart what Marian and Liza were talking about. Stuart flubbed that Marian was asking Liza questions about the baby. Marian motioned to Stuart to join her conversation with Liza. Meanwhile, Adam was called away to speak to someone about a political contribution. Marian wanted to stick around to defuse any possible problems, but Stuart felt it was best that they return home and avoid getting involved. Liza walked towards the Martin table and asked for a few words with Jake. Jake rose and politely told Liza that he did not want to be pressured into a decision that they'd both regret. Liza pleaded with him to tell her which way he was leaning. Tad rose from his chair and escorted Liza to the bar area. There, Liza told Tad that she doesn't fully understand why Jake is so opposed to Adam being a part of Colby's life. Tad told Liza that while she was his best friend, Jake was family---and he'd have to side with Jake. Back in the dining area, Dixie pulled up a chair next to Adam and lectured him about his continued desire to strong-arm everyone around him. Raising Colby, she snapped, wasn't about love for a baby. It was about Adam's desire to get what he wanted---again. Dixie walked away and Adam immediately headed to have a chat with Joe. He asked Joe to have a "mature" conversation to discuss what was going on. Joe refused to become entangled in the situation. He did, however, warn Adam that he would be "one sorry millionaire" if he did anything to hurt Jake. Adam then turned his attention to Jake. "For some reason," Adam began, "Liza is unable to tell you this." He proceeded to tell Jake that he was no longer needed for godparenting duties because Colby would now have "a real family." As he dropped his bombshell, Liza, Tad, and Joe returned and overheard everything. The Martin clan left without dignifying Adam's remarks. Liza, however, wasn't going to be so quiet. She told Adam that he was in big trouble and demanded to know why he'd opened his mouth to Jake."
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