"The thunderstorm caught many Pine Valley residents by surprise including Tad. The deluge caught Tad unprepared and his umbrella took quite a beating by the heavy winds. Once inside his house, Tad flippantly threw the inside-out umbrella on the floor and stomped on it several times perhaps to put it out of its misery. Dixie stood in the background desperately trying to muffle her laughter. With the boys staying at Cortlandt Manor with Opal, Tad and Dixie were given a little time to themselves. One of the first things on the agenda, according to Dixie, was for her to "make an honest man" out of Tad. Both Tad and Dixie admitted that they'd recently been spending a lot of time in recent days thinking about their pending marriage. Dixie handed Tad a calendar and asked him to select a day for their walk down the aisle. Dixie, however, wasn't as nonchalant about setting the date as she appeared; several large red arrows pointed to May 20th, the day she'd pre-selected as their wedding day-to-be. The date was only a few weeks away and the pair joked about eloping, but both knew that Opal and Ruth would be disappointed if they didn't to attend the ceremony. Tad placed a few phone calls, but was unable to find a venue that would be available for May 20th.
On the way back from the airport, Brooke demanded that Jack pull to the side of the road and let her out. The inclement weather warranted careful driving, but Jack was speeding along the poorly lit roads. Jack finally pulled over by the boathouse where he and Brooke got into a very heated argument. Brooke stormed out of the car and headed to the boathouse for shelter. There, she blasted Jack for taking out his anger on her. Anger, she explained, was brought on by Jack having "lost [his] sister for a second time." Jack bowed his head and sighed deeply. "You always lose the ones you fail," Jack said softly. Brooke tried to shake Jack of the notion that he'd failed his sister, but the attorney's stubbornness wouldn't allow him to listen to what she had to say. Brooke assured Jack that Kit would return to Pine Valley, but Jack thought otherwise. He knew that it would be easy for Kit to start anew under Travis' wing. Brooke looked down at the wooden plank floor and announced that there were having "too serious a conversation." To combat the onset of seriousness, Brooke suggested that they "run out in the rain to see if [they could] catch pneumonia." Jack agreed and after their rain romp, Jack taught Brooke how to tango.
Jake dropped by his parents' house and found his father sprawled out on his back on the kitchen floor. Joe didn't budge when Jake entered the room, but he did acknowledge his son's presence. Ruth had somehow lost one of her earrings and she was certain that she'd lost it in the sink. So, rather than argue with his wife, Joe tried to take apart the drain valve. Jake's visit wasn't without reason. He told Joe that he was starting to get pre-baby jitters. Jake worried that Colby wouldn't want to be around him because he was uninteresting or that he just wouldn't be a good dad. Joe asked Jake if he was ever bored when he dropped by to visit him and Ruth. "Out of my gourd," said Jake with a smile. Joe dutifully noted that Jake keeps dropping by to visit them---even though he occasionally gets bored. When asked why he'd put him through this apparent torture, Jake stated that he liked visiting his parents because they always made him feel special. That, Joe said with the sage smile he so often flashes, was one of the most important things about being a parent. From the other room, Tad squealed a greeting in an inordinately falsetto voice. He and Dixie filed into the kitchen and told the pair that they needed help planning a wedding---on the 20th of May. Joe's eyes bulged when he realized that they had only three or so weeks to prepare, but he happily agreed.
Vanessa continued to carry on business unaware that Erica was standing behind her. Luckily for her, one of the two models motioned towards Erica and Vanessa was saved the embarrassment of saying something that could have landed her in hot water. The models were dismissed with the possibility of becoming the news faces of Enchantment Cosmetics. Erica stormed towards her desk and scolded Vanessa for disobeying her orders to not attempt to conduct her business while she was gone. Vanessa claimed that she felt she had to do something because everything was going up in flames around her. Erica rolled her eyes and stated that she'd been in constant contact with her employees while in South America. Vanessa immediately moved to cover her misdoings, claiming that she had no idea who had arranged the meeting with the two female models. In an effort to shift the blame, Vanessa stated that she believed that Erica had asked the two women to drop by the office. A knocked sounded on the door and Dimitri entered. He said that he was surprised to see Erica, which immediately prompted Erica to ask why he'd dropped by if he hadn't expected her to be there. Dimitri never did offer an answer. Instead he told Erica that he wanted to help her determine who her friends really are. Erica nodded her head slightly and admitted that lately it has been difficult to tell who her real friends are. Erica, however, said that she was growing tired of everyone thinking that they know what's best for her. Janet entered the office and smiled when she saw that Erica had returned. Janet was about to alert Erica to Vanessa's unauthorized spending when Vanessa interrupted and tried yet again to cover her tracks. She told Erica that Janet uncovered some anomalies in the expenditure log---but she quickly let it be known that she had nothing to do with any of them. Janet was obviously angered by Vanessa's assertion that she didn't know how to do her job. In an effort to boost her case against Vanessa, Janet mentioned that she'd learned that Vanessa was the one who alerted the media to Erica's interview in the library. Vanessa denied the allegations and Erica promptly ordered Janet to leave the room. "You're a bookkeeper," she said haughtily. "So keep books." Janet was crushed by Erica's icy words. Dimitri scolded Erica for being mean, but it didn't seem to faze her. Dimitri left the office to check on Janet. Meanwhile, Vanessa claimed that she felt badly for causing friction between Erica and her friends. Vanessa tired to shuffle herself out of the office, but she was stopped before she could leave. Erica asked her pointblank if she'd had anything to do with the film crews showing up during her interview with Jerry Reeves. "Yes, Erica," said Vanessa. "That was my fault." Vanessa went on to recite her version of what happened. She told Erica that she'd passed Liza's message on to a nurse at the hospital and surmised that that nurse blabbed the news of the interview to the media.
"I don't want your wedding present," Liza replied in a voice that was a mix of anger and whining. David smirked as he told the mother-to-be how long it had taken him to find her. Adam pushed David into the hallway and closed the door behind them. He demanded to know what he had to do to earn David's silence. The mogul tossed ten million dollars into the ring as payment for David' silence. Money, though, wasn't going to inspire David to back down. "I can't turn back now," responded David. "My game and your chances for happiness are finito." The only thing that David said could silence him was his death---and even then his silence would be short-lived. Adam suddenly became soft, asking David to allow him to break the news to Liza. David was shocked. In his visions of how things would play out, he never expected Adam to be the one to tell Liza the truth. David agreed and the two men filed back into the room. Liza groaned when she saw that David was still hanging around. Adam began his confession by telling Liza that David has been looking for a way to get back at her ever since she ran him out of town. David ordered Adam to "fast forward" to the confession. "He's found information that he thinks will tear us apart," Adam said softly. Liza's rage started to grow. She stepped towards David and heatedly told him that nothing he could say would shock her. Beads of sweat formed on Liza's brow as she lashed out at the doctor. Liza's eyes fluttered and she took in a quick deep breath of air. She sat down on the edge of the bed with a bout of what she thought was nausea. After several seconds of discomfort, she quickly realized that "this isn't nausea... the baby's coming." Adam crouched beside her as David offered to transport Liza to the hospital. Liza, however, snapped that Adam would be taking her to the hospital and ordered him to stay away from her.
On the way to the hospital, the rain continued to fall. Adam tried to calm Liza, but it was difficult for him to be there mentally for her when he had to concentrate on driving. As they drove down the road, they suddenly realized that the bridge---apparently the only way back to town---was flooded out. Liza's pain started to intensify. Adam put the car into reverse with the hopes of finding another way back to town, but the car's tire spun deeper and deeper into the mud. They and the car were stuck."
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