"At the Glamorama, Opal asked Belinda about Adrian's gift and was surprised to see it was a key, not an engagement ring. Belinda admitted that she was surprised too. Opal told her that she had the key to Adrian's heart; she just had to learn how to use it. Liza sat feeding Colby while Becca raved about how cute the baby was. Dixie walked in and heard Liza say she thanked God every day for her daughter.
Dixie admitted to Opal that she was "in the family way." Opal was delighted, and Belinda congratulated Dixie. However, Liza looked doubtful, and when Dixie asked her about her comment, "if the time is right and the doctors say it's okay," Liza reminded Dixie about her kidney donation and subsequent heart problems. Dixie figured out that Tad had been discussing the "high-risk" pregnancy with Liza. Liza explained that she had caught Tad looking up information on the computer, and he had told her then about the pregnancy and how worried he was about it.
Dixie told Liza she had gotten the go-ahead from Dr. Hayward, as long as she took care of herself and had regular checkups. Opal told them that she thought Tad would come around, then left for a 3:00 p.m. appointment. In the entrance hall, she met Tad as he was entering. He needed to talk; he wanted to know if he reminded Opal of Ray Gardner. Opal realized the question was about Dixie's pregnancy and Tad's concerns for the future. "Look at your blessings," she told him, encouraging, "Be like Dixie and look at the future, not the past."
Meanwhile, Dixie asked what Liza would do in Dixie's situation. Liza said she understood how Dixie felt, because having a child left a person's heart open and ready to be broken. She handed Colby over to Dixie, saying, "Let her save your daughter's place." In the entrance hall, Opal reminded Tad of his blessings -- the woman he loved, Jamie, Junior, and a baby on the way. He walked into the salon and watched as Dixie held Colby. Dixie spotted him, and they hugged.
As Raquel and Max got things ready for Max's birthday party in the courtyard, Mateo happened along. Max begged Mateo to stay for the party, and Mateo said he would get changed then return. Across the way, Hayley and Ryan spotted Mateo on his way toward the condo, and panic set in. Ryan asked if there was a back exit because he knew that Mateo would go ballistic if he found Ryan and Hayley together. As the birthday party guests arrived, Mateo was about to open the door to his and Hayley's condo when Max interrupted him and begged him to attend the party -- "right now."
Not wanting to disappoint his son, Mateo agreed to stick around for the party. Hayley saw Mateo join the celebration and thought it would buy her and Ryan some time to find a way out of their predicament. Raquel welcomed the guests, and Max proudly showed off his gift from Raquel's parents. Mateo questioned who had sent it, and after sending Max out of earshot, Raquel said it was from her parents. Mateo was amazed, and Raquel said their son had seen a picture of her parents in a box and had asked about them. It had made her gather up the courage to phone them, and she had been calling them every Sunday for several months.
Mateo was stunned by the news and appeared a bit concerned, but he opted to say nothing on the matter. Just then, Max ran up, "Daddy, there's a man in your house!" Raquel, Mateo, and Max burst into the condo. Mateo and Raquel looked stunned, but Max ran up to Ryan, "Ryan! I thought you were a burglar. Can you come to my party?"
Mateo suggested Max get back to the party, and Raquel, seeing a storm was brewing, hustled him outside to cut the cake. "What the hell are you doing here?" Mateo yelled at Hayley. "I came to see you. We need to talk," Hayley replied. "You bring your bodyguard with you?" Mateo asked in disbelief. Ryan protested that he had just dropped by with the keys to SOS for Mateo. "Shut up! Get out!" Mateo told him, then angrily turned to Hayley, "This is my home! You had to bring this here?"
Ryan left after Hayley reassured him that she needed to talk to Mateo privately. Mateo slammed the door on Ryan then glared at Hayley. The sound of their arguing could be heard outside in the courtyard. Hayley insisted that she and Ryan had just been talking and that she had been waiting for Mateo. Raquel was concerned because the kids were hearing every word and asked Ryan if they should break it up. "I've been shutting up guys like that my whole life," Ryan told her.
The argument inside continued. "You got no clue, you got no class!" Mateo yelled at Hayley. Max overheard and asked if his daddy was mad at him, then complained that his tummy hurt. Ryan came up with the idea of a magic trick to distract the kids. "Why did I even come back here?" Hayley said. "Maybe to fool around with your boyfriend, rub my face in it, maybe," Mateo sarcastically suggested.
Hayley insisted she had returned to talk to Mateo. When she said she had talked to Trevor, Mateo got on a tirade again. "And the Pork Chop cut Tink a break, because we all know that Tinkerbell can do no wrong!" he said as he strode around the apartment, waving his arms. Then he taunted her more, "Where'd you do it? In the bedroom? The kitchen?" He asked it all with a leering smile. "You've lost your mind," Hayley said unbelievingly. "Did you use protection? No, that's right, you want a baby," he said.
Hayley told him to shut his mouth, but the tirade continued. "Is this what you'd give my son for his birthday? Because he already knows you hate him, and what you did today proves it," Mateo said. Max heard the last words loud and clear, as did Ryan, Raquel, and everyone else at the party outside. Hayley told Mateo that she would never ruin the little boy's day and that Mateo was the one making a scene. He told her that he had learned that fathers live in daughters as well as sons.
"I want you out of my life. I don't care what you want -- Ryan, A.A. I don't care if you sink or swim; it means nothing to me." He added, "You're not going to get your hands on my club." Hayley was aghast, "Now it's your club?" He told her about his trip to the bank and his unsuccessful try for another loan. He asked her if she or Adam were responsible for his being turned down.
Mateo yelled that he'd rather burn the club to the ground than let Hayley walk through the door again. The party guests still heard the whole argument from outside the condo. Ryan couldn't take any more and went inside to tell Mateo that he could be heard all over the neighborhood and that he was scaring Max and the other kids.
"What's the matter with you? Tormenting your wife and children like this, you're out of control," Ryan told Mateo. Again Mateo told Ryan to get out, but this time Ryan said he was taking Hayley with him. "You might want to take care of your son," Ryan said as they left. Mateo clenched his jaw, took a few breaths, walked outside, and saw Raquel hugging Max. The party was over.
At the Seaview Hospital, where Dimitri had been taken straight from the airport, Edmund anxiously asked to be allowed to accompany the unconscious Dimitri as doctors examined him. His request was denied as the attending physician explained that Edmund would have to wait until Dimitri's condition was stabilized. Brooke, Erica, Gillian, and Jack waited with Edmund. The mystery woman from the airport barreled through the entrance with a worried look on her face. She took in the scene as Brooke tried to comfort Edmund.
Without saying a word, she quickly backed through the doors. As Edmund and the others waited for news of Dimitri, they shared their reminiscences. Edmund recalled Dimitri and the experience in the aqueduct. Erica reminded him that he and Dimitri were survivors. A doctor arrived and told them that they thought Dimitri had suffered a stroke, but then another doctor appeared and broke the news to Edmund, "I'm sorry. We were too late. We couldn't save your brother."
Edmund was stunned and demanded to see his brother. When he saw Dimitri's lifeless body, he looked down at Dimitri then bent down to say his last farewells. In tears, he ended by saying, "You were my brother only for a few years. I love you, Dimi." Edmund came out from saying his goodbyes to Dimitri. "It doesn't seem real," he said sadly.
Edmund asked the doctors what the cause of death was and was told that it probably was a cerebral aneurysm, a swelling and then bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. Edmund wasn't satisfied and wanted to know the exact cause. The doctors didn't plan on doing an autopsy, but Edmund told them that as Dimitri's next of kin, he wanted to have an autopsy.
"I want to know what killed my brother. I demand an autopsy," he told them. Then a voice was heard, "No, I won't allow it!" The woman who had stayed in the background earlier had finally made her presence known."
- Soap Central