"Wrapped in a cashmere scarf, Greenlee scurried to a far corner of SOS. Ryan, just behind her, teased her mercilessly about her garb. Apparently during the basketball game, a player chased a ball out-of-bounds and landed on Greenlee's lap. His shoe, unfortunately, ended up smacking her across her forehead. Tina stopped by the table to take their order and was immediately taken aback by Greenlee's appearance. "Girl!" she gasped. "You got hit with the ugly stick!" Greenlee was horrified, but Ryan advised her to learn something from the experience: her beauty was not her only gift. Across the room, Mateo offered Hayley some chocolate pudding to lift her spirits. To make his bride-to-be even happier, he said that he wanted to curl up in a dark corner of the club and finally set a wedding date. A broad smile appeared on Hayley's face. The smile was short-lived as Arlene swished over to greet the "love birds." Mateo rolled his eyes and reminded Arlene that he'd asked her to give Hayley some space. Arlene promised Hayley that she'd find another location for her AA meetings. Hayley thanked her mother for her concern, but noted that she wouldn't be sticking around town long enough for the meetings to become an issue. Arlene offered the pair free carpeting for the club as an early wedding present. Mateo thanked Arlene for the offer, but politely declined. Mateo and Hayley walked away to tend to their personal matters. Arlene turned around and focused on an attractive young man at the bar. She casually approached him with a wide smile. "Too bad you weren't on the Titanic," she cooed. "You're so hot that iceberg wouldn't have had a chance." Hayley immediately dashed over to save the man --- Ryan --- from her mother's clutches. Hayley forced a smile and introduced Ryan to her mother. Ryan immediately knew why Hayley had rushed to his side. Ryan returned to his where Greenlee wanted to know who the "tramp" was that had tried to hit on him. Ryan bit his lip gently and informed Greenlee that the woman was Hayley's mother. "Poor Hayley," Greenlee muttered. Greenlee mulled the idea of getting an Erica-like mask to cover her face. Ryan sighed heavily and blasted Greenlee for compared her hives and bumps to a severe facial laceration. Still, Greenlee saw herself more as "the elephant woman" than her usual self. Back across the way, Arlene turned down a drink offer from Tina. She introduced herself as Hayley's mother. Tina, not knowing the history between Hayley and Arlene, assumed that things were peachy between mother and daughter. Arlene said that she was proud of Hayley for being able to stay away from alcohol during her fallout with Mateo. Tina nodded and said that she was amazed that the couple was even able to get back together. Arlene lied and said that she and Hayley had been on the phone continuously during the ordeal. Now, she explained, she'd quit her job so that she could be with her daughter. Ryan told Greenlee that he enjoyed being with her more now than he usually did. Perhaps, he said, it was because she was not able to hide behind her perfect face. Hayley and Mateo took to the center of the dance floor to announce that she'd set a May wedding date. Arlene congratulated the couple, but, knowing that her presence wasn't really desired, decided to hit the road. Tina wondered over to congratulate the pair and told Hayley that it was a good thing her mother had quit her job so that she'd be able to stick around and help plan the wedding. Mateo and Hayley exchanged worried glances, with Mateo promising to find out what Arlene is up to.
In the park, both Myrtle and Rae realized that they had much to catch up on. "What if your little girl doesn't want this reunion to end?" Rae asked when Myrtle suggested that they try their hands at ice-skating. Myrtle urged Rae to continue her search for her daughter. "I want you to feel the way I am feeling right now," she beamed. Rae explained that she'd hired a private investigator to track down Dr. Prendergast's missing desk. Myrtle noted that there was still another lead they had not fully exhausted --- Lyle Wedgewood. Rae reminded her mother that the attorney had warned her to stop her investigation. "He didn't warn me," Myrtle grinned devilishly. Rae refused to let Myrtle out herself in danger, but Myrtle wasn't about to accept no for an answer. "Let me introduce you to Myrtle Lum: Con artist," she chuckled. As they walked off into the night, Myrtle announced her need for an "old, beat-up car."
Across town, a man sat alone at a desk in the less than lavish office of Lyle Wedgewood. He took a phone call from the attorney and was advised to shred any documents bearing Rae Cummings' name. As he hung up the phone, Myrtle appeared in the doorway. She begged to speak to Lyle, but the man informed her that the attorney was in his "uptown office." Myrtle concocted a bogus tale of being involved in a car accident. As she clutched her back, she said that the driver if a limousine has smashed into her car. The man was uninterested --- until, that is, Myrtle claimed that the car belonged to Palmer Cortlandt. Smelling a hefty windfall, the man asked Myrtle to show him her automobile. When they left the office, Rae scurried inside and began rummaging around for any additional information. She searched high and low, but her eyes never seemed to find a lone file folder on the man's desk. When it finally did earn her attention, it was too late. Rae paged through the folder until the door opened behind her. Myrtle called out to Rae and Rae proudly proclaimed that she'd her file. Myrtle calmly asked Rae to turn around for just a moment. When she did, she found that the man had escorted Myrtle back to the office --- with a gun pointed to her head.
Judge Mayo banged her gavel and demanded that the courtroom come to order. Tad and Dixie urged Liza to accept the judge's decision. The judge was unmoved by Liza's outburst and warned her that her outburst had better not be "a desperate attempt on [her] part to regain custody" of Colby. "My daughter's father is Adam Chandler," Liza sobbed. Jake was stone-faced. Adam, though, sat quietly in his seat with a smirk planed firmly on his face. "This is ridiculous," Jake squawked as he stormed the front of the room. The young doctor felt that Adam had fed Liza misinformation so that she'd make the bogus confession. Jake told Liza that he could order a DNA test to clear up everything. Jack asked that court be adjourned so that he could talk to his client. The judge, however, felt that it was in everyone's best interest to settle the matter immediately. Liza took to the stand under the advisement that she was still under oath. The judge warned Liza that she'd hold her in contempt if her story turned out to be a lie. In order to tell her tale, Liza had to go all the way back to the very beginning. Liza said that she'd "suffered a lot of loss" before coming to the decision to be a single parent. She'd divorced Adam and suffered a miscarriage. After deciding that she wanted to undergo artificial insemination, Liza said that she'd headed to the Pine Valley Fertility Clinic. She'd selected a donor, but by a freak coincidence she learned the identity of the donor (Ryan) before undergoing the insemination process. That was when Liza first realized that having an anonymous donor might not be the best option. Jake, she explained, offered to the be the donor with "no strings attached." The judge promptly noted that Liza had no documentation to back up her claim that Jake had offered that kind of arrangement. Liza's story, though, still had not explained how Adam figured into the equation. Liza explained that Adam had purchased the clinic and swapped Jake's sperm sample with one of his own. An audible gasp sounded from the gallery. The judge looked to Adam and asked him if Liza was telling the truth. Almost proudly, Adam admitted to his trickery. Jake leapt into the air and again demanded a DNA test. Adam rose to his feet and reached into his pocket. He produced an envelope and announced that a DNA test had already been run. When he referred to Colby as his daughter, Jake jumped out of his seat and lunged in the multi-millionaire's direction. Jack and Tad helped pull Jake off of Adam as Gillian pleaded with her husband not to do anything foolish. The judge asked Joe to review the test results for authenticity. Joe admitted that the documents look authentic. Jake, however, insisted that Adam had forged the results. The judge admitted that it was a possibility and ordered another test. That done, she ordered a recess --- and mentioned the possibility of criminal charges being filed. Jake saw no reason why he should listen to what Liza was saying. "Because she's telling the truth," Tad said softly. Jake's lip quivered violently as the impact of the confession finally hit him. "I'm sorry Jake," Liza cried. "I wanted you to be her father." Jake was frozen in place, unable to say or do anything. Tad also offered an apology to his brother. Leslie promised Jake that she'd work on some legal maneuvering to arrange for a new hearing. Still unable to speak, Jake walked out of the courtroom. Jack angrily confronted Liza for keeping the truth from him. He recalled that Liza had visited him in November under the guise of doing research for a television report. The next time she needs a lawyer, Jake told Liza to "look in the Yellow Pages under ambulance chasers." Gillian told Dixie that she feared the worst. Marian blasted Adam for creating such a horrible mess. Joe asked Tad how long he knew the truth and said that Ruth would be heartbroken by the news. Adrian turned to Tad and asked to have a word with him in private. Adam attempted to comfort Liza, but Marian wouldn't let him bear her daughter. Jake returned to the courtroom and looked across the room at Gillian. Outside in the hallway, Adrian blasted Tad for keeping the truth from Jake. "Nobody has the right to lie to their children!" he hollered. Dixie walked over to Adam and cursed him for tearing out Jake's heart. "I did what I did for love," Adam proclaimed. "Don't make me sick," Dixie groaned. Adam again walked over to Liza. He put his arms out to embrace her, but Liza flinched and quickly pulled away. "Don't touch me," she snarled. "Don't ever touch me again." Back inside the courtroom, a tearful Gillian slowly walked towards her husband. "We'll get through this," Jake pledged. He thanked Gillian for standing by him. Gillian bowed her head and told Jake that she was sorry. Jake looked down at her and asked her what was wrong. "I'm so sorry," she sniffled. Until then, Jake had believed that Gillian had also been blindsided by the revelation. "Oh God," he said in disgust and dismay. "You knew?""
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