04/28/2000



"At the Dillon house, Amanda is nervously looking out the window for the man that's been following her. Tiffany's there to take Amanda to her house for the night, but Amanda doesn't want to go, she's afraid that the man following her is trying to keep Trevor away. Janet tries to explain that there's no one following her, but they all are a bit nervous when the doorbell rings. But it's only Jackson, and he promises Amanda that he'll deal with the man following her. Amanda and Tiffany leave and Janet berates Jackson for playing into Amanda's fantasies. But Amanda's right, someone is following her, Jackson explains, it's the police.

Janet's upset that Derek and the police are following Amanda. She says that she can't let this go on, she needs confess that she killed Sophie. Jackson tells Janet that if she pleads self-defense, she will get off with very little time. Jackson promises he'll take good care of her, then heads off to the kitchen to call Derek. After he leaves the room, Mirror-Janet appears and tells Janet that she's so sorry, that it's all her fault. If she(Mirror-Janet) hadn't pushed Janet to get rid of Sophie, none of this would have happened. But then Mirror-Janet starts putting doubts in Janet's head again, that Jackson really isn't on her side, that he wants to see her go to jail and so do Brooke and Hayley. If Janet tells the truth, they'll throw her in jail for good this time. Mirror-Janet sends Janet out to get a crowbar and when she comes back in the house, Mirror-Janet instructs her to kill Jackson when he comes back in the room. "I know what I have to do," Janet says.

Becca is at WRCW when Leo arrives. He's telling her about being suspected in Paolo's murder when Vanessa arrives and rudely interrupts. Dragging him off to speak in private, she's upset that Leo dismissed the attorney Palmer hired to represent him. I don't need a lawyer, Leo tells her, despite the fact that Derek is on the way to the TV station right now to question him. Leo's convinced that Palmer's the one who killed Paolo because he suspected Paolo was having an affair with Vanessa. He was defending your honor, Leo says, just as Palmer arrives to overhear. What does Paolo have to do with Vanessa's honor, Palmer asks.

Vanessa ignores the question, but Leo points out that Vanessa should answer Palmer. After having stirred things up, Leo quickly bows out and goes over to talk to Becca. Becca suggests that Leo getting a lawyer is probably not a bad idea. Leo admits to Becca that Paolo was blackmailing him and says that the police can't find out or he'll be their only suspect, they won't look at anyone else. Across the room, Vanessa is denying that she had any association with Paolo. It was Leo that Paolo was blackmailing, she explains, but doesn't tell him why. Vanessa begs Palmer to keep the blackmail a secret or Leo will be in big trouble.

Leo sends Becca over to distract Vanessa so that he can talk to Palmer alone. Leo accuses Palmer of hiring a lawyer for him to make sure that Leo ended up going to jail for murder. That would have taken care of two birds with one stone, it would have gotten Leo out of Palmer's life, and Leo would have taken the rap for the murder that Palmer committed. Leo says he won't go to the police and tell them that Palmer murdered Paolo on two conditions, if Palmer's lawyer gets Leo out of the mess he's in and if Palmer takes care of Vanessa and Leo financially for "eternity." Palmer's not intimidated and thinks that Leo should reconsider, if he goes ahead with his plan, Vanessa may turn her back on him for good. My mother would never do that, Leo insists. Their conversation is interrupted by Derek, who's there to ask them some questions.

Vanessa tries to step in and say that Leo won't answer any questions without a lawyer, but Leo says he doesn't need a lawyer. Before Derek can start to question Leo, Palmer asks to speak to Derek privately. Leo thinks that Palmer is helping clear his name because of his threat, but in fact, Palmer is telling Derek that Paolo was blackmailing Leo. Derek places Leo under arrest for Paolo's murder.

Tad, Liza and Adam are on their way up to the cabin at Willow Lake when they are stopped by two policemen at a roadblock. They explain there's been a fire at one of the cabins and no one is allowed in the area until they're sure it's contained. Adam, of course, doesn't take no for an answer and tries to push his way through, wrestling with the policemen. Meanwhile, in Esther's trailer, Stuart is having a nightmare and mumbling "Let go!." Esther quiets him and says that she hopes Stuart stays with her there forever.

The policemen stop Adam and Tad and Liza try to reason with Adam and finally get him to calm down. The police release Adam, and all of a sudden Tad starts having trouble breathing. Wheezing like he's having a asthma attack, Tad doubles over and kneels on the ground. The policemen come over to help and Liza silently signals Adam to go to the cabin. Adam leaves and Tad continues his act, but the police soon notice that Adam is missing and realize that the whole thing was a fake to distract their attention. Adam arrives at the cabin to find it a burned out shell. The firemen there try to warn him that it's not safe and he needs to turn back, but Adam pushes past them and races into the cabin.

Liza has apparently sweet-talked one of the policeman, who she's now calling 'John', into bringing her and Tad up to the cabin. The firemen lead Adam back out and he says there's no sign of anyone inside, he's sure if Stuart was in there that he got out. Adam goes to start searching the woods and right after he leaves, a news camera crew shows up. They start filming as the firemen bring a body out of the cabin, which they found under the debris. The firemen say they can't identify the body, but they did find a ring. They hand it to Liza and she recognizes it as Stuart's wedding ring. Esther is watching the TV broadcast from her trailer and sees the reporter say that Stuart is dead. Back at the cabin, Liza says that she's positive it's Stuart's ring because of the inscription. Adam returns from his search and sees the covered body lying on the ground. "Stuart!!," he cries."

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