"In her office, Erica proposed an astonishing idea -- Bianca as the new Ms. Young Enchantment. "You're joking, right?" Bianca responded. She didn't even like to have her picture taken. She had a counterproposal -- someone tall, blond, with looks to die for -- Leo.
Leo cracked up at the idea, but Bianca was serious. "Reinvent the Man of Enchantment," she said. "Leo's witty and charming, he looks good in a tux, he's funny with a killer smile." She ticked off her friend's good points to Erica. Leo warmed to the idea and even volunteered to do partial nudity. Erica looked him over, and admitted that Leo had possibilities. Erica left to talk it over with the Marketing Department. "What just happened here?" Leo wanted to know. Bianca said, "You saved my life and I saved yours."
Leo found it hard to believe that being a spokesperson could save a life. Bianca reminded Leo that he owed Greenlee's grandfather $175,000, and that models made big bucks; it would be a way to pay the money back. At the same time, Bianca would have freedom from press conferences and photo shoots. Leo paced the office and thought. He said, "You my friend, are a star. I could make a wish on you and I know it would come true." Bianca beamed at Leo's words. He grabbed Bianca's hand and thanked her. Bianca started taking pictures of Leo. As they clowned around the office, Erica walked back in. "So Mom, what did you decide?"
The Marketing Department was split on the idea -- half supported the Man of Enchantment, and half wanted to pursue the search for Ms. Young Enchantment. Erica -- the deciding vote -- had made up her mind. A Young Couple of Enchantment -- Leo du Pres and Bianca Montgomery. Leo shouted "Yes," while Bianca flopped down in a chair and moaned, "Gag me." Erica dashed off to start the campaign. Bianca looked stunned and yearned aloud for Seattle, her dad, and her old life back.
Leo tried to tell Bianca that she didn't have to do the campaign if she didn't want to. "You don't say no to Erica Kane," she cried. No matter how much resistance she put up, she knew Erica would have her way. Bianca reminded Leo of the party fiasco as an example. Erica returned with an entourage and started barking instructions.
The crew finished up and left Leo and Bianca alone. "Hang in there, Banks," Leo said. Leo playfully teased that in a year or two Bianca could retire at the top of her game. He comforted her by saying he would be there with her the whole time. Erica came back in. "We're going to the Valley Inn and celebrate Enchantment's new super couple."
Adam sat reading Colby a story. Liza walked in off the patio. Adam told his daughter that he and her mother would be married by Thanksgiving. "Don't fill her head with fairy tales," Liza warned. The three sat together and chatted. Arlene and Vanessa walked in. As Arlene took in the scene, a sad look came over her face.
"I didn't expect to come home to a full house," Arlene said, and asked for a word in private. Liza started to leave, but Adam stopped her. Adam said no one believed Arlene's story that Liza was responsible for the accident that caused Arlene to miscarry. Adam knew how to get the truth and pointed to the surveillance camera above their heads. Vanessa began to stammer. Adam said he and Liza had reviewed the tape and knew Arlene had lied. The tape showed Liza trying to pull the vodka bottle out of Arlene's hand and the tape proved that Liza never tried to drag her down the stairs. Vanessa suggested that camera angles could be misleading. Adam said any expert would conclude the fall and subsequent miscarriage were both accidents. Adam proposed that they sign the divorce papers the next day at which time he would give Arlene the promised $700,000. Liza and Adam then left to take Colby for a nap.
Vanessa pulled Arlene outside away from the camera to talk. "Everything is falling apart," Arlene moaned. Vanessa pointed out that the camera was rolling the entire time they were hatching the plot to implicate Liza in the miscarriage. Vanessa realized that Adam would discover Arlene miscarried before Liza even arrived at Chandler Mansion. Vanessa's blackmail of Arlene would also be on the tape. The two knew for certain that they had to find and destroy the tape. The duo headed for Adam's office.
Hayley and Mateo entered to check up on Arlene. Mateo didn't believe the miscarriage story and speculated that Arlene was using the incident to get back into Hayley's life. The couple headed up the stairs in search of Hayley's mother. They couldn't find Arlene upstairs, and hid when they heard voices. Vanessa and Arlene walked into the living room holding the video. Hayley and Mateo overheard the two women talking about destroying the tape. The two came out of hiding and slyly asked what the two women were up to. Arlene said Vanessa was going to take her to the hospital. Hayley volunteered to take her, but Arlene said no. Mateo grabbed the tape. "Adam Chandler Security Camera No. 3 -- Parlor, October 9, 2000," he recited. Arlene claimed she had taped over that and instead it was a recording of a speech by Bill W, the founder of AA. Hayley said she always wanted to see that speech and shoved the tape into the VCR. "Hayley, don't," Arlene protested. Hayley pressed Play.
Hayley fast forwarded the tape and stopped when she got to Vanessa and Arlene talking. Just then, Liza and Adam walked into the parlor. "What kind of accident?" Arlene was asking Vanessa on the tape. Vanessa said, "Something that would incriminate Liza and make her feel horribly guilty." "Think fast," Vanessa urged on the tape. As everyone watched the video, Arlene and Vanessa laid out their plan to stage a fall and make it look like Liza pushed Arlene and made her miscarry. "Perfect," said Vanessa. Mateo turned off the tape. "What do you have to say Arlene?" he asked as he turned around. Vanessa and Arlene had disappeared into thin air. Liza, Adam, Hayley and Mateo walked to the open front door and watched as a car squealed away.
David and Jake were having words in the hospital lounge. "I'm sure Gillian knows you can't rise to certain occasions," David said. Jake shoved him. "You're just half the man you used to be," David continued. Gillian told him to stop, but David pressed on. "If you ever want a taste of what you've been missing," David said to Gillian, "you know where to find me." David walked away. Jake grabbed him and threw him against the lockers. Tad walked in and took in the scene. He pulled Jake off David, then turned around and punched David himself. They went at it. Dixie walked in. "Tad!" she screamed. The two guys stopped.
Breathing heavily, David held his hand and told Jake that this was the kind of cheap shot he expected. "You'd better pray I can still operate," he said. David threatened to bring charges to the Review Board against Jake. He asked Dixie to come back to the office to help him file a full report. Tad said he couldn't order his wife around. Dixie told Tad to stop it, then told David to go ahead, she would follow. Once David left, she berated the two brothers.
But Tad would not back off. "Probably one of my finer moments," he said. An argument followed. Dixie reminded Tad that David was her boss. She demanded to know what started the fight. She asked if it was about her. No one would answer. Then Gillian said it started when David wouldn't treat a pregnant woman who couldn't pay the hospital's fees. Jake told Dixie that Tad was protecting him. He admitted that David was riding him about his impotence and that he, not Tad, threw the first punch. Jake asked for some time alone. Dixie left, followed by Gillian. Tad said that Jake shouldn't worry about David. "He's an idiot," Tad said. Jake repeated his request and Tad left. Jake punched the locker.
Back in his office, David flexed his injured hand. Dixie walked in and David apologized. "That was an ugly scene. I'm sorry you caught the tail end of it." He was sure that once he left, Jake, Tad and Gillian had painted an ugly picture of David. Dixie agreed. saying the others didn't understand David. He looked puzzled.
She said that Tad, Jake and others didn't see the gifted doctor and kind sensitive man who had dedicated his life to healing others that Dixie saw when she looked at David. She recited a case where David had waived his fee and gotten the hospital to donate their services to a sick little girl. He had spent the night by the patient's side. She reminded him that he had talked to Junior when Adam was near death. As she continued, a look of bewilderment came over David's face. "You understand me like no one else," he said. He said he didn't know how much potential he had until he met her. "But what a waste you are," Dixie admonished.
"You set me up," Dixie accused. "You got me to find out about Jake's injury." David protested that the research project was real, and that Jake had insulted David too. Dixie said, "I quit. I don't want to see you again." She stormed out of the office. David grabbed his hair.
Back in the lounge, Jake threw papers and slammed locker doors as Gillian looked on. "Jake are you all right?" she asked. He said he felt like he'd been hit with a semi. He was not the man Gillian needed him to be. He turned on the VCR and there was Ryan's incredibledreams.com commercial. It seemed to be taunting Jake. He threw the remote, picked up the TV and slammed it into the floor. He kicked broken TV parts and raged around the lounge, while Gillian looked on helplessly."
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