"As night fell over Pine Valley, Dixie repeatedly sprayed the collar of Tad's lipstick-stained shirt, desperately trying to get the stain out. As she scrubbed, she remembered her conversation with David earlier that evening, when she told him that she made a "stupid mistake" by kissing him and that nothing was going to happen between them. She was jolted out of her daydream by Tad, who entered the room to find Dixie scrubbing furiously at his shirt. She told him that "trying to get lipstick out is hard enough already but when you stuff the shirt into the bottom of the hamper, it's practically impossible." She asked Tad why he did that and he reasoned that it was a just a shirt and that he should have thrown it out because he was getting new ones. Dixie mentioned that she noticed Opal, whom Tad claimed to have given him the stain, was not wearing any lipstick at all but she saw that Leslie was wearing this shade. She asked Tad if she was right and he replied that she was. Dixie slowly and quietly asked if he knew this because he had kissed her. Tad confessed that he hadn't been honest with her. Dixie began to ask if he was having an affair but Tad interrupted by saying that he wanted to make it clear that he hadn't kissed Leslie. Dixie asked if she kissed him and he confessed that she had, "to wish me a happy new year." Dixie agreed that was innocent enough and wondered why he had lied about it. Tad nervously replied that he did it "because you know me better than anyone. You love me better than anyone." Dixie admitted that he was scaring her and Tad promised that he didn't want to cause her any pain. He confessed that Leslie wasn't as she appeared to be and a confused Dixie asked if this was in reference to her skill as a lawyer. Tad was quick to correct her and said that Leslie was "intelligent, smart, successful..." Dixie cut in, "And beautiful." Tad told her that she wasn't once you got to know her and Dixie wondered how well he knew her. Tad replied that he might have dated her sister in high school but said he couldn't know for sure. A surprised Dixie asked how he could not remember who he dated and Tad asked "Do you know what I was doing when I was 17?" "Everything that moved?" Dixie guessed. Tad finally admitted that when Leslie was younger, she had a speech impediment and was constantly picked on. He was the only one who was nice to her and suspected that Leslie never forgot this. He told Dixie that Leslie was throwing herself at him, even though he made it "abundantly clear" that he loved his wife. Dixie asked why Leslie, being an obviously intelligent woman who could have any man she wanted, would not be able to take no for an answer. Tad replied that this was because she was used to getting everything she wanted and Dixie wondered why Leslie would be throwing herself at him. Tad reinforced the fact that he couldn't explain Leslie and quickly rebuffed Dixie's offer to talk to her. When she pressed him further, he explained the situation in New York and told her that he didn't even know she was in the city. He informed her that he warned Leslie to stay away from him and his family and Dixie admitted that her behavior sounded dangerous. She wondered if Tad had done anything to lead Leslie to believe that she had a chance with him. Tad took Dixie's hands in his own and told her "not a day goes by where I doesn't think of you" and "I thank god every day that you took me back." They embraced and Dixie told him that he more than made up for his mistakes. They agreed to never mention Leslie's name again.
A soaking wet and shivering Greenlee arrived at Pine Valley Hospital in the arms of Ryan and accompanied by Gillian. Jake approached to asked the trio what happened and Ryan told him that he found Greenlee dangling off the yacht. When Jake asked if she had fallen in the water, Gillian corrected him by letting him know that she "actually just poured water on herself to make it look like she fell in." When Jake's shock became evident, Ryan added that she did this to try to "squeeze a little sympathy out of her boyfriend." Greenlee angrily jumped out of Ryan's arms and proclaimed that their story was a lie. She explained that she had a terrible fight with Leo. She told him that she felt "devastated" and didn't think that she "could go on." Humoring Greenlee's dramatic escapade, Jake picked up the hospital phone and told informed her that he would call for help. As Greenlee rattled off Leo's phone number, Jake told her that he was, in fact, admitting her. An overjoyed Greenlee asked if it was possible for her to have her own room and Jake assured her that her request wouldn't be a problem. After all, he told her, "everyone gets their own room when they're admitted to psych." Greenlee asked Jake if he was refusing to treat her and begged him to "please say yes so I can stay alive just long enough to sue you and this entire hospital." Jake replied that they had an empty observation room and Greenlee left for it. He turned to Ryan and Gillian and asked them if they hadn't given him enough trouble already, but before they could reply, Gillian piercingly screamed, "Hello?! Frostbite! I think I'm losing some digits in here!" Jake asked the two onlookers to take their patient to Seaview and he went to check on Greenlee. Alone, Ryan suggested that they call Leo in order to get Greenlee off Jake's back. When Gillian laughingly told him not to, Ryan responded that "it's called payback. I'm just the messenger. She's the one going down."
In the examination room, Jake put a stethoscope to Greenlee's chest and asked her to breathe deeply. She began coughing and said that she must have fluid in her lungs. Jake facetiously asked if she inhaled "that bucket of water that you poured all over yourself." He concluded the examination and told her that she just had a cold and Greenlee was disappointed to learn that it was nothing worse. She asked if he would keep her overnight for observation because he "wouldn't want to be sued for malpractice" if he "missed anything." Jake replied that she was free to go but Greenlee asked what would happen to her if she collapsed. "Just make sure you do it in the parking lot then we'll just drag you back in," he replied. He turned to leave and was at the door when Leo arrived. Greenlee admitted to Leo that she was ashamed and traumatized but Leo didn't buy it. He told her to "stop the Oscar-winning performance" because he talked to Ryan and Gillian before he came in. He repeated that this was the last straw but Greenlee only replied that she did this because she loved him. Leo admonished her and told her that "all the lying and manipulation isn't love. It's... Vanessa," and he left. He walked past Gillian and Ryan in the waiting room and told them "the next time Gillian decides to throw herself overboard, call the coast guard." Gillian tried to convince him that he was starting a "clean slate." "I lost by job, my girlfriend, I'm homeless," he replied, "I'd say that's a clean slate." When he asked if they had a place for him to stay, Gillian replied that he could stay on the yacht and they could "stay in the turret." Leo replied that he doesn't "even know what a turret is, but it sounds really cozy." Ryan reluctantly agrees and hands Leo the keys. Before leaving, Leo jokingly asks them if there's anything he can get them from Bermuda. Ryan asks Gillian what he will receive for his generosity. "Me," Gillian replies. "In the turret. Wearing nothing but perfume."
Later on in the turret, Ryan and Gillian were lying together when Gillian suddenly sprang up and asked for a cloth strip. Ryan pulled one from the ground and Gillian proceeded to tie the cloth around his wrists, insert hers with his, and lie atop him. She confided that they used to tie one another up as children until Eugenia told her what it really meant. Gillian recited a beautiful poem to Ryan: "With this tie I do thee bind, My heart is yours and yours is mine. Two souls that beat as one entwined. I live for you and I am thine." Breath taken, Ryan and Gillian kissed.
In the examination room, Jake walked in on Greenlee muttering to herself about not losing Leo to Laura. When she noticed Jake, she told him that Leo "broke the sound barrier getting here. The other stuff's just ego." Jake told her to cut her loses but Greenlee vowed to get Leo back and stormed out.
Bianca and Jack returned home early from the Crystal Ball to find that Erica had not come home yet even though she left before them. Jack assured a worried Bianca that Dimitri probably took her somewhere to talk and Bianca wondered aloud if her mother would discuss how much she hated her. Jack's pleas for her to not blame herself fell on dead ears. Bianca explained that she completely humiliated her mother and that this was her "worst fear realized. Me, standing up in front of the whole world and saying I'm gay." The doorbell suddenly rang and Bianca opened the door to Leo who was beaming from ear to ear. After embracing her in a hug, he told her that she was "awesome tonight." Laura assured Bianca that he now understood why she couldn't tell her before that Greenlee had pushed her overboard and the two hugged. Jack told them he's glad Bianca has found such a good friend in Laura and he left to get a drink. Bianca contemplated calling Edmund and Dimitri to apologize for her outburst, but Leo convinced her not to, emphasizing how great she was in "standing up to Donald Steel." Leo decided to get something to drink and Laura apologized for being a "jerk" and realized that she shouldn't have believed Greenlee in the first place. Bianca accepted her apology and they agreed to be friends. Leo and Jack entered the room with drinks when Leo suddenly got a call on his cell phone. Ryan informs Leo that Greenlee is in the hospital but before he could explain her latest shenanigans, Leo told him he was on his way and hung up. Leo explained the situation to Bianca, Jack and Laura and left with Jack after he promised to get Laura home safely. Alone, Bianca asked a disappointed Laura if she wanted Leo to drive her home and Laura reluctantly admitted that she did. When asked if she likes Leo, Laura again nodded her head.
When Jack returned, Laura told him that he didn't have to drive her home because she wanted to spend more time with Bianca. Jack took his cue and prepared to leave. Bianca hugged her uncle and thanked him for all he had done to support her. "You're not my dad but you're helping me like he would have been," she told him as he left. Once alone, Laura asked Bianca why she didn't confide in her earlier. Being a "city girl from New York", she explained, many of her friends were gay. Bianca sat beside her and confided that she wasn't sure if everyone would be "cool with it" or treat it as a "bad disease." Laura asked if she thought that was bad and began explaining the oppression in China when Bianca interrupted and told her, "That's exactly what I'm afraid of." Laura asked what she had done and Bianca explained that her sexuality was a small part of her and that people shouldn't feel like they have to relate to "get by or relate to that in order to prove themselves" liberal and open-minded. Laura agreed that from then on, Bianca would just be "Bianca Montgomery, my friend" and that there would be no more mention of the "'G' word."
In the hunting lodge, Erica asked Dimitri if there was something wrong with her because she cared what other people thought. She explained that she "could never understand a woman who leaves her house without at least trying to look her best." Dimitri walked over, sat down and suggested that the "outside world isn't that important to everyone." Erica gloomily replied that "the bottom line is if you look a certain way or you act a certain way, or if there's something about you that people just don't like, they'll never give you another chance." Dimitri ensured her that both Edmund and himself were only thinking "bravo" to Bianca's "integrity", but Erica told him that neither of them were considering the fact that her choice did not only have ill effects on her daughter, but on herself. She decided that she may forgive Bianca for ruining her own life, but she doesn't think that she can forgive her for ruining her own. Dimitri assured Erica that neither of their lives were ruined. Erica admitted that she asked Bianca to "keep it in the family" but Dimitri told her he wasn't sure that Bianca wanted her sexuality to be the highlight of the Crystal Ball. Erica replied that this was exactly why she wanted her to stay home. He tried to persuade her that Bianca's coming out was a tribute to her because she is just like her, but Erica wasn't moved. She wished that she could have done something to help and theorizes that Bianca wanted to exact revenge on her for her sporadic involvement during her childhood, but Dimitri disagreed. She sadly explains that she is hurting too. "Look at me, Erica Kane, the woman other women want to be like. How many women, I mean how many mothers, would want to be like me now?" Erica told Dimitri that Bianca would never find the kind of love that they had and Dimitri replied that no one ever would. She asked him how they "fell apart" and Dimitri responded that it was "fate." A knock at the door interrupted them and Dimitri rose to answer the door to Edmund. He explained that he was wondering if Dimitri took Erica home yet and how she was when he suddenly noticed her sitting on the chair. Edmund apologized to Erica for what happened with Donald Steel and she forgave him. He gave Dimitri a cigar and they congratulated themselves on their "most successful year." He told Erica that it "took guts" for Bianca to do what she did and he left. Alone, Erica admitted that before Edmund interrupted them, she was foolish enough to have convinced herself that it was just the two of them, like old days. Dimitri told her that it wasn't that way anymore but Erica continued, saying that "memories linger" and that if she closed her eyes, it felt like nothing has changed at all. Erica remembered that Dimitri gave her the hunting lodge as a wedding gift and Dimitri told her that was because she is a unique and special woman. Erica let him know that everyone "pales in comparison" to him and they rose to leave. As they reached the door, Erica confided that she was grateful to him. When they left the lodge, a figure emerged from the shadows. It was Edmund, still dressed in his party attire, smoking his cigar.
Dimitri and Erica arrived home and Dimitri and Bianca embraced. He assured them that they could call him any time, night or day. Erica told Laura it was late and she quickly left. Alone, Bianca tried to talk but Erica informed her it was late and they would discuss it in the morning. Bianca reinforced the fact that nothing would change the next morning and that she would still be gay. "Must you keep saying that?" Erica asked, as she ascended the stairs to her bedroom.
The phone awakened a sleeping Tad, but when he picked it up, no one answered. Dixie appeared undisturbed, so Tad quietly crept out to the hallway. "Leslie, if this is you," he warned, "you better stop calling my house or you're going to regret it" and he hung up. He climbed back into bed and unbeknownst to her husband a previously "undisturbed" Dixie opened her eyes."
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