"Brooke searched for Edmund in the ballroom but couldn't find him. Finally he came up behind her and said he was sorry for being so preoccupied during the ball. She said they at least snuck in one dance together. Edmund proposed a toast and grabbed 2 glasses of champagne. As he lifted his glass he saw a man who had donated all the flowers for the ball and realized he hadn't yet spoken with him. He handed his glass to Brooke and excused himself. Brooke lifted the two glasses up and clinked them together in a mock toast. Across the room her son Jamie talked into a walkie-talkie, saying "It's time for Operation Slow Dance!."
Jake asked Mia to dance again but she said her ankle was not feeling up to another spin around the ballroom. Jake insisted that she stand on his feet and let him do the dancing for them. She agreed and off they went, while Leo and Greenlee danced nearby. Greenlee looked on jealously and Leo asked if she was ready to go. She said she was ready to go anywhere he wanted and they left the party. Meanwhile Mateo told Simone that it had been 2 hours since Proteus logged onto the computer site and saw that Mat had stolen money. They decided not to wait around and also left the party.
Outside Wildwind, Vanessa sat in her limo. She told Larry the driver to keep the car running and said to herself that Mateo couldn't stay at the party forever. Just then she saw Mateo and Simone come outside and she told Larry to follow Mateo at a discreet distance. They trailed Mateo to SOS, where Leo and Greenlee had also gone. Leo and Greenlee walked into SOS and began to dance. Greenlee apologized for being distracted at the ball but Leo said it was okay; a lot of people were going to try to come between them and they needed to just focus on each other. Simone and Mateo stood behind the bar and looked through the small crowd, wondering if one of the patrons was really Proteus. Vanessa strolled in and Mateo asked if she was alone, since they were getting ready to close up. Vanessa said she was looking for her son and found Leo with Greenlee. She walked over to them and said she needed to speak to Leo alone, so Greenlee went to the powder room. Vanessa told Leo that Opal overheard their conversation and knows that she was unfaithful to Palmer. Leo was not sympathetic and told her to go on home, surely she had a "plan B." Vanessa put on an act and said she just couldn't go home and she was just sure she was going to lose everything. Leo left to go outside and bring in Larry to help Vanessa back to the car. Vanessa went to the bar where Mateo stood and told him she'd been betrayed by her own son. She said she'd never felt so alone and started to cry crocodile tears. Mateo handed her his handkerchief and Vanessa told him he was a good man. Mateo said he hadn't been lately. Vanessa continued the praise, saying she'd been envious of Mateo and his marriage with Hayley. She went on and on about what a good life he has and Mateo finally spoke up and told her that he and Hayley had split up. Simone came over and put her hands on Mateo to drive home the point. Leo returned with Larry and Vanessa cried and begged Leo to talk to her. Leo refused and walked away. Vanessa sat down and said she wasn't going anywhere until she was ready. Again she told Mateo what a good man he was. Across the room Leo joined Greenlee and asked when a man could quit babysitting his own mother. He left to go call Palmer and Greenlee went to Vanessa's table to have a word with "Mommy Dearest." At the bar Simone and Mateo wondered when Proteus would make "his" move. Mat checked on Hayley and all was well with her. Greenlee told Vanessa to lay off Leo and quit doing a number on him. She told Vanessa that Leo didn't need her and that she was an embarrassment and had better back off. Greenlee marched off and joined Leo, who said Palmer told him to take care of his mother himself. Greenlee told Leo that she "handled" Vanessa and that she thinks Vanessa finally got the message. Leo said his mother doesn't take orders and won't be that easy to lose. Vanessa sat at her table looking very smug and sly. She got up and went to the bar to speak to Mateo again. She thanked him for his kindness and as she walked away she pretended to twist her ankle. Mateo offered to help her out to her limo and Simone stayed behind. At the car Vanessa poured on the charm and thanked Mateo for helping her. He walked back to SOS and Vanessa was very proud of herself, saying "He has no idea who I am!." She said she was going to milk this for all its worth and that first she'll get Mateo to really like her.
Anna went to David's cabin, where she found David slumped on the floor in very bad shape. He muttered something about doing this for her. Anna picked up the phone to call for help but David cried out that if she did she'd kill him. David admitted that he injected himself with a drug that could be a cure for a disease. "A disease that could kill you Dixie!!!" he moaned. Anna tried to help make David comfortable but he was in bad shape, and was hallucinating, thinking that Anna was Dixie. He told "Dixie" that she has the same rare, genetic disease that killed her mother and that he's been working on the cure for her. David said no one had told her about it because they were afraid to. He said Roger Smythe has the same disease and he tried to give him the drug but Roger was reckless and kept messing up. So David tested it on himself so he'd know it was safe enough to give Dixie. "I knew it! You're not Proteus!" Anna said to herself. She covered David with a blanket and said she could use this information to prove to Chris Stamp that David wasn't Proteus. David called her Dixie again and said he could save her but wanted one thing from her. Anna asked what and David said he wanted her forgiveness for how he'd hurt her. Anna avoided saying anything and fussed over him some more. He asked if his drug was safe and begged "Dixie" to forgive him. Then he cried out in pain and slumped back.
At the ball, Mia told Jake he was noble for letting her dance on his feet, and that she felt like Cinderella. Jake asked if she was tired and Mia said yes, but it was a good tired. She wondered if they could go someplace a little quieter and he agreed. But first he wanted to know if she could do anything she wanted right now, what would it be. Mia said she'd get 2 horses and ride into the sunset. Jake said he could do that and took her to the stables. He left her in the tack room to find some riding clothes while he got a horse ready for her. He called out to her that he found a very spirited one named Thunder and Mia began to get very nervous. Jake said he was bringing the horse in and to stand back, it was a lively one! Mia was terrified until Jake walked in carrying a small white kitten. Mia was thrilled to see the kitten instead of the horse and took the kitten from Jake. He told Mia how glad he was to get away from the ball and she was surprised, she thought he seemed comfortable there. Jake said a lot of people assume things about him -- he's good ol' dependable Jake, reliable Jake. He told her about bucking the system once, how he quit med school and bought a boat. He said he didn't sail around the world like he'd hoped because he was a romantic and wanted a woman to be there with him. Mia said she would've gone with him if he'd asked her. Jake asked if she was impulsive and she said yes but that he wasn't going to be able to pull her past out of her tonight. Mia told him he was spontaneous and he said he was maybe a little impulsive too, and kissed her. They kissed several more times and then Jake pulled back, telling her that he liked her. Mia said she liked him too and that maybe they could do this again sometime. Jake asked her to breakfast and off they went, including Thunder the kitten who was hidden under Mia's clothes.
In the ballroom, Brooke walked over to Jamie, Sam and Maddie. She saw Jamie talking on the walkie talkie and wondered who was on the other end. Jamie said "nobody" and just then "Gap's" voice came over the speaker. Jamie ran off, followed by the other 2 children. Brooke stood there waiting for Edmund while the children joined Phoebe (a.k.a Gap) in another room. Phoebe said it was time to get back into the dance room, it was time for "Operation Slow Dance." Jamie wheeled her back into the room. Maddie joined Brooke and they sat down. Brooke noticed Jamie talking to some of the guests and wondered what he was doing. Maddie said "Nothing!" and ran off. Edmund returned finally and Brooke told him their sons did this, cleared the ballroom. They stood there all alone and suddenly music started. Edmund said the band had left and Brooke wondered if he had arranged this. He said no but there was no sense in wasting a good song and whisked her onto the dance floor. They held each other close and swayed to the music as the children and Phoebe watched from the wings, smiling. Jamie said they looked happy and Phoebe said "They'll stay happy if it's the last thing I do in my lifetime!." She told them pile into her limo, they were all going back to her place for a sleep over. Jamie asked if his mom knew and she told him no, but Edmund did and he'd tell Brooke. They left as Brooke and Edmund shared a kiss. They glided around the dance floor, gazing into each other's eyes. They stopped and Edmund kissed Brooke and said he loved her. Brooke said she loved him too and they walked out of the ballroom with their arms wrapped around each other. When they got to the staircase, Edmund picked Brooke up and carried her to his room."
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