"Mia and Jake sat together at a table at SOS. He apologized for having to take a call from the hospital. The waiters all gathered around their table with a large slice of chocolate cake, complete with a candle, and sang Happy Birthday to Jake. When they were done Jake informed Mia that it wasn't his birthday, which she knew already. She told him she arranged this so that he could have a wish come true. Jake was touched and amused by Mia's actions, and said the cake looked decadent and very bad for him. She told him eating the cake was probably the biggest risk he'd be taking any time soon. Jake asked if she meant that he wasn't the adventurous type but Mia said he is a dreamer. They discussed Jake's past and she asked about his marriage to Gillian. Jake said it took him a while to realize that Gillian was supposed to be with Ryan. Mia asked what Jake's plans were now and he said sometimes he just feels like he wants to run away, the hospital just gets to him. Then he said that David Hayward especially is what makes him want to run away. Mia said she knows the feeling, and talked a little bit about her relationship with Liza. She blurted out "Life really stinks!." Jake agreed but commented that sometimes it can be really beautiful too. He showed Mia a brochure of sailboats and told her he wants to buy an old boat and fix it up. Mia asked why he sold his first boat and Jake said at that time in his life he thought he should get rid of his "escape hatch." But now with the stresses at the hospital he's been thinking about finding a way to relax. Mia told him this was just a "syndrome" and wondered if he'd really quit his job and sail off with "some babe." He asked if that was really such a bad dream and Mia said it was "just a dream." Jake got a call from the hospital again and said he had to leave. Ma asked if she could hold on to the boat brochure and Jake agreed. He admitted to being a lousy date this night and asked if they could try again. She said yes and Jake asked if she really thought he was a dreamer. Mia said yes again and Jake bent down to kiss her. He left for the hospital and Mia sat at the table smiling.
Leo and Greenlee went to David's room at his request. They were a little surprised to find Anna there also. David told them about talking to Vanessa and that she agreed to get rid of Larry. Anna said that David is concerned for Vanessa's mental health. David said that when he spoke to Vanessa about Larry she actually got chocked up, like she really cared about him. Leo said this wasn't possible but Greenlee said that even she noticed how differently Vanessa has been acting lately. David said that Vanessa needed a shrink and some medication. Leo said this conversation was making him uncomfortable and got up to leave but Anna stopped him. She said the four of them had never done anything together before and offered to order room service and drinks. David thought this was a good idea too and finally Leo agreed. Anna said "Good! We'll drink, eat and talk about the mother in law!." After the room service arrived, Greenlee and Anna were talking in one part of the room while David and Leo sat on the sofa and discussed their mother. Leo believed that David had been telling many people about Vanessa needing mental help but David assured him he had only told Leo, his fiancée and Anna, "the woman I'm seeing." Leo wondered about David's future with Anna, and David admitted to wondering about that himself but hadn't come to any conclusions. Greenlee and Anna joined the men, and laughed about Vanessa cracking up.
Meanwhile in Vanessa and Palmer's suite she stopped Palmer from opening the closet where Larry's body was hidden. She put on quite an act and told Palmer she had done something really horrible. Palmer acted a bit put out and told her to get on with it. Vanessa shook as she told him she had something to confess. Palmer asked if David had done something to her and she said no, it had nothing to do with her sons. She told him that she needed to write a very large check, one for $50,000.00. Palmer asked "What the hell did you buy!?." Vanessa said it was a severance check for Larry and told Palmer that Larry wanted to blackmail her. She then explained that she had "succumbed" to Larry and said it was a compulsion she couldn't help. She begged for Palmer's forgiveness but Palmer told her to pack her things and get out. He told her to be gone by the time he returned or he'd have security throw her out. Palmer left and Vanessa shut the door behind him. She said to herself "When I want to I can get you and your checkbook back!." She went to the closet and made plans to put Larry in the trunk of her car. When she was done she went to David's room and knocked on the door. She stood in the hallway pretending panic which stopped the discussion inside. David opened the door and Vanessa blew in and then stopped short, surprised and none too pleased to see Greenlee and Anna standing there. She told them she needed to speak to her sons alone but the two women refused to leave. Vanessa told them that Palmer evicted her. "What shall I do?" she cried to David. David told her it was too late for them to help her and asked what exactly happened. She told them that she had confessed to Palmer about her indiscretion with Larry. Leo asked her what she needed from them and a very distraught Vanessa told him that she needed their help one more time. Greenlee said no way was Leo helping but David and Leo agreed to go to her suite with her. Greenlee and Anna then discussed Vanessa's predicament and the fact that she when she came into the room and saw them she went from desperate to hate in 30 seconds. Greenlee commented that she only wants her sons to herself but Anna said in spite of Vanessa they didn't turn out too badly. Greenlee said she is crazy about Leo and that Anna and David look pretty close too. Anna just smiled. The women wondered why Vanessa decided to come clean now with Palmer, when she'd never confessed any of her other affairs before.
In Vanessa's suite she asked her sons to help take her trunk down to her car. She said she packed her most prized possessions and wanted to get them out first. The two men tried to lift the trunk but couldn't. David asked "What the hell is in this? It's dead weight!." Vanessa claimed it was her ball gowns and shoes but suddenly a phone rang from inside the trunk. Leo and David stared at Vanessa, who said she must have packed her phone in one of her bags. Palmer walked in and said he'd arranged for her to move to a suite on a different floor. She refused, saying she would make arrangements with her sons. David and Leo slowly dragged the trunk out into the hallway and Vanessa followed. Palmer slammed the door shut behind her. Vanessa told her sons to be careful with the trunk, that "some of my most treasured memories are in that trunk."
At the Pine Cone Kendall came out of her room to see what all the noise was about. She found Ryan getting up out of the bushes swearing up a storm. He told her he'd seen a car coming at him and he'd jumped into the bushes and hurt his leg. Ryan looked at his destroyed motorcycle and wondered who would do this to him, who would total his bike. He told Kendall the bike was the most important thing in the world to him and she made some snide comments to him and really made him mad. He demanded that she leave him alone but she stayed by him and told him he ought to call the cops and report it so he could get the insurance money. Ryan said he was going to strangle the guy who'd done this to him. Up walked JR, who admitted that he was the one driving the car that smashed Ryan's bike. Ryan couldn't believe it! JR told him that he'd been to a party and was driving a girl named Genie home. A very drunk Genie wandered over at this moment. Kendall took one look at her and said "You've been doing Jell-O shots, haven't you?" The girl said yes and that she felt sick. Kendall took her into her room and called the girl's mother. Kendall pretended to be another girl's mother and said that Genie would be home late. Outside JR told Ryan that he's on probation and was the only kid at the party not drinking so he had driven a bunch of drunk kids home. Genie was sitting up front with him and leaned over to grab the steering wheel, which caused them to crash into Ryan's bike. JR thought he had lucked out, hitting Ryan's bike, since Ryan wasn't "a cop or an old dude who'd want to teach him a lesson." Ryan was furious but JR kept talking, and tried to get Ryan to give him a break and keep him and Genie out of this. JR offered to pay for the bike in cash and then Ryan could also file for the insurance. "Name your price, I'm Adam Chandler's kid, I'm loaded!" JR told Ryan. Ryan got in his face and said "You have no idea what my price is!." Ryan almost couldn't control his anger. Ryan listed all the reasons he ought to go to Adam while JR begged him not to. Kendall came back out and told Ryan he was acting just like everyone he said he didn't like. Ryan then agreed not to tell Adam but said that JR still had to pay for the bike, just not with "daddy's money." JR was appalled that Ryan wanted him to get a job to pay him back. Ryan said it was his way or he'd tell Adam. JR agreed and left. Ryan told Kendall he did that just so he could watch Adam Chandler's son squirm."
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