"Barry Shire returned to Adam's home office, where he told Adam that someone was siphoning off cash from Chandler Enterprises. Adam wondered how much and Barry said it was a significant amount but they didn't know where it was going. Adam said Liza was doing this, she was stockpiling money so she could leave him. Barry wondered why and Adam said he thought Liza and Ryan were getting back together. He said Liza was trying to ruin him so he didn't have the resources to fight for custody of Colby. Barry asked what happened between them and Adam said he didn't know but that Liza had become distant, cold and moody. Adam said his marriage was tanking just as JR came into the room. Barry left and JR asked if his father and Liza were getting divorced. Adam said no, they were just going through a rough patch. JR asked if Adam and Liza had talked about what had happened the night Mia was going to stay for dinner. Adam said no and JR told him that Liza said she knew what JR was up to and was going to bust him. Adam tried to make excuses but JR said he really thinks Liza has lost her mind. Adam told his son that he was proud of the way he'd handled himself during the past year. JR said he knows Liza doesn't want him there. Adam said JR will always have a home with him. JR was a little embarrassed and said he had homework to do and left. Adam whipped out his cell phone and said to himself "Liza damn well better have her phone turned on!."
Liza and Colby knocked on Marian and Stuart's door. Marian let them in and Stuart took Colby across the room to discuss her rock collection. Mia came in from the back of the house and Colby ran to her happily. Liza was shocked and a little angry to see her half-sister there. "Since when did all of you become so chummy?" she demanded. Colby asked Mia to teach her another song and Liza questioned her on when she'd been bonding with Colby. Mia tried to evade the questions and Marian said they'd all grown closer. Mia finally told Liza that she moved in with Marian and Stuart. Liza's cell phone rang and her mother suggested she answer it. She said her voice mail would pick it up. Mia explained why she was living there, that she had given up her apartment and job to travel with Jake and that it had fallen through. Liza asked if Mia had been living there since she'd invited her to dinner and Mia said yes and that she was going to tell her that night but "that thing with JR came up." Liza said she was ok with the living arrangements, she was just worried about them making Colby keep it a secret from her. They told her they hadn't and Liza started to cheer up. She even joked with Mia, asking her to teach Colby another song that wouldn't drive her as crazy as "Wheels on the Bus" does. Mia laughed and then realized she needed to get to work at the hospital. After she left Liza's phone rang again and this time she answered it. "What do you want Adam?" she barked. He demanded to see her at once and although she tried to put him off, Liza finally agreed to come over now. She asked her mother to watch Colby and Marian agreed but wondered if things were going well at home for Liza and Adam. Liza said they were the same as usual and left. Stuart came over and asked Marian about Liza. Marian said Liza wouldn't talk, which was strange and that she felt that something was really wrong.
As Liza walked into Adam's office at home, he was just hanging up with Barry Shire after telling him to find a paper trail for the missing money. Liza demanded to know why she had been summoned and Adam asked what had gotten into her. He commented that she seemed so unhappy and that he's been trying very hard to make her happy. Liza went off on Adam, ranting and raving mostly about JR. Adam said he didn't know who Liza was anymore and she said she didn't give a damn. Adam asked what had happened to her and she screamed "You! You are the biggest mistake of my life!" Adam was shocked speechless but then tried to defend himself. Liza told him not to try to manipulate the situation or her. He said he was just trying to find out what's going on with her. Liza blamed Adam for her outburst, saying he'd attacked her the minute she walked in the door. Adam was very confused by Liza's strange behavior. Liza went on about JR but Adam defended him, saying he'd made a lot of progress lately. Liza said yes, he's made progress hiding his rolling papers and bongs! Adam suggested that Liza needed to see a shrink and get some help. Liza screamed at him "You think I'm unstable? Why don't you look in a mirror?" She started out the door but Adam took her arm. This sent Liza into a panic attack and she broke free. JR walked in afterwards. He told his dad this was all his fault. A little later a distraught and spacey Liza showed up at the hospital demanding to see a doctor immediately.
At the hospital Brooke questioned Edmund about his decision to bring Jamie near Vanessa. Edmund apologized to Jamie, who said he was ok. Brooke took Jamie for a walk. David and Anna stood nearby and she told him that she was getting sworn in today as chief of police. As they talked Tad ran over and grabbed David by the throat and demanded to know where Dixie was. Anna broke up the two men. Tad said he went on a wild goose chase for two weeks in Europe, looking for Dixie but she wasn't anywhere she said she'd be. David said she was a grown woman and could make her own decisions. Tad asked what Dixie was trying to hide from him. David filled Tad in on what had been happening the last two weeks, that his mother was being charged with murder and that everyone in town has problems. "Dixie just happens to be yours!" David said. He also claimed that he had moved on and suggested that Tad do the same and walked away. Anna told Tad that she'd know if David knew something and that he was telling the truth. Tad didn't believe her but saw Jake and walked over to his brother. Jake told him about their father resigning and that he was now Chief of Staff at the hospital. Tad was stunned and wondered what had happened. Jake looked over at David and Tad got the message. Brooke and Jamie returned and Tad was thrilled to see his son. Jamie told him about Vanessa grabbing him and Tad asked Brooke why Jamie was playing junior reporter with her staff. Jamie piped in that Edmund isn't just staff, that his mom is going to marry him. Jake congratulated Edmund while Tad said he didn't even know they were going steady. He wished them the best. David strolled over and apologized to Jamie for his mother's actions, saying she is ill and didn't know what she was doing. Jamie said he was ok, it was just weird. David thanked him for being brave and understanding then left. Jake took Tad into his new office. Brooke lit into Edmund again for bringing Jamie "into this horror show."
In Jake's office Tad looked around and wondered where his basketball hoop was. Then he said it was like their father had never used that office. Jake wanted to tell Tad what had happened and said their father had thought this was the best way to fight David. Tad said the only reason he's at the hospital today is to find out what he can about Dixie. He asked his brother to let him get into David Hayward's patient files. Jake refused and Tad asked him to help him steal them, and promised to keep Jake's hands clean. Jake again refused and Tad started to beg and cajole, then insult Jake by saying "you're not Pop!" Tad reminded him that he'd broken rules before and Jake said he won't do it anymore. Tad yelled "We're talking about my wife here!" and Jake reminded him that Dixie is not his wife anymore, "Let her go!." This stopped Tad's tirade. Jake said he can't bend rules, not even for his brother. Tad said "you may turn out to be ok at this after all." and turned to leave. Jake told Tad to trust Dixie, that she'd call when she was ready. Tad left and Mia walked in. Jake was glad to see her and said she was the first person to walk through the door that day that didn't want something from him. She smiled and said "That's what you think!." Mia thanked him for getting her the job and the training at the hospital. He said it was the least he could do and she said she'd been too hard on him. She told him that things were turning around for her. As they called a truce Jake's phone rang and he had to leave. She stayed to make a phone call. As she spoke to Stuart to say she wouldn't be home right away she picked up a paper on Jake's desk and began to read it. What she read shocked her into silence. Stuart kept calling her name and finally she answered him, saying she had to go and hung up. She read the paper again and said to herself "How the hell could this have happened?"
Edmund and Brooke talked some more and he said he didn't know that Vanessa would break out of her room and grab Jamie. Brooke finally calmed down and then wondered if David had an ulterior motive for talking to Jamie. Across the room Anna spoke to David and wondered the same thing. He claimed that he just wanted to make sure the boy was alright but Anna thought he was just trying to stick it to Tad. David denied this and then got called away. Tad returned and spoke with Brooke and Edmund, asking them when the wedding was. They told him May and he got upset. He wondered if it was a good idea to throw the kids together that fast and said they should've talked to him about it. Edmund got defensive and said he didn't know they needed Tad's approval. Tad wondered if being told was too much to ask as Jamie returned. Jamie asked if he could spend the night with his dad and Brooke said yes. Tad and Jamie left.
Anna and David met up again and she reminded him of the swearing in ceremony. He said he'd be there and she walked away. He picked up his cell phone and made a call. "Hi, I know it's late there, can we talk?." He said "He's asking a lot of questions." Finally he ended the conversation with "I'll always cover for you Dixie." Anna stood around the corner and listened to the entire conversation."
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