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08/26/2002



"At the hospital, a shocked Leo told his mother that Trey was nothing but a liar, but Nessa was unrelenting. She repeated that Trey was his brother and offered him the papers as proof. Desperate, Nessa asked Trey to tell Leo what he had just told her but he refused. Addressing Trey as "Ben", she explained to Leo what had happened all those years ago when her "youngest son" had been born. She told them that she hadn't been strong enough to convince Vanessa to keep her child but had been fortunate enough to will herself to steer Vanessa away from having an abortion. Leo became enraged and stated that Trey had stolen someone's identity and that it wouldn't put it past him to do it again. Nessa was unconvinced and offered Leo the papers again. Trey identified them as his birth certificate and the letter Jim Canyon had written to Vanessa and stated that the dates on both documents correlated. Leo threw them back and Nessa and maintained that Trey was lying but Nessa only told him to listen to his "brother." Suddenly, Leo began clapping and congratulated them on a job well done but declared that they couldn't fool him. Nessa assured him that nobody was lying and a frustrated Trey demanded that she stop trying to convince him. Leo hastily suggested that the police be involved but Trey maintained that after a childhood spent in twelve abusive foster homes, nothing could scare him. Leo replied that they all had bad childhoods and asked him to stop the "poor me" routine. Chuckling but angry, Trey explained that he had spent his whole life hating his mother and now that he had found her, he couldn't think of one good reason to join their family. "Well, I can think of ten million reasons," Leo replied. Trey stated that it wasn't about the money but Leo couldn't understand why he would impersonate a lawyer in order to approach Vanessa in the first place. Trey explained that he wouldn't have been able to have a conversation with Vanessa in her mental state but Leo wasn't buying his story. Trey couldn't admit that he didn't find the thought of having the ten million dollars appealing but maintained that Vanessa owed him for what she had done to him. He asked Leo why he was searching for the money and Leo replied that he only wanted to return it to the police and take Greenlee to Paris. Trey scoffed and stated that when it came to money, they were very much alike. He told Leo to "get in line" because Vanessa owed him "ten times more" than anything Leo thought he should get. Interrupting, Nessa told them they both deserved whatever Vanessa took from them and stated that she would give the money to them to be shared any way they preferred. "If I knew where it was!" she exclaimed. Leo suggested that she did know but Nessa maintained that she didn't. He refused to allow Trey to be alone with Nessa in case he "tortured" her for the money but Trey only scoffed at the idea. "Unless of course you want to have a big temper tantrum to your long-lost mother," Leo dryly stated. Nessa begged Leo to listen to his "brother" but a frustrated Trey threw up his hands and stormed out of the room.

In the chapel, Anna and David congratulated Edmund and Brooke on their marriage and wished them all the best. Edmund commented to David that there was "nothing like second chances" and David agreed. The pair left the chapel and, once in the hallway, Anna asked David what Edmund had been referencing to. David explained that he had only spoken with Edmund before the wedding to wish him luck but Anna was suspicious. David asked why it was hard to believe that he had wished luck to a husband-to-be on his wedding day and confided that their vows had reminded him of theirs. Anna chuckled and asked if that meant that the "honeymoon (wasn't) over yet" and hugged him. David suggested they leave the party and she meet him a little later on at the Valley Inn so he could prove it to her. She agreed and David left to pack. Maggie rushed in shortly after and asked Anna why she had seen David running towards the parking lot. Anna explained that they were going away and Maggie wondered if she had told him about her pregnancy. Anna whispered that she hadn't and, as Maggie took her hand, she hoped that everything would go well when he found out because "so much (was) at stake."

Joe and Tad approached the newlyweds and congratulated them. Tad extended his hand to Edmund as he wished him luck and Edmund happily shook it. He told Brooke that he had never seen her glowing like that before and Brooke stated that he could "blame it on (her) husband." Joe and Tad departed and, once alone, Edmund and Brooke embraced. They vowed to be happy for the rest of their lives and to never let anything pull them apart.

In the mausoleum, Maria rose to see Maddie and asked her why she thought she was her mother. "Because you are," Maddie replied, obviously confused. Crying, Maria showed her the picture and asked her if she knew what it was. "Mommy, stop fooling," Maddie stated. "That's you and that's me when I was a tiny baby." Confused, she told Maria that her father was wrong about her going to heaven and stated that she wasn't invisible, because she could see her. Teary, Maria replied that she was the one who looked like an angel. Maddie grasped Maria's hand and pulled her out to see her father. Maria pulled back and stated that she didn't even know her name. "Stop fooling, Mommy, I'm Maddie, silly," she declared, as she went off in search of Edmund. Alone, Maria clutched the picture and suddenly had a flashback from the night of the plane crash. "You really are mine," she cried, as she looked up and saw the tomb of Maria Santos Grey. Maria sat as she looked at her tomb and expressed her confusion. "I took you away from your children and then I come back and find my child here," she whispered. Suddenly, she heard someone at the door and quickly hid. She watched as Isabella walked in with flowers and whispered to Maria's tomb that she had to visit her on this day. As Isabella spoke, Maria remembered her conversation with David when he explained how she had run "Maria Grey" off the road and killed her in a jealous rage. Isabella suddenly exclaimed that she shouldn't have let her go off on "that plane that killed (her)" and a crying Maria became confused. Her mother explained that she was thankful for her sisters and her brother and described the "hollow part of (her) heart" that formed when her first-born was killed.

Alone in the chapel, the priest approached Brooke and congratulated them on their wedding. He told her that their love was evident through their vows and that they would help each other mend from the heartaches experienced in their pasts. Edmund walked in and the priest repeated the sentiment, telling them that nothing would ever ruin their love for each other.

Outside in the hallway, Tad assured his father that the words he had said to Brooke and Edmund were sincere but Joe was unconvinced. Tad ensured that he wouldn't interfere with their happiness and claimed that the fax he gave to Brooke on Maureen Gorman was the one thing that allowed the wedding to happen. "What do you know about her?" Anna asked, as she approached the pair. Curious, Tad wondered what she knew but all Anna would say was that she was involved in a police investigation. She confessed that she didn't know much about her and asked Tad to share any information with her. He declared that she was a hospital worker from Nevada who had been singled out as a match for Enzo Santos. Tad asked Anna for her information but Anna refused to divulge the police case and quickly hurried out of the chapel hall. Alone, Joe advised Tad to not breathe a word of this to Brooke or Edmund and Tad agreed that he wouldn't. However, he felt it was his duty to find out why a woman from the "middle of nowhere" was the subject of a police investigation in Pine Valley. Joe demanded that he mind his own business but Tad remained silent. Suddenly, he stated that he was going somewhere and, upon seeing Joe's worried look, he assured him that he was only going to the bathroom. He asked his father if he wanted to "stand guard" but Joe only shook his head and left.

At the Valley Inn, David left a message for Maria on her voicemail. He declared that getting out of town was the wisest choice for her and asked her to call him once she got in. David assured her that he would live up to his end of the bargain and that he would somehow arrange for her to see her daughter.

Anna arrived home as David was packing his bags. She explained that she had stopped to say goodbye to Maggie then had spoken with Tad. David asked why she wasted their time by speaking with Tad but Anna asked him if he hadn't said earlier that they had the rest of their lives. "If I have anything to do with it," he chuckled, but Anna remained silent. Suspicious, David asked him what was going on and remembered her speaking with Maggie about test results. Beaming, David asked his wife if she was pregnant.

Alone again, Edmund and Brooke embraced and vowed that they would love each other forever. Edmund whispered in his new wife's ear that nothing could happen that would ever make him stop loving her and the pair kissed. Suddenly, an excited Maddie ran in and exclaimed that "she (was) there!" An ashen Brooke looked on as Maddie explained that "it (had) finally happened" and that she had just been with her mother. Edmund knelt down and explained that it couldn't have been her mother because she had passed on and was invisible. Brooke looked horrified as Maddie grabbed Edmund's hand and urged him to go with her. Edmund assured her that she was overexcited and was imagining things but Maddie wouldn't let up. Finally, Brooke exclaimed to Edmund that he had to stop. Edmund whispered to Maddie to go join the party and assured her that they would talk about Maria later. Alone, Edmund apologized to Brooke for his daughter's overactive imagination and assured her that Maddie was excited about calling her "Mommy." Brooke suddenly became quiet and confided to Edmund that Maddie's imagination had nothing to do with what she saw. She explained to a confused Edmund that Maria was still alive."

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