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06/17/2004



"As David yells into the phone to have the DNA results rushed, JR hurries in (accompanied by Maria) with "Bess", thinking there is something wrong because her breathing sounded funny. David, knowing the baby is really Miranda, is concerned that something may be seriously wrong. However, JR doesn't want David anywhere near "his daughter", and basically ignores him.

After questioning him about the night's events, Maria tells him that what JR was hearing was just her formula going through her system - but to reassure him, they could do a full work-up. While Maria is looking over the baby, JR confesses that he thinks he sounds silly. Maria tells him it's all a part of being a new dad.

With David still listening, she goes on to talk to him about a parenting class that he and Babe could take. JR tells her that he heard about that. David accuses JR of getting rid of the pamphlet, but JR admits that Babe said that they didn't need the class - that if a cat could raise a litter, she could raise one human being. He also mentions that he's worried because Krystal and Babe had it hard when Babe is growing up. JR gives the impression that he's worried Babe's life experience won't be able to help. David has another outburst where he asks if JR is suggesting Babe is a bad mother.

Enraged, JR launches into David once again, and finally Maria makes David leave the room. After he does, JR backs off his insinuations and says that all 3 of them are fine. As JR goes to leave, David meets him in the hall and demands that he take the best care of the baby. JR shoots back that David needs to stay away from his family and walks away. David's phone rings and he asks if the results have been finalized.

Jamie, Maggie, Bianca and Babe return to Jamie and Maggie's apartment, and Babe suggests that they play the game "I Never": you say a phrase that begins with "I never." If you haven't done it, you don't drink - but if you have done it, you have to drink. It takes a few minutes for Bianca to "get it" but once she does, she's ready to go.

They play for a while, and Bianca hasn't had as much to drink at the rest of them. Maggie is bound and determined to find out what Bianca has done. Jamie tells them they need to get the game out of the 3rd grade - and that he has an "I never" that will rock their worlds.

Jamie says, "I never lied to my best friend." He and Babe drink right off the bat, although Babe did so a little hesitantly. Bianca says that she never did and asks Maggie if she had. Slowly, Maggie takes a drink. Stunned, Bianca asks Maggie when she lied to her, and what it is that she doesn't know.

Meanwhile, in Vegas, Zach demands that his employee find out where Ryan has Erica hidden.

Over at the hotel, Kendall awakens from a dream of Ryan to realize that he's not really there. Practicing her newfound patience, she acknowledges that Ryan first has to save Erica - and then he can save her.

At that moment, Ryan and Erica are returning to her room, and Erica wants to have a nightcap. Ryan declines and tries to leave. Erica tells him that he can't leave - if he does, she will be lost. Wanting know what she means, Ryan waits for her to continue. Erica explains that she needs him to help her plan her new life - and stay on in the role of her confidante. She compares herself to a Native American tribe that burned down everything they owned and had built every year so they could move to a new place and attempt to start all over. Ryan notes that she can't really do that because she still has ties to people who love her, but Erica doesn't want to acknowledge that.

Slightly frustrated, Ryan tries to leave, encouraging her to get some sleep. Erica says, once again, that Ryan can't leave her - but this time says that if he does, "he" will come back. Confused, Ryan asks whom she is talking about - and Erica admits she is talking about her father. Ryan believes he understands and tries to be helpful by saying that her feelings are understandable because her father recently died. Erica says that her father is haunting her no matter what she tries. He isn't listening now - and that's no different than when she was a little girl.

She goes on to say that her father called her a fraud - and that she believes her father was one as well. Ryan admits that he thought that her father was a successful director. Erica agrees, but says that he was a miserable human being. Her father also told her that all of her relationships fail because she is completely unlovable - right down to her core.

Ryan, disturbed that a father could say such things to his daughter, promises that he will help Erica send her father back to hell. For the moment, Ryan just wanted her to sleep - and he said he would stay until she did.

Later, Ryan finally returns to his room. Kendall is still there and waiting to talk to him. Ryan's tired, and he wants Kendall to hurry up and tell him what she needs to so that she can go home.

She says that she will never tell what she overheard while hiding out in the trunk. While she's a slow learner, she finally gets it: he's a good man, and he's always taking care of people. He took care of her all this time, and he married Greenlee for the same reason. She, however, isn't as good of a woman, and she learned all of this too late. She thanks him for letting her be a part of his life. After a moment, Ryan tells her that if she thinks that he married Greenlee to give back Fusion and to hurt her, she doesn't know the half of it.

He says that he married Greenlee to protect himself from her. According to his view, Kendall brings nothing but chaos to every situation and he can't allow that in his life again. He had to live with it when he was growing up with the only father he knew - and he is not willing to repeat history. He says that the only future he and Kendall could have is not one that he wants - and that he married Greenlee for the peace it brings.

Kendall says that she is a lot like Erica but that she can stop herself from wreaking that level of chaos. She says there is no one in the world for her but him. Kendall makes Ryan an offer: What if he can have everything that he wants - Greenlee and Kendall?

Across the hall, Erica is running around the room trying to get away from "him." Everywhere she turns, every door she opens - "he" is there. At the final turn, "he" is revealed to be Zach, and then Erica wakes up.

Zach's employee returns and tells him that they found out where Ryan hid Erica. Incensed because it took so long, Zach tells him to find a way to bug the room - he wants to hear every word.

At Tempo, Edmund is on a rampage about how people are treating him on his first day back. He starts talking about how people - like the secretary and the ad department - should be fired for walking on eggshells around him. He doesn't think it's necessary because he hasn't changed. Brooke adds herself to the list because she isn't exactly sure how she should act either.

Frustrated, Edmund thinks that everyone needs to go if they can't handle how he is now - or maybe he should be the one to go. Adam walks into the middle of the open fire and tells Edmund that he owes Brooke an apology. Adam tells him that life is tough and that he caught a hard break that landed him in the wheelchair, but that fact doesn't give him a ticket to use Brooke as an emotional punching bag. Not wanting to hear any of it, Edmund takes off.

Brooke starts to chastise Adam, but he points out that he was only doing exactly what Edmund asked - and he did it first. To smooth over the situation, Adam asks if she would like to go get some coffee with him. Suspicious, Brook asks why - and Adam confesses that since his legacy (Chandler Enterprises) had been taken away, he was thinking of delving into philanthropy and needs her help. Brooke isn't convinced and thinks a plot is brewing.

She ends up taking a rain check because she has too much work to do at the magazine. She is willing to help him with his new "endeavor", but not tonight, and takes her leave.

Edmund returns a few minutes later, fully expecting Adam to leave - but Adam isn't done. He tells Edmund that he, having been in Edmund's place once, knows how frustrating it is. He is willing to bet that the most frustrating thing is that he has this beautiful and vibrant wife that he can't fully appreciate. Adam strongly suggests that he get a solid lock on his wife and hide the key. By the time Maria shows up to pick him up. Edmund is cold and distant - but he won't tell her why."

- Soap Central