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07/20/2004



"Lily attends the ground-breaking with Jackson. He explains euphemisms to her, like saying "lost a baby" instead of "the baby died." Lily practices her speech about not liking to touch people when they offer a handshake and how she should tell people it's nice to meet them, even if they don't look good.

As Krystal comes down the stairs at Chandler Mansion, Tad appears to give her a hug. Krystal thinks from his bright mood that he must not be up to date. She informs him his sons are targeting one another and questions whether Babe is married to a drug fiend or if Jamie is a psycho stalker. Tad can't believe either son guilty. Adam steps in and stands up for JR. Tad leaves for the ground-breaking ceremony when he learns JR and Jamie are both there.

Krystal calls Adam on the carpet for his slipperiness. She accuses him of standing up for JR even though he's guilty of drugging Babe. Adam tells her he could come up with a better smoke screen than that - if he needed one that is. Krystal warns him if he's lying no one in the Chandler house will ever see Bess again. Adam tells her he wants the truth to come out as much as he does. He tries to convince her they're on the same page. Krystal is shocked when Adam hugs her. Krystal leaves for the ground breaking. Adam receives a phone call and is pleased to hear "something" happened so quickly.

JR finds Jamie at the gathering and apologizes for accusing him of drugging Babe. He wants Jamie to just admit he was off base and forget everything. Jamie tells him his peace-maker act is no more convincing than his feigned innocence. Jamie tells him the only way out is for JR to apologize to Babe and seek professional help. Babe tries to make peace between the brothers. Reggie steps in and stands up for Jamie. JR tells Reggie it's a family matter and to get lost. Tad joins the crowd and also asks Reggie to leave. Tad wants to talk to his sons alone. Reggie leaves with a parting shot that the drug dealer is naming names as the talk. JR and Jamie sling accusations at one another as Tad looks on. Tad tells both of them to shut up and listen to what they're saying. It's crazy. JR walks off angry. Jamie tells Tad a story about the look in JR's eye when he lied about leaving Jamie's new bicycle behind Tad's car when Jamie was eight. Jamie tells Tad that JR recently admitted to him that he is the one who put the bike there. Jamie continues saying that JR had the same look in his eye when he lied about the bike that he has now. "He is lying. You'll see," Jamie tells Tad.

Zach arrives at the festivities. Ryan asks whether he is crashing the party. Kendall volunteers that she invited Zach and introduces him to Bianca. Maria spots Zach's arrival and plays nervously with her necklace. Kendall thanks Zach for helping her mother. Ryan points out that Erica was tied to her bed. Zach responds that was the doctors' decision. Kendall agrees that Zach's hospitalizing Erica probably saved her life. Later, Ryan warns Kendall that Zach is not to be trusted and tells her to keep him away from Bianca. Kendall responds that Ryan lost all rights to ask anything of her when he waltzed out of her life and into Greenlee's.

Dani literally bumps into Edmund at the police station. She tells Edmund she's trying to get the lowdown on a perp. Edmund offers a little free advice. He tells her to act like she already knows everything and just get the guy to confirm her suspicions. Dani gets the info she wanted. Edmund offers her a ride to the ground-breaking so she can share the news with Reggie.

David finds Bianca before the ceremony. He tells her he can't donate tons of money right now but he can offer his medical expertise. David volunteers to oversee medical activities at the Miranda Montgomery Center. Bianca thanks him and tells him how proud Miranda would be of her honorary Uncle David right now. David tells Bianca she's too good to him as they hug while Krystal, Babe, and Bess look on.

Ryan pulls Zach to the side to ask about his obsession with the Kane women. Zach asks Ryan if he's family. Ryan tells him he's the closest thing they have and while he doesn't care what Zach does to Kendall, he better stay away from Bianca.

Jack calms Bianca's public-speaking butterflies before the dedication speech. Lily joins them and tells Bianca how sorry she is that she "lost" Miranda. Bianca takes the stage. She thanks Ryan, Kendall, Maria, Brooke, and Myrtle for volunteering to sit on the board. Bianca then delivers a heart-rending speech about how the center will give help and hope to women and children who have fallen through the cracks of our society the same way Miranda brought her hope. JR, Babe, and Bess watch from the front row as Bianca speaks. Kendall joins Bianca and hands her the spade for the ceremonial ground breaking. Kendall then takes the stage to thank the donors including JR, Palmer, Brooke, and Edmund. Bianca thanks David for coordinating the health clinic and her Uncle Jack for donating the land. Then she thanks Ryan, without whom none of this would have been possible, for donating the funds for the actual building. Kendall introduces a benefactor Bianca is not yet aware of, Zach Slater. Zach announces his donation of a week's profits from the new hotel and casino he's opening nearby. Everyone, including Bianca, questions Zach's motives.

Maria pulls Zach aside and tells him to stop insinuating his way into her life. She says she will quit the board if she has to in order to get away from him. She tells him they are as over now as they were five years ago. Ryan catches her telling Zach off and wants to know how Maria knows Zach. Maria admits to Ryan that she not only knows Zach, she loved him.

After Bianca's speech, Adam pulls JR out of the crowd to share some news with him. Lily overhears their conversation, during which JR vows to get rid of Babe and says she has "lost" Bess forever. When Lily sees Babe again, she tells her she's sorry her baby died. Bianca corrects Lily saying it was she who lost her baby, that Babe's baby is fine. Lily says she must have heard wrong.

Jamie, Reggie and Dani talk about how much they hate busting JR for drugging Babe. Dani points out he probably won't spend much time in jail with his daddy's money. Detectives crash the party. They think they're there to arrest JR. Instead the police take Jamie into custody."

- Soap Central