"As Maria dispels any thoughts of a reunion in Zach's office, Edmund listens from the hall. She reiterates that they are over for good and storms out. A few moments later, Edmund joins a surprised Zach. Zach, clearly rattled, tries to play it cool and offers Edmund a drink. However, the only one Edmund is interested in is the truth - straight up.
Edmund purports that he is there representing Tempo, and he wants to know why, if Zach wants to keep a low profile, he has so many involvements in the community (i.e. the women and children's center). Zach assures Edmund that there is no story and that he is simply trying to do some good while in the area. Edmund thinks there is more to the story and tells Zach the readers of Tempo would be interested to learn all about the real Zach Slater - the one from 10 years ago, before he won his first casino and struck it big.
Zach tries to peddle his pre-fabricated bio and feed that to Edmund as gospel truth, but Edmund will have none of it. Zach tells Edmund that he has his facts wrong - and Edmund shoots back that Zach should take the opportunity to set the record straight. One way or another, Edmund promises that he will get at the truth. Zach tells him that if he keeps pushing, some people will be in danger. Edmund inquires as to whether that was a threat and Zach clears up his intentions by saying he doesn't believe in threats. Edmund, not believing in threats either, takes his leave.
Over at Wildwind, Maria enlists Anita's help in setting up a surprise romantic dinner for Edmund. Curious as to what inspired her, Maria tells Anita that she had a weak moment, but that she was more determined than ever to not let anything ruin her marriage. Anita, positive that nothing could affect the bond that Maria and Edmund share, tells her sister that she knows all she wants to do is love her husband.
Anita goes on to confess that she had the "bossy sister-in-law" talk with Edmund, in which she tried to convince him that his ego was the only thing getting in the way of regaining intimacy with his wife. Maria asks how he responded, and Anita says she thinks he is ready to forge ahead. Just as Maria comments that she is willing to do anything to save her marriage, Edmund comes into the courtyard behind them.
After Anita leaves, Maria puts on some romantic music in an attempt to set the mood. She makes her move by reminding him of a happier time when they first heard the current selection. Edmund takes in the scene, but seems unimpressed. He tells her that he has an assignment that he is working on for Tempo, and blows her off with the promise of a rain check.
Back at his office, Zach stares wistfully at the painting Maria had created for him, and hears her voice from those times telling him that he was all she needed.
At the Valley Inn, Bobby meets with Kendall one more time. He tells her that the deal is off - he will not be seducing Greenlee. Both Greenlee and his marriage are worthy of too much respect for that. He confesses that he lied so that he could get the money - but that as soon as his investment comes through, he will pay her back. Kendall, not one to back down so easily, hands him an envelope filled with pictures taken of his meeting with Greenlee. She threatens to send them to Anita because his rocky marriage is not her concern - revenge is.
At first, Kendall believes she is about to reel him back in as Bobby protests by saying the pictures don't show anything. Kendall's confidence and contentment is quickly shot down as Bobby tells her to go to hell. He says that he could show the pictures to Anita himself and then she would be alone and out of luck, which is the story of her life. He takes the photos and leaves Kendall steeped in defeat.
Krystal makes an attempt to fire Beverly (the nanny) but JR interrupts and just about pops an artery over her actions. He dismisses Beverly so that he can talk privately with Krystal. Once she has left the room, JR tells Krystal that neither she nor Babe has the authority to hire or fire staff in the Chandler mansion. Krystal informs him that she was acting on Babe's behalf, but JR insists that Babe should have run it by him.
Krystal assumed that as family, his approval or permission was not necessary. Further, she wants to know why JR seems so fond of a nanny who (to Krystal) doesn't seem to have any maternal instincts. She asks JR if his intention is to interfere with any natural mother/daughter bonding. JR realizes that if he doesn't backpedal soon, Krystal will get too close to the truth - and he apologizes. Krystal doesn't really believe him but JR tries to convince her that he really is sorry and that he overreacted. Krystal responds by saying that whenever something nasty pops out of someone's mouth, there is always a bit of truth in there. She wants to know JR's truth.
JR tells her that because the Chandlers are high profile, it's always good to have extra protection for his family. He points to Bianca's kidnapping of MiraBess, as well as the "abduction" in the park a few weeks ago as prime examples. Krystal, immediately in protective Mom mode, wants to know if he is blaming Babe for those incidents. JR assures her that he doesn't blame Babe - only that they merely illustrate the need.
He then tells her that David had been hiding in the tunnels and had revealed himself the other day in their bedroom. He tells her that he found blankets, pillows and Lucretia's leftovers in David's wake. He knows that "someone" had to help him. Krystal knows she is caught, and waits to see what comes next. JR just asks that she cut him a break - and Krystal tells him that as long as it's clear that Babe gives orders to the nanny and not the other way around, everything should be fine. She then leaves JR alone in the study.
Later, as JR consults with Beverly again, he doubles her pay and reinforces that she reports only to him. They are interrupted by Kendall storming into the room. Beverly is dismissed once again, and Kendall declares that she needs something to take the edge off because her plans to destroy Ryan hit a wall. JR attempts to help by laying a kiss on her. Kendall is appreciative, but says that while he is tempting - he is really more of a distraction. She pours them drinks as he dispenses advice she gave him a long time ago: If you want it, plow right through the wall. They both cackle and toast.
Up at David's cabin, Babe's arrival interrupts a mystery person putting something in David's decanter. She calls out to him, and from the bathroom David asks the visitor to identify him or herself. Babe calls back to him, and David emerges a few moments later in a robe. Babe immediately tries to get to the point. She says that she is there to make things right between them - but David doesn't believe her, since she said that he wasn't her father anymore.
Babe admits that she was angry, but she didn't mean it. She came over to see if JR's visit did any good in swaying David to their side. David calls her bluff and states that she really just fishing to see if she can get information about what happened between him and JR. David thinks that Babe is starting to believe that Jamie is innocent, while JR is not as innocent as he is trying to make her believe.
Babe tells David that she wants him to stop stirring up trouble, but David counters that he wouldn't be successful if JR's love is as solid as she'd like to believe. He tells her that incidents like him making her out to be a bad parent at the ER should also be shaking her faith, but Babe is still in complete denial. He tells her that she can believe he is lying if she wants, but that she could check with Maria. Maria was in the ER and present when JR came in and can back up his story. Maria has no reason to lie to Babe, so she can believe what Maria has to say.
Babe steps out on the deck for some fresh air. David goes to fix a drink and asks her if she wants one. She tells him that she doesn't drink when she's driving, and pride registers on David's face. He joins her and they continue to go back and forth about JR's true intentions. Exasperated at David's unrelenting suspicions of her husband, Babe stalks into the living room. Following, David listens and takes a drink.
He pauses before swallowing, and realizes there is something in his drink. He spits it out and Babe gets him some water. He tells her that someone poisoned his drink. He lucked out because they put too much in it and he can taste it. He looks on the desk, and realizes that it was the castration drug that he created for Michael Cambias that was used.
David immediately assumes that JR is the culprit because he was the last person there before her. Of course Babe tells David that he is crazy, and says that perhaps David staged the whole thing so he could use it as something else against JR. David admits that would make sense if he knew that she was coming (which he didn't). He also tells her that if he knew there was something in the decanter, he wouldn't have offered her a drink.
Trying once again to create doubt in her mind, David asks if Babe and JR have been fighting at all lately. He says that newlyweds always fight, and with the added pressure of parenthood - they should have had a few instances where they were at each other's throats. Babe admits that they haven't fought in a long time - that JR has been nothing but sweet and loving to her. He tells her that if JR is being sweet, that means she is in trouble.
He tells her to go home and ask JR if he was the one that poisoned David's drink. If he flips out and hits the roof, he's innocent. If, however, he plays the role of the wounded puppy dog, watch out. Babe still thinks he's crazy.
The mystery person is revealed as a woman on Zach's payroll. At his office, he asks her if David enjoyed his cocktail - but she reports that she failed because he caught on and spit the drink out.
Tad and Jamie break the news to Derek that Jamie wants to pretend to jump bail so that he will be put back in jail. Jamie tells him that he can deliver a solid case for the state but Derek worries that something will happen to Jamie before he is successful. He informs Jamie and Tad that while Seth may seem like a lazy rich boy, he has a violent record including an assault with a deadly weapon while in juvenile hall. This worries Tad but he sticks by his word to support Jamie's choice.
Jamie tells Derek that Lily overheard JR say to Adam that he would do whatever it takes to get Babe out of his life for good. Derek is skeptical because he doesn't believe the word of an autistic woman would be believable. Knowing that they couldn't get a more reliable witness, Jamie simply tells him that her words create enough of a reason to put him in jail with Seth to see what Seth will give up. He knows that if he is convicted of the drug charges, he will end up in prison anyway - so he wants to take his chances with Seth now. Derek isn't sure it will work but agrees to run it by the DA's office and makes a call.
A few minutes later, Derek comes back with the news that the DA's office will go along with the plan, but that Jamie will have to sign a number of waivers to keep them blameless should anything happen. Jamie agrees and goes to pack some things to make his violation seem real.
The doorbell rings and Tad finds Krystal on the other side. With the door blocking Derek, Tad tells her that if she is just there to sing JR's praises again, now is not the time. To the contrary, she tells him that she is scared that he is right about JR. He lets her in and, seeing Derek, wants to know what's going on. Tad fills her in on the plan, and Jamie and Derek go to leave. Krystal, now in the know, goes to leave as well. Before she does, Tad stops her and warns her not to let JR know anything about the plan.
At the study in the Chandler mansion, JR makes Kendall's day by showing her papers that will most certainly screw Ryan over.
Zach pulls something out of his coat pocket and says aloud, "Don't worry - I haven't forgotten why I'm here. I was wrong to abandon you but I will put it right.""
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