"Tad returned to his office and asked for his phone messages. Scott reminded Tad that he isn't his personal secretary, but hinted that any messages should be on his desk. Tad was mildly miffed that no one had contacted him about his lost and found ad. Liza happened to return to her office and heard only a few words of Tad and Scott's discussion. She asked Tad if he'd been placing personal ads in the paper. The two jokingly too swipes at each other before Tad told Liza about the lost locket. The talk soon returned to business, with Liza telling Tad that one of their guests had suddenly cancelled on them. The trio headed towards the stage. Once the coast was clear, Joy entered the office and rifled through Tad's jacket in a desperate search for her locket. She found it, but she was forced to cut her search short when Scott returned to the office. Joy turned her back so that Scott couldn't see her face and pretended to be a messenger. Scott left the room to find Tad, but Joy wasn't going to stick around until he returned. On her way out, Joy dropped the locket. Tad told Scott that he hadn't sent for a messenger. When they returned to the office, Tad saw the locket on the ground. He asked Scott for a description of the "messenger." Joy's baggy clothing coupled with the fact that Scott hadn't seen her face, led Scott to conclude that the messenger was a male.
Allie offered Jake support to help him deal with being assigned to the hospital's most difficult patient---Adam. Adam wasn't pleased that Jake would be taking care of him and demanded that he be assigned a "real doctor." Jake assured Adam that he was competent and that he only wanted to take his blood pressure. The argument seeped out of the room and could be heard in the hallway. David followed the trail of raised voices to the room and asked what was going on. Adam told David that he disapproved of having Jake as his doctor. David defended Jake, saying that Dr. Shimatori wouldn't have put Jake on the case if he weren't qualified. Jake stepped out of the room. Now Adam had a gripe with David's presence. Adam pointed out that he was having neurological problems and that there was nothing wrong with his heart. David explained that Adam's continued outbursts put a strain on his entire body. Following up on his brief chat with Ruth, David asked Adam why he disliked Jake so much. Adam informed him that Jake had tried to steal his wife. David understood Adam's situation and commented that there was no way he'd let a man run off with the woman he loves.
From his hospital bed, Adam placed a call to WRCW to speak to Liza. Tad tried to tell Adam that Liza wasn't in, but Adam could overhear Liza's voice in the background. Liza agreed to take the call and was probably surprised by the way the call went. Adam didn't beg her for forgiveness or yell at her for deserting him. Instead he told her that he was in the hospital. Liza was concerned that he'd suffered another attack, but Adam informed her that he was just having some tests performed. Why place the call? Adam claimed that he wanted Liza to know where he could be reached if she needed any divorce-related papers signed. Liza appeared to want to talk more, but Adam hung up the phone before she could say anything. Tad could detect the concern in Liza's eyes. Liza denied that she was still hung up on Adam, but Tad... well Tad just knew better. Liza tried to take the heat off of herself, so she asked Tad several questions about his mysterious locket. Tad told her that a woman dropped it on his lawn. Liza wondered what kind of woman would traipse around on private property in the middle of the night---in a gown nonetheless! She mused that the woman might have been an alien who wanted to take Tad back to the mothership. That, she chuckled, could lead to the topic for a future Cutting Edge: Talk show hosts who've been abducted by aliens! Tad's face became serious. He told Liza that the woman he saw had taken his breath away. Then he told her that he wouldn't say another word about his mystery woman until she admits that she still loves Adam.
Edmund summoned Rodney, Tempo's head investigative reporter, to his office to get an update on his investigation into Jim's past. There really wasn't all that much to discuss. Rodney handed over a file folder with only a few sheets of paper inside. Rodney told him that hardly anyone had ever heard of Jim. Sure, there were a few companies that had employed him... but that was about it. Oddly, there was a several year gap in the records. It was almost as if Jim had disappeared for a few years. Frustrated by the lack of information, Edmund vented on poor Rodney. He ordered him to get back on the case and find more dirt on Mr. Thomasen. A few minutes after Rodney left, Jim showed up in Edmund's office. Jim told Edmund that he hadn't heard from Brooke since she left for Boston and that he'd become worried. Edmund told Jim that he was worried about Brooke too. Not for the same reasons, though. Edmund came right out and said that he doesn't trust Jim. Jim was totally caught off guard when Edmund flashed Rodney's report in front of him. "You had me investigated?" Jim squawked. In Jim's mind that secret investigation signaled that Edmund thinks he's a criminal. Jim had a quick explanation for the missing years in the report---he was in Central and South America on top-secret business. Jim's story was filled with a great deal of vague details. Every time Edmund asked a question, Jim claimed that he couldn't give any answers because of the clandestine nature of his assignment. The person or persons who hired him procured the photos he'd taken. Even his bosses' names were shrouded in mystery. His mission, he said, was to document the various sides of the wars in Central America. He also hinted that he didn't always work for the good guys. Edmund told him that Trevor had worked as a mercenary in Latin America during the same timeframe, so he could ask Trevor for information. If the comment was an effort to cause Jim to crack, the man didn't flinch. Suddenly, Jim figured out why Edmund was so hell-bent on making him into the bag guy. Edmund, he said, was still ticked off that he had been the one to spend the final moments of Maria's life with her. He made subtle insinuations that Edmund wasn't there for his wife in her time of need. As the two men squabbled, Brooke entered the office and demanded to know what the two were fighting about.
Dimitri thanked Gloria for saving his life and that her actions proved that she still loved him. In a frigid display, Gloria told her soon-to-be ex-husband that her actions had nothing to do with her feelings. She nonchalantly shrugged her shoulders as she told Dimitri that she was just doing her job. She added that she doesn't believe she ever really loved Dimitri. The remark cut like a thousand daggers. Dimitri called his love for Gloria the "finest part" of his life. He begged for her forgiveness and a second chance to prove that he still loves her. Gloria didn't honor either of his requests. She actually smiled and let out a slight laugh as she told Dimitri that their relationship had already had too many chances. Dimitri trumpeted a new found mentality and declared that he could change. Gloria didn't even offer a response. She told Dimitri that she wasn't there to accept apologies or trade barbs; She wanted to say goodbye. Dimitri knew that something was amiss. He told her that Pine Valley was her home. Gloria, however, stated that she'd never really made a home in Pine Valley---or at least not the kind of home that she wanted for herself. She told Dimitri that she'd have her lawyers send him the divorce papers. Her hand shook as she removed her wedding ring and placed it in Dimitri's hand. Tears welled in Dimitri's eyes, but he bit his lip to prevent himself from crying. Gloria wasn't as emotional. She stood tall as the weight that had rested on her shoulders finally was lifted. She turned and walked away.
Joy stalked the halls of Pine Valley Hospital in search of Adam's room. Adam was in a deep sleep and didn't even know that Jake was in his room checking his vital signs. Jake left the room and tracked down Allie. The two headed for a coffeebreak and discussed their relationship. Both wondered if they'd ever have a real date. With no one around to see him, David slipped into Adam's room. He hovered over Adam's bed with a syringe in his hand. He carefully injected an unknown substance into Adam's bag. Then he slipped out of the room unnoticed. In his dreams, Adam again saw Joy lying in a coffin. He woke from his sleep and looked out the window. There he saw Joy, standing in her familiar white gown. He begged her not to leave, but once again she vanished into thin air. Beads of sweat formed on Adam's brow as his breathing became erratic. His bedside monitors beeped rapidly and the alarms went off as his heart monitor started to flat-line."
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