"A new day meant yet another day in Brooke's ongoing trial. Tad showed up at Brooke's house hoping to give her a last minute pep talk before heading off to the courthouse. Instead of being greeted by his ex-wife, Dimitri was the one to appear at the door. Dimitri looked at Tad's still bruised face and asked him what happened. Tad simply remarked that Dimitri needs to watch the news more often. Tad quickly forgot about Dimitri and called out to Brooke. "She's not here," Dimitri replied. A puzzled look crept across Tad's face. Brooke had to be there---she was due in court in a little over an hour. Tad slowly became aware of the fact that Brooke---with Jamie by her side---had left the country. Tad was furious and concerned all at the same time. He blasted Dimitri for having a negative influence on Brooke. If Brooke didn't appear in court, Tad knew that her chances for acquittal would drop to zero. Dimitri insisted that Brooke already had nearly no chance of being acquitted. He pointed to the countless number of newspaper articles and television reports on the case. Tad told Dimitri that the media puts whatever spin is needed on case in order to sell papers or boost ratings. Tad called Dimitri "so damned selfish" for not thinking about what would happen to Brooke and Jamie by having them flee. Tad demanded to know where his son was. He threatened to beat Dimitri "half to death" if that was what it would take to find out where Brooke had gone. Dixie entered the house and demanded to know what was going on. Dimitri, still yelling, told Dixie that it was nice to see her again. It was a far cry from what one might consider a warm hello. Dixie wasn't taken in by the niceties. She knew that Dimitri must be causing trouble and asked Tad what was going on. Tad told Dixie about Dimitri's role in Jamie and Brooke's disappearance. The more Tad went on about the troubles that his son could face, the more furious Tad became. Dixie tried to calm Tad down, but it didn't do much good---and Dimitri's arrogance didn't make things any better. Tad ultimately tried to beat the information out of Dimitri. He clocked him with two good blows, but Tad went to the well one to many times and by the third shot, Dimitri was waiting for him. He grabbed Tad's arm, twisted it behind his back, and shoved him to the sofa. Dixie stood by helplessly. Dimitri might have clobbered Tad had the phone not begun ringing. Dimitri dashed across the room to answer the phone. On the other end was Brooke, presumably with news about her location. "The pilot confirmed that?" Dimitri asked her. Tad yanked the phone away from Dimitri and urged Brooke to return home. Brooke responded by hanging up on him. Dimitri told Tad that by hanging up on him, Brooke was trying to "protect" him. The fewer people that know where Brooke is, Dimitri said, the better. Dimitri left without saying another word. Dixie did her best to assure Tad that he'd see Jamie again. Since Brooke was the fugitive, Jamie could return home for visits. Tad disagreed. He told Dixie that Jamie would never leave Brooke's side because that would mean that she'd be alone. And Tad wasn't thrilled by the idea of having to leave the country in order to spend time with Jamie. "He's like my heartbeat," Tad said. Tad feared that Jamie's life would crumble by being on the run. Dixie agreed that it would be best for everyone if Brooke returned to Pine Valley. What they needed, she said, was "wiggle room." "Wiggle room?" Tad quipped. "You've been in Pigeon Hollow too long!" Dixie agreed to help Tad in his plan to get Jamie back in town. Tad had asked her if she was doing it for him. "Let's just say that I would do anything for Jamie Martin," Dixie replied. The two shook hands to seal their pact. They weren't sure how they'd do it, but they knew that they had to act fast. Tad told Dixie that he was going to buy them some "wiggle room." He instructed Dixie to stay put and to tell anyone who asked that Brooke was "indisposed."
Jake told Ryan that Gillian had just gotten out of surgery. The surgeon had to repair damage to one of Gillian's kidneys. Jake also told Ryan that Gillian had lost a lot of blood---too much blood. Ryan was permitted to sit with Gillian for a while. He sat by her bedside and showed a surprisingly sensitive side. "It's weird, you being so quiet," Ryan said with a slight smile. "I was just getting used to you." Ryan wondered if his wife could hear him. He took her hand and gently caressed it, but there was no indication that Gillian knew that he was there. Ryan told Gillian that he needs her and encouraged her to keep fighting. Ryan was nearly crying before he decided to step out of the room for a few minutes. When the door closed behind him, Gillian's mouth began to quiver. "Ryan?" she called out. She repeated Ryan's name several more times, but Ryan was not there to hear it.
Marian sat by Liza's bed telling her daughter how glad she was that she hadn't been killed in the explosion. Liza slept peacefully, unaware that her mother was by her side. Marian was nearing tears and decided that it might be best for her to get some fresh air. Soon after Marian left, Adam entered the room. "Stuart was right," Adam said barely above a whisper. "I never should have let you go." Adam began poking around Liza's room and started to look over her medical file. Silence---or at least quietness---was not one of Adam's better traits. He created such a ruckus that Liza woke from her sleep and caught sight of Adam reading her medical records. Her voice weaker than normal, Liza called out for a nurse. Liza didn't appear to be really interested in getting a nurse into the room. It seemed more like a continuation of their sassy, teasing, and difficult relationship. Adam was so overcome to hear Liza's voice that he hopped onto the bed and gave Liza a big hug. Stunned, the priceless look of bewilderment on Liza's face showed that she could do little more than wonder what the heck had gotten into Adam! Liza told Adam that he was embarrassing himself and asked him to stop squeezing her. Liza looked around and wasn't quite sure where she was. She figured that she was in the hospital, but how she'd gotten there remained a mystery. Adam told Liza about the explosion at Holidays. Liza remembered bits and pieces of the incident, primarily that David Hayward had been there. Liza worried that others had been hurt in the explosion. Adam callously rattled off a list of the injured---"Dimitri Marick's cousin and Palmer Cortlandt." Adam was miffed that Palmer hadn't been killed in the explosion. "Did anyone die?" Liza asked softly. Stuart entered the room and simply said, "yes." Liza offered her sympathy to Stuart when she learned that Camille had been killed in the blast. Adam, however, was not as forthcoming. "She got what she deserved," Adam snapped. His voice raised, Stuart demanded that his brother join him on the sun porch for a conversation. After Stuart left, Adam rolled his eyes and told Liza that Stuart must be having a bad day.
On the sun porch, Adam tried to defend his reaction to Camille's death. He reminded Stuart that he had opened himself up to Camille, but that Camille wanted nothing to do with him. "The explosion was your fault," Stuart said out of the blue. Stuart told Adam that had he not detained Camille at the front door, Camille might have been able to fix the boiler before it exploded. Adam argued that Camille had been the one to rig the boiler in the first place. He thought it was too convenient that Camille had happened to be at Holidays just before the blast. He also found it odd that Camille had been the one to call the paramedics after Scott's electrocution. Adam called Stuart "too trusting," to which Stuart called Adam "too paranoid." Stuart warned Adam that if he believes that Camille was the one who'd arranged all of the accidents, he was leaving himself blind to the fact that the real villain was still on the loose.
Marian returned to Liza's room and told Liza all about her encounter with Stuart after the explosion. As stated in a previous recap, Marian had mistook something that Stuart had told her. He'd mentioned that he couldn't forget about the "smart, handsome men" that Marian had dated. Stuart meant that he felt inadequate when compared to the other men that Marian had dated. Marian, however, believed that Stuart thought she was a tramp! Marian swore off all men, "especially Stuart Chandler." What she didn't know was that Stuart was at the doorway. With a frown on his face, a dejected Stuart moped down the hallway. A few seconds later, David entered the room. Marian cleared out at the sight of the doctor. When asked how she felt, Liza said that she felt "annoyed." Liza worried that her heart might have stopped because there is something seriously wrong with her. David assured her that her heart stoppage was an "anomaly" that he'd seen many times before in perfectly healthy patients. He likened the stoppage to the seriousness of Liza's injuries. Liza asked David why he'd returned to Pine Valley. "Apparently to save your life," David replied. Liza couldn't help but laugh. Adam was furious when he entered the room and saw Liza and David sharing a chuckle. "My wife," Adam started before he realized what he'd said. "Liza has no intention of being friends with you!" He demanded to know why David was still hovering around. David explained that Dr. Gregory, Liza's attending cardiologist, had consulted with him on the case. David also took joy in telling Adam that Keith had decided not to press charges against him because Allie had gotten rid of his videotaped confession. Adam ordered David to scoot, something that Liza later scolded Adam for. She pointed out that since they were no longer married, Adam had no say in who she talked to.
At Wildwind, Edmund asked Hayley and Mateo not to tell Eugenia about Gillian's condition. The talk quickly turned to Mateo's visions and the need to find "the real psycho" responsible for the explosion. At the doorway, Lee recalled his vow to himself to get "an eye for an eye." He stumbled into the room, claiming that he wanted to see how Mateo and Hayley were doing. Hayley reintroduced Lee to Edmund. Everyone, of course, still knows Lee as "John." Edmund left the room and Hayley told Lee that Edmund's cousin had been injured in the blast. Lee handed Hayley a key and told her that it was supposed to have gone along with the music box he'd given her. Hayley titled her head to one side and told Lee that she'd never gotten a music box from him. Mateo puckered his lips and realized that he'd never given the gift to his wife. He raced upstairs to find the item. While he was gone, Lee became quite spooky. He told Hayley that "you never really recover when someone you love dies." Hayley nodded in agreement and said that she knew what Lee meant. "Do you?" he said sinisterly as he walked towards Hayley. He flashed a scar on his arm and told Hayley that he'd gotten the wound while trying to save his wife from "an accident." Lee began to cry slightly and told Hayley that he'd rather not talk about his wife. Mateo returned to the room and saw how upset both Lee and Hayley were. Matt asked if there was anything that he or Hayley could do to help him out. With Hayley's new music box playing in the background, Lee said that it would be great if the couple could get him a job at Wildwind. Matt and Hayley called Edmund back into the room and told him that they'd really appreciate it if Edmund would put Lee on the groundskeeping staff. Since Hayley had observed Lee working, she testified that he was a very hard worker. Only familiar with Lee from his stay in the hospital, Mateo smiled and said that, "He doesn't snore." Edmund agreed to hire Lee and told him that he'd start the next day. Mateo and Hayley offered to show Lee around. While they were gone, Dimitri stormed into Wildwind and groused about how cold the coffee was. He told Edmund that he'd spend the night---the whole night---at Brooke's house. Edmund was quite concerned, but Dimitri refused to answer any questions about what he was doing at Brooke's. Edmund cleared out and Dimitri went on his way. Lee returned to the room a short time later and plopped down on the sofa. He commented that he could get used to the cushy living at Wildwind. He put his feet up on the table and began reading a copy of the Pine Valley Bulletin. On the back page, was an advertisement that caught his interest. In August, the ad said, the carnival would be returning to Pine Valley.
Edmund headed directly to Brooke's house. He was overjoyed to see Dixie and even gave her a big hug. The two made plans for Adam Junior and Sammy to get together for a play date. Edmund asked if he could speak to Brooke and Dixie suddenly became distant. "You can't see her," she replied.
At Pine Valley Hospital, Tad gathered Jake and Joe on the sun porch. The purpose of the meeting was, well, unknown. Tad told Joe that he needed to get Jamie back no matter what. He had a plan, but the plan required a little bending of the rules. Joe wasn't keen on breaking any rules, but when Jake accused him of not wanting to help Jamie, Joe agreed to go along with the plan. The plan, as it were, was never divulged. Joe's agreeing to go along with the plan was not without reservation. Joe insisted that things had to be done his way. He then added, "I hope to God we don't screw it up.""
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