"Jack defended his decision to feign amnesia. He told Mike that he really was telling the truth when he said that he didn't know who Erica was. Letting Erica play "eenie, meeny, miney, mo" was not the way that Jack wanted Erica to choose the man she wanted to marry. Mike agreed, saying that he would rather fight Jack to the finish. Jack jokingly suggested a pistol duel at dawn, but stated that dawn is "too damned early" for him. To Mike, going after Erica was more like a "run for the roses." He objected to the way that Jack was seemingly dropping out of the race; he didn't want to win Erica "by default." Jack, while obviously annoyed that he was embroiled in a fight for the woman he loved, still found time to make jokes about the situation, "Erica, Erica. Who gets the Erica?" he quipped. Mike tried to get Jack to see that deep down inside he really loved Erica and all her games. Erica, Mike said, was known for her unpredictability and the way she made men dance for her. Jack remarked that if he didn't hate Mike so much, he might actually be able to be friends with him. Before leaving, Mike asked Jack to think about what was more important to him---his pride or the love of his life.
On the way back to her hospital room, Liza assured Jake that she understood why he'd decided against helping her conceive a child. Jake felt bad for backing out on Liza and asked her if there was anything that he could do to make it up to her. With a smile, Liza told Jake that she wanted nothing more than to be sprung from the hospital. She cringed as she told Jake that it was "too clean" for her. Jake agreed to talk to Liza's attending physician and light a fire under him. After Jake left, Liza got on the phone and called Marian. Marian wasn't home, so Liza left a message for her mother to drop by the hospital when she could. In the message, Liza made reference to talking "baby talk" with Marian. David, who hovered in the doorway, picked up on the statement. He held a paper bag in the air and told Liza that he'd supply the pickles and ice cream for her. David was surprised that having a baby had become such a high priority in Liza's life. Liza was quick to downplay her mention of having a child. She said that having a baby was something that she'd like to do one day---that and scuba diving. The talk turned away from babies and more towards Liza and David's rocky past. David thanked Liza for forcing him to own up to nearly killing Adam. He said that it was the best thing for him and that it forced him to take "a long, hard look" at himself. David claimed that he didn't like what he saw, but Liza couldn't help but wonder if David was lying to her. "Excuse me while I throw up," she said with a slight laugh. David asked Liza why she didn't believe that people could change. Liza did, in fact, believe that people were capable of changing---but in her mind, David didn't fall into the people category. David's face crinkled as he remarked that Allie didn't believe that he'd changed either. Liza called Allie "a very smart woman" who was capable of seeing through lies. David insisted that he was no longer fixated on Allie. He said that he realized that he wasn't really in love with Allie-he wanted to "possess" her. David went on to say that he felt badly that Allie lost her license to practice medicine. Allie needs to practice medicine, he said, just like other people need to breathe. If David really wasn't interested in getting Allie back, then that still left his return to Pine Valley in question. David explained that he really had returned for a medical seminar, but something else had come up that made him want to stick around. He said that there was a woman whom he wanted to get to know better. He had gotten off to a rather rocky start with this woman, but given the chance David was certain that he could win her over. Liza rolled her eyes and wondered if she should warn the woman that David had his sights set on her. "Stand warned," David grinned. The woman in David's scope was Liza! Liza laughed at David's statement. She told Liza that David could never really want to be with a woman because he didn't respect anyone other than himself. David left the room, but not before comparing Liza to the roses she displayed on her nightstand. Both, he said, were extremely beautiful---but had thorns that needed to be avoided.
On the sun porch, Adam accused Allie of having an unusually "warped sense of humor." Allie accused Adam of being the reason that Liza had turned to Jake. Had Adam not "steamrolled" Liza into a divorce, as Allie put it, they would still be married and possibly have a child together. Adam cast Allie a cold glare and asked her what she had to gain from fabricating such a story. Allie produced a piece of paper that somehow proved that Liza was enrolled at the fertility clinic. If Adam didn't want to believe her, all he had to do was take a look for himself. Adam still didn't believe what he was being told. Allie told Adam that she believed that Jake's services had been bought and paid for. She told Adam about the check that Liza had written to Stanford. She wondered when Adam would believe what she was saying. Perhaps when Liza was "wobbling down the street eight months pregnant out to here?" Adam insisted that Liza had not asked Jake to father her child. Allie advised Adam that conception had not yet taken place and warned him that he was the only one who could stop it. Again, Allie brought up the topic of the way Adam had forced Liza into divorce. Adam insisted that the divorce was a mutual decision. Allie disagreed. She told Adam that she had been in the room when Liza learned that she'd lost her baby. Liza, she said, longed to have a baby with Adam. Allie also pointed to Adam's concern for Liza's welfare at Holidays. Adam claimed that he showed no special concern for Liza and that he would have done the same thing for "a dog lying in the road." Allie begged Adam to find Liza and tell her that he would help her conceive a child. Allie turned when she noticed that he was looking towards the doorway. Allie turned around and saw that Jake had overheard what she'd said. He walked slowly into the room and sternly told Adam to mind his own business. Liza didn't want Adam in her life, he said, and she certainly didn't want him to help her father a child. Jake refused to answer Adam when he asked him if what Allie had said was true. In Adam's mind, Jake's defensiveness proved that Allie was telling the truth. Adam stormed out of the room presumably headed for Liza's room. Jake blasted Allie for telling Adam about Liza's decision to go through the artificial insemination process. He told Allie that while she was blabbing Liza's business, he'd been telling Liza that he had to back out of being her sperm donor. Allie was overjoyed and thanked Jake with a big hug. Jake wasn't in the mood to hear Allie's babbling. He coldly pulled away from her and told her that he needed to make sure that Adam wasn't badgering Liza.
Outside the quarantine room, Keith was about to step inside when Belinda, Janet, and Trevor arrived. Belinda threatened to file charges against Keith for trying to talk to their client without their being present. Keith defended his decision, saying that he needed to prove whether or not Brooke was really sick. Keith decided that the only way to make everyone happy was for everyone to don protective clothing and venture into the room. Belinda and Trevor both agreed, but fortunately Joe arrived in time to thwart the intrusion. He warned the trio that a venture into the room could place them all at risk for disease. Joe slipped into the room and warned Kelsey that Keith was outside the room. Kelsey whispered that she had a foot cramp and asked her grandfather to help her. He walked to the window and started to close the blinds. Outside, Janet looked through the window and caught a glimpse of "Brooke's" toes---blue nail polish and all. A concerned look crept over Janet's face, but she said nothing. Kelsey figured that the closed blinds would allow her some time to read a magazine. Joe scolded Kelsey---Brooke was seriously ill and was too sick to read anything. Back outside, Keith still believed that Brooke was faking her illness to buy time. Trevor said that he'd stake his legal career on the fact that Brooke was really sick. When Joe came out of the room and tossed his protective garb in the biohazard bins, Janet casually walked over and told Joe that they had a problem. Janet and Joe strolled down the hall slowly until they reached an out of the way table. They sat down and Janet told Joe that she'd seen "Brooke's" painted toenails. Brooke, she said, was a trend-setter, not a trend-follower. Blue nail polish was definitely not Brooke's speed; Kelsey's perhaps, but definitely not Brooke's. Subtly, Janet warned Joe that something like blue nail polish could tip off the inquisitive mind of an assistant district attorney hungry for a conviction. Not only that, but it all was not as it seemed, Trevor could get into a heap of trouble as well. Joe said that he understood fully what Janet was saying and assured her that he would take care of things. This was a cagey guessing game as neither Janet nor Joe went on record as saying that Brooke was not the person locked in quarantine. Back down the hall, Keith warned Trevor and Belinda that they had forty-eight hours before they had to reappear in court. He urged them to use their time wisely. Then, completely unforeseen, Keith asked Belinda if she'd like to go out with him one night that week. Belinda chuckled slightly and told Keith that her work takes up most of her free time. Belinda turned and walked away. Trevor told Keith that once Belinda gets hot under the collar, she usually doesn't cool off anytime soon. "I'm counting on it," Keith replied cryptically. Janet returned to her husband's side and when asked where she'd ventured off to, Janet said that she was asking Joe if it was possible that Trevor had been exposed to Brooke's illness. Trevor hugged his wife tightly and told her how wonderful it was of her to be concerned about him. "More than you know," Janet said under her breath.
Dimitri apologized for interrupting Erica's private chat session with God. He said that he had hoped to do a bit of soul searching himself. Erica asked her ex-husband what provoked his search for his "so-called soul." Dimitri told Erica about his spat with Edmund over helping Brooke flee the country. Surprisingly, Erica called Dimitri's decision to help Brooke "selfless." She added that anyone who believes that chivalry is dead has obviously not seen Dimitri in action. Dimitri chuckled and commented that he never would have imagined himself in a hospital chapel having a heart-to-heart chat with his two-time ex-wife. When asked if he believed in miracles, Dimitri nodded his head. Erica told Dimitri that is was good of him to believe in miracles because it was a miracle that she was still talking to him. She then called him "a conniving, backstabbing bastard." Dimitri's head snapped backed and he asked Erica what she was talking about. Erica said that had it not been for Dimitri backing up Mike's lies, she would probably be happily married to Jack. Instead, she's hopelessly torn between two men who mean a great deal to her. Erica said that she used to envision walking down the aisle with Jack, but when Mike returned to her life she began having visions of spending her life with Mike. Unlike her description of like with Jack, Erica said that life with Mike would mean living each day to the fullest. Dimitri mused that Erica didn't have to decide which man she wanted to be with most: She could let the men choose for her. He told Erica that he has a wonderful set of antique dueling pistols that Jack and Mike could use to settle the battle. Dimitri's jokes quickly came to an end. On a more serious note, he told Erica that she needs to take time out before she reaches a decision. If the men in her life couldn't understand that she needed time, then "to hell with them." Dimitri returned to the well of jokes one last time, asking Erica if he got to cast a vote for the man she should choose. Erica smiled and told him that the decision was not open to popular vote. After Dimitri left, Erica sat down in the front row of pews and asked God to give her a sign as to which man she should choose. The doors to the chapel suddenly swung open and two candystripers pushed Jack into the room. He wheeled himself next Erica and told her that he had something he needed to tell her. He leaned over and planted a passionate kiss smack dab on Erica's lips. Without saying anything else to Erica, Jack asked the two volunteers to wheel him back out to the hallway.
Jake carefully poked his head into Liza's room just to be sure that Adam hadn't gotten there first. He hadn't. He had returned to Chandler Mansion and drowned his pain in a glass of brandy. He muttered to himself that Liza was supposed to be having their baby. Jake sat down at the foot of Liza's bed and told her that he and Allie had worked everything out. Liza had no idea what that meant. Jake summed it up in four words, "I'm gonna do it." It, he said, was that he'd decided to help Liza father her child after all."
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