"To relieve herself from the oppressive heat that had set in on Pine Valley, Hayley decided to cool off with a nice shower. With the water sprinkling down on her, she didn't hear the sound of the bathroom door opening. In what can be best compared to a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a shadowy figure slowly approached the shower stall. Something prompted Hayley to peer through the frosted glass shower door and she saw a figure standing but a few feet away. She reached for the only thing around that could be used as a weapon---a loofah back scrubber. The futile weapon held above her head, Hayley prepared to scrub her attacker to death. The door slid open and Hayley screamed in horror. Luckily, the intruder wasn't really an intruder; it was Mateo. Hayley scolded her husband for scaring her half to death. Hayley stood before her husband wrapped only in a bath towel---and the towel didn't stay on very long. Mateo smiled seductively and told his wife to think of him as her "cabana boy." One thing led to another and the couple dropped their clothing and returned to the shower for a hot and steamy sexual interlude. After their shower, the romantic mood still lingered---and what better way to spend the night than skinnydipping by moonlight.
Anger and amusement swirled about the crypt as Lee seemed genuinely tickled by Marian's attack. The joking ended when Marian gouged his eyes. Lee twisted and turned and did everything in his power to shake Marian off of his back. Marian was a feisty attacker, but in the end she proved to weak for Lee. He tossed her of her back and Marian tumbled to the ground. Out of breath, Marian couldn't muster enough strength to prevent Lee from leaving. Alone, Marian turned to an unlikely source for the help she needed---God. She asked God to look over Stuart and keep him safe from Lee's wrath. As the tears streamed down her face, she even asked God to help nudge Adam into being a better brother to Stuart. After the prayer session, Marian knew that she had to find a way out of her prison. She pounded on the door, but the several foot-thick walls prevented her cries from being heard. She then took a metallic object and started grating it on the door. Outside, Mateo and Hayley scampered around. They stopped for a kiss in front of the mausoleum and heard a strange noise, unaware that the noise was an SOS call from Marian.
Allie took one look at Jake and knew that he was going to holler at her. Before she could tell him that she didn't want to hear his complaints, Jake interrupted her with a surprising announcement. He told her that her actions over the past few months nearly pushed him away, but that for some reason he is still hopelessly in love with her. He said that he knew that times have been hard for her and he suggested that a trip or two to see a therapist might do her some good. With that, the bubble of elation popped. Allie was no longer overjoyed that Jake still loved her. In her mind, he was calling her a psycho. She accused Jake of wanting her to be a mindless wimp who would go along with anything that he said. Jake once again tired of Allie's lashing out and told her that there was no point in trying to talk to her when she was in that state. He stormed out of the house and Allie was left to sob alone. Allie pondered the situation for several seconds before deciding to chase after Jake. She opened the door and called out to him, but Jake wasn't in sight. David, however, was. He shook his head and looked into Allie's eyes. "Allie, Allie, Allie," he said. "You really blew that one."
Jamie and Junior were overjoyed to have things back the way that they used be. The only problem was that they failed to realize that things really were not the same. Junior went as far as to invite himself---and Dixie---to a sleepover at Tad's house. A whimsical exchange took place as everyone look towards someone else to see if the sleepover was a go. "Dad?" "Dixie?" "Tad!" "Mom?" said Jamie, Tad, Dixie, and Junior chirped respectively. Dixie agreed to let her son stay the night, but she noted that she didn't "do sleepovers." The two boys dashed upstairs to shower. Dixie worried that Adam would flip his lid when he learned that she allowed Junior to leave the fortress known as Chandler Mansion. Dixie was unable to forget why she was no longer living with Tad and she was plagued by flashbacks of the time she learned that Tad and Liza were more than co-workers. She became uneasy and announced that she'd better get home and go to bed. Dixie had a busy morning planned: She wanted to contact an attorney to help her overturn the court order that granted Adam temporary custody of Adam Junior. Tad felt like Dixie was trying to flee Pine Valley. He reminded her that Pine Valley was once her home and he even put in a few plugs for the town to try to get her to return "home." Dixie assured Tad that she wasn't going to leave just yet. She said that she wanted to wait until Palmer got his sight back before making the move. Dixie claimed that she felt more comfortable in Pigeon Hollow, but more likely she felt less troubled by the painful memories that Pine Valley evoked. As Dixie prepared to leave, one of Pine Valley's infamous summer brownouts hit. The house was cast in darkness. Dixie knew her way around the house-even in the dark. What she hadn't anticipated was that Tad had gotten some new furniture since she left. On her way to get the flashlight, Dixie smacked into a table and hurt her leg. It was nothing major, but she knew that she'd have a pretty big bruise by morning. Tad poked around for a flashlight. He rested his hand on what he thought was a flashlight---but it turned out to be a handheld vacuum. When the lights came back on, Tad and Dixie were standing less than a few inches apart and staring into each other's eyes.
Believe it or not, Liza actually expected Adam to drop by. She knew that if Adam found out that she was trying to get pregnant, he'd make an appearance and try to talk her out of it. Adam tried to pretend that he was surprised that Liza was considering having a child, but Liza told him that she already knew that Allie had told him about her plan to undergo artificial insemination. Adam smiled slyly and admitted that he knew everything, Liza warned her ex-husband that there was no possible way that he could stop her from going through with the procedure. Adam smiled broadly and told Liza that "wouldn't dream" of trying to talk her out of her plans. Adam bowed his head and told Liza that he's glad she's trying to bring a child into her life. He sadly noted that he never got a chance to raise any of his children---Althea had kept Skye from him until she was virtually grown, Hayley was raised by Harry and Arlene Vaughan, and Junior was being cared for in Pigeon Hollow by Dixie. Adam also had two children who had died prematurely---Anna Claire with Gloria and the unborn child he'd lost with Liza. Liza wanted to believe that Adam was sincere, but she couldn't help but wonder if he wasn't up to his old tricks. Stuart raced into the room and asked Liza and Adam if they'd seen or heard from Marian. When Adam learned that Marian and her male friend, John, were missing, he found plenty of jokes to be made. "Golly," Adam sneered. "I wonder what they could be doing." He advised Stuart to check the "no tell motel" for signs of Marian and her beau. Stuart defended Marian, saying that she would never do something like that. He took a few seconds out to tell Liza that he and Marian were back together. Actually, he said that they'd never really broken up because neither one wanted the relationship to end. Liza was very happy for Stuart and wished him well. Adam, on the other hand, remarked that, "once again [Stuart had] snatched defeat from the jaws of victory." Stuart dashed away and Liza tore into Adam for not being supportive of Marian and Stuart's relationship. She knew that he hadn't really changed his ways. Adam insisted that he had changed, but that he hadn't become "soft in the head." He again told Liza that he was glad that she was going to have a baby. He did admit that Jake wasn't his first choice for a father, but he said that he would let Liza make her own decisions.
Outside, Stuart walked towards his car. He had no way of seeing Lee sneak up behind him. Lee clobbered---and I do mean clobbered---Stuart on the head with what looked like a flashlight. He dragged the now unconscious man over to a dimly lit corner of the parking lot and waited until nearby footsteps disappeared. Adam paused briefly, looked around, and then walked off. Lee pulled a large knife from his pocket and held so that the moonlight glistened off the blade. He held the knife directly over Stuart's chest and started on a downward thrust."
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