"The news that Liza was pregnant couldn't have come at a better---or worse---time. Had he not been preoccupied with Junior's abduction, Adam might have reacted differently. But his mind clouded with fear, Adam could do little more than smile. Of course, he also couldn't act too peculiarly or Liza might have figured that something was up. David watched on as Adam congratulated his ex-wife on her pregnancy. "Have you seen a doctor?" Adam asked Liza. "Um, Hello?!" David quacked. The cardiologist then asked Adam why he was so concerned about Liza's pregnancy. Liza blasted David for being insensitive and asked him to leave. David didn't go anywhere. Adam took a step towards David and offered his explanation. He said that he and Liza knew what it was like to lose a child, adding that David could not relate to their pain because he had never had a child. David sort of felt like a heel for not thinking about Liza's miscarriage. "Surgeons aren't known form their people skills," Adam groused. "That's why patients demand anesthesia." David made a face and walked away. Derek stormed onto the stage and tore into Adam for using his power to nix a police presence at the cabin. Derek had planned on having the police surround the meeting spot so that they could nab Lee and prevent any more of Lee's menacing behavior. Apparently, Adam had phoned the police commissioner and convinced him to block any police units from getting anywhere near the cabin. Stuart again insisted that he be allowed to tag along with his brother. Adam, however, was still opposed to the idea. Adam told Stuart that he was "too important" to risk getting caught in the crossfire. Stuart cocked his head to the side and asked his brother what he meant by "too important." Stuart commented that Adam had suits that were more important than him. Adam disagreed. He said that Stuart is the one who holds the family together. When there is trouble, everyone turns to Stuart---not Adam. Stuart nodded his head slightly and noted that Adam isn't exactly the easiest person to deal with---especially in crisis situations. "If someone has to hold this family together," Adam said, it's going to be Stuart.
Tad phoned Wildwind to brief Ryan and Dixie on their latest findings. He, Edmund, and Mateo had converged on the Center City site of the carnival, but they'd apparently not turned up anything of note. Ryan tried his best to comfort Dixie, but it was a little difficult because he didn't really know Dixie all that well. He assured her that Junior was okay and urged her to be strong. When asked if she prays, Dixie nodded her head and said that Junior often talks to "The Big Guy." Unaware that Gillian was listening from a nearby corridor, Ryan and Dixie sat down on the sofa and continued their conversation. Ryan told Dixie that when he was Junior's age, he ran away from home. Unfortunately, his parents were both so drunk that neither one of them had noticed that he was missing. Dixie kicked herself for giving Junior two-sided advice about strangers. She had always told her son not to talk to strangers, but in rural Pigeon Hollow everyone was so nice that it was hard not to be friendly to strangers. Stuart arrived at Wildwind still on his search to find Marian. He took time out to help assuage Dixie's fears. He said that Adam Junior is just like Adam---all the good stuff, that is. He's "strong, smart, and fearless," Stuart said of his nephew. Dixie found comfort in Stuart's words, but she still felt as though she needed to blame someone for what had happened to her son. She's already attacked Adam, now it was her turn under the gun. She was ticked off for not telling Junior to steer clear of the mausoleum. As Dixie went on and on about the supposed ghost that lived in the Marick crypt, Stuart's eyes lit up. After Stuart left and Dixie headed off to get something from the kitchen, Gillian emerged from her hiding place. She told Ryan of her run-in with Lee by the mausoleum. She was met with immediate criticism for not mentioning this sooner. Gillian apologized, saying that she had tried to tell Ryan and Hayley. That did little good. Ryan got on the phone and told security to be on the lookout for Lee Hawkins.
At the cabin by Willow Lake, Adam waited for Lee to show up. When a noise sounded from outside, Adam readied his gun and moved slowly towards the door. He swung the door open and came face to face with... Allie. She had followed Adam from the studio with the hope that she and he could discuss the "swap" at the fertility clinic. Adam was furious with Allie for following him. He did not bow to Allie's threat that she would tell Liza what had happened. Adam growled as he told Allie that he would tell Liza when the time was right---"and not a second sooner." Allie was concerned that their plan would backfire now that Jake knew that Liza was pregnant. She feared that the former couple could, conceivably (sorry about the pun), fall back in love. Adam was certain that that would not happen. He ordered her to leave and told her that if she runs in Lee Hawkins on her way back to her car, Jake would be the least of her concerns. Allie dashed out the door and Adam went back to playing the waiting game. "Where are you Lee Hawkins?" Adam growled.
Trevor and Janet sat in their livingroom wondering what type of verdict the jury would deliver. Brooke was thinking the same thing and her worries prompted her to pay the Dillons a late night visit. "What are the chance's they'll acquit," Brooke asked her attorney. The magazine editor was showing definite signs of doubt. She assured Trevor that she was not feeling uneasy about the job he'd done, but she was a little worried about putting her fate in the hands of twelve strangers. Janet tried to ease Brooke's jitters by telling her that she knew they had "won" several of the jurors. Brooke smiled warmly and thanked Janet for being a good friend. Janet left the room to get Brooke some coffee while Brooke and Trevor sat down to talk business. Brooke remembered that Keith had once given her the chance to accept a lesser charge that carried five to fifteen years in prison. Brooke wondered if the offer was still on the table. Fifteen years was a lot better than spending the rest of her life behind bars. Trevor nodded his head and said that Keith had made an offer. If was possible that the might still agree to the deal, but there was no assurance that Brooke would be given the minimum sentence of five years. Trevor explained that copping a plea isn't as easy as it sounds. In order to get the possibly reduced sentence, Brooke would have to appear before the court and not only confess to killing Jim but to say that she knows that she was wrong to do so. Trevor wondered if it would be possible for Brooke to swear before God that Jim did not deserve to be killed. Amanda scurried down from her bedroom, unable to sleep. She told her mother that something had been weighing heavily on her mind. While playing a game with her best friend, a best friend who always, always wins, Amanda secretively moved some of the playing pieces around so that she would beat her friend. Now, Amanda said, she felt "really icky." Janet urged her daughter to do the right thing and to admit that she'd done wrong. "In order to feel good," Janet said, "you have to tell the truth." Brooke listened intently to the mother-daughter conversation and began nodding her head ever so slightly. Amanda placed a call to her friend and admitted that she'd cheated. The friend told Amanda not to worry about it and all was right in their friendship. Brooke announced that after listening to Amanda, she realized that she could not cop a plea before it would mean lying to herself, her friends, and to God. A knock on the door sounded several times and Janet peeked out to the window to see who had dropped by at such a late hour. Stuart smiled slightly and apologized for interrupting. He bid everyone a hello, but he was there to see only one person: Amanda. He asked the young girl to tell him about the ghost at Wildwind. Amanda told her tale of being dared to enter the mausoleum and then hearing a female ghost calling out from behind on of the walls. Stuart's eyes lit up. "Of course," he gasped. He leaned over, kissed Amanda's forehead, and then dashed out of the house.
Still in the studio at WRCW, Liza once again ran into David. He gave her a little gift, a set of "sea bands," little wristband-like straps that are supposed to help ease nausea. All that David asked for was an apology for the way that he'd been yelled at earlier. "Don't push your luck or I'll puke all over your shoes, you occasionally decent human being," Liza sassed. David smiled and handed over the wristbands. Liza still felt a bit ill and asked David for her purse. David turned around and picked up a handbag from a nearby chair. The purse wasn't Liza's, it was Marian's. Seeing the purse sent Liza over the edge and she began sobbing uncontrollably. Jake appeared a few minutes later and helped console Liza. David opted to leave rather than hang around. Allie also showed up and walked over to Liza. She told Liza that there was something that they needed to talk about.
"What are you doing, girl?" Lee snapped as Hayley embraced him. Hayley, who flubbed back and forth between calling the man John and Lee, said that she wished she knew that she and Lee were on "the same side." The same side, according to Hayley, meant that they both despised Adam. Lee scratched his head and stated that Hayley couldn't possibly hate Adam because he was her father. "Some father," Hayley laughed. She told Lee that she had been raised by her mother and that she didn't even know that Adam was her father until she was in her late teens. She said that her hatred of her father was spurred by many of his dirty tricks. The final straw, apparently, was the way that Adam tried to keep her and Mateo apart. Hayley was very convincing and Lee, on several occasions, appeared ready to buy into her tale. "Why do you put up with him?" Lee asked. Hayley had a one word answer: Money. Lee replied that he could care less about money. What he wanted, he said, was to make Adam suffer. If Lee wanted Adam to suffer, Hayley responded, taking Adam Junior was the wrong way to go. She explained that Adam hated the "brat." If Adam really cared about his son, he never would have allowed him to go to Pigeon Hollow. Lee still wasn't sure that he could believe Hayley. Hayley was determined to prove herself. She asked Lee to tell her what he had planned so that she could help him plan an attack on her father. She noted that if she was really afraid of Lee, she would have screamed. Lee knew that leaving wouldn't be easy---they'd surely be spotted by security. Hayley covertly picked up her key chain. Lee noticed that Hayley had taken something in her hand and demanded to know what she was hiding. She flashed the keys to Lee and laughed. In order to get away, they would need a car. What Hayley hadn't shown Lee was what was on the other end of the key chain---a small Swiss Army knife. Lee told Hayley that he had his own car and that they would be taking his car, not hers. Hayley tucked the keys into her pants and said that she was ready to go. Before leaving, Hayley walked across the room and picked up the carousel music box that Lee had given her. She said that she loved the music box and placed it on her bed. This was obvious her way of giving anyone who would come to her room later a clue about where she'd went.
Ryan dashed up the stairs to Hayley's bedroom. The door was locked from the inside and he had to break it down in order to get inside. No one was there. But Ryan did notice the music box that Hayley had placed on her pillows.
Another of Lee's victims was barely hanging on. Marian called out to Stuart one last time before closing her eyes and taking one final breath.
Lee led a blindfolded Hayley to the warehouse. When safely inside, Lee removed the blindfold. Hayley raced over to the cage and greeted Junior. Lee unlocked the cage door and allowed Junior to step outside. Referring to Lee as "Uncle Lee," Hayley whispered to Junior that he should play along with what she was saying. Hayley told Junior that "Uncle Lee" had agreed to let him go and that she would be staying with hi instead. Lee grabbed Junior and tossed him back into the cage. He then grabbed Hayley, who had been frozen in shock, and threw her into the cage too. Hayley repeated blathered that she and Lee were supposed to have had a deal. Lee snapped that he didn't believe Hayley's lies. Furthermore, Lee said that he had lied all along just so that he could get both of Adam Chandler's children together."
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