"At the cabin, Adam continued to wait for Lee. Time passed slowly until Adam received a phone call from Lee telling him that he would not be making an appearance. Adam was furious and frustrated by Lee's decision not to follow through with their agreement. Lee quickly noted that he had never agreed to meet Adam at the cabin. Adam demanded to talk toJunior. Lee enjoyed taunting Adam, saying that Adam was in no position to make demands. Lee held the phone out to the cage and warned Hayley and Junior not to engage in any funny business. Hayley took the phone and said hello to her father. Adam's heart must have stopped. His jaw dropped as Hayley told him that while she and Junior were both okay, they were both being held prisoner.
Allie prepared to tell Liza that Adam had switched the sperm specimens at the clinic. Shed simple said that she wanted to talk about Adam and Liza went off on a several minute-long tangent. Liza feared that Adam had done something foolish. Liza went on and on about how she fears that something bad might happen to her former husband. Now, Allie couldn't exactly segué into a speech about Adam's dirty deed. So she played along with Liza and pretended to be the concerned friend. Liza embraced Allie and thanked her for being there for her. Jake overheard Liza mentioned that she had met Lee Hawkins while he was pretending to be John Lee. Lee remembered that Mateo had asked him to do a search for Lee's patient records. He wondered if searching for John Lee's records might yield them more clues. He dashed off to phone the hospital and see what he could dig up. Allie urged Liza to calm down, noting that stress was not good for the baby. That was not going to be easy considering that Junior was being held hostage, Adam was planning on going head to head with a maniac, and Marian was still missing. "I can't believe this is happening," Liza sighed. "I don't even want to accept this." Adam had arrived and overheard only Liza's final few words. He worried that Allie had blabbed his secret, but when Liza didn't smack him, he knew that his secret was still safe. Adam told Liza that he wanted to go live again with another message for Lee. Liza walked off to make the necessary arrangements. While she was gone, Adam told Allie that she'd been wise not to tell Liza about the swap at the clinic. Allie said that she could not keep Adam's "dirty little secret" any longer. Adam labeled Allie's desire to tell the truth as "self destructive" and clarified that the dirty little secret was not his alone---it was both of theirs. Liza returned and asked Adam what he planned to say during his second televised appearance. Adam said that he would warn Lee that he had one final chance to let his children go free. Liza reminded Adam to toss Marian's name into the speech at some point. She wondered how the second message would differ from the first. Adam said that if Lee fails to respond, he'll put a price on Lee's head. That would bring out every bounty hunter in the county and Lee would be a marked man. Jake returned to the stage and told Adam that putting a price on Lee's head might not do any good because Lee was already a dying man. When pressed for an explanation, Jake told Adam that Lee had an inoperable brain tumor and that the man could die at any time. Adam saw his only leverage fly out the window. Lee was a man with nothing to gain and nothing to lose. What could he possible use to win over Lee? Liza didn't want to pack it in. She thought hard for several minutes before realizing that Adam could offer Lee the one thing that everyone wants---life.
Things at Wildwind became very hectic as soon as everyone realized that Hayley was missing. Dixie and Gillian both wondered what was taking Ryan so long. While they waited, Tad and Mateo returned home. They had found little on their trip to visit the carnival troupe. An out of breath Ryan stumbled into the room and announced that Hayley was not in her bedroom. Unaware of the implication, Mateo nonchalantly remarked that Hayley might have taken a walk to another part of the house. Ryan explained that Lee had been spotted on the property earlier and that he feared Hayley might have been kidnapped. Mateo raced upstairs and frantically searched for some clue that would point him towards his missing wife. Dixie followed him and hoped that Lee might still be on the grounds. Mateo looked over at the bed and saw the music box. He then knew that Lee must have been responsible for Hayley's disappearance. What he didn't understand was why there was no sign of a struggle. Dixie surmised that Hayley had willing went with Lee so that she could be near Adam Junior. Tad poked his head in the room and told Mateo and Dixie that security had found an intruder on the grounds. Everyone dashed back to the parlor and waited for the intruder to be brought to the house. Gillian pulled Ryan aside and asked him not to tell anyone that she'd been the one who'd seen Lee because she knew that she'd get an earful for not reporting the sighting. The intruder turned out to be more of a pest than an actual intruder. The security guard led David into the house thinking that the doctor was actually Lee Hawkins. Everyone groaned collectively and told the guard to head back out and find the real danger. David explained that he'd thought that he might be able to help find Marian. Tad mused that David was probably there to do a little "gravedigging." Adam phoned in to tell Mateo that he had spoken to Lee and found out that Hayley was also being held against her will. Mateo was surprisingly composed for someone who'd just learned that his wife had been abducted. Tad asked Ryan how long after Lee had been spotted that Hayley had disappeared. Ryan guessed that it had been about an hour. Knowing that Lee had already phoned Adam from the hideout, Tad figured that Lee could be no more than two hours' drive away from Wildwind. Since they already knew that Lee was not at the carnival, he had to be somewhere else where he'd feel comfortable. Tad referred to the picture Lee had sent and determined that Lee had to be hiding in some type of carnival surplus warehouse. Tad showed the photo to Mateo. Mateo had a flashback on his "carnival vision," in which Hayley is clobbered with a heavy mallet. Mateo saw the "test your strength" apparatus in the photo's background and immediately became fearful. He phoned Jake and asked him to meet him at the hospital immediately. Gillian stepped forward and admitted that she'd been the one who'd spotted Lee. Mateo didn't react, but Dixie did. She lunged at the princess and tried her best to slap Gillian. Tad stepped in between them and pulled Dixie aside. Dixie decided that she couldn't stand to be in the same room as Gillian and stormed out of the house.
When they arrived at the hospital, Mateo wasted little time in explaining what he needed from Jake. Mateo told Jake about the visions he'd had while comatose. Mateo said that somehow he had been able to see the future. The only problem, Mateo explained, was that he had not seen enough of one of his visions to know what where Hayley had been taken. Jake wasn't sure exactly how he fit into the equation. Mateo told Jake that he'd been doing some research and learned that doctors can use a new drug to induce comas in some patients. Mateo was convinced that this was the only way to revisit his visions. Jake was adamantly opposed to the idea. There were several possible dangers with the procedure: the procedure might fail to place Mateo into a comatose state, he could end up in a coma and never wake up, he could damage his heart, or he the procedure could go perfectly and Mateo just might not have any other visions. Mateo was determined and used the familiar guilt trip as leverage. He told Jake that the procedure was the only way to save Hayley's life and indirectly hinted that if Jake refused to give the procedure the green light, he would be responsible for anything that happened to Hayley.
Stuart arrived at the mausoleum and searched high and low for Marian. He called out to Marian, asking her if she was the ghost. Stuart meant well, but his question seemed awkwardly amusing. He walked over to Hugo Marick's tomb marker and tried to pry it from the wall. After struggling for some time, he managed to pull the stone from the wall. He didn't find Hugo's remains behind the wall---he found a bricked up wall. Stuart turned his attention to another burial vault. This time he'd found the right one. Stuart strained to lift the swinging stone that covered the tomb. He poked his head inside and called out to Marian. When he saw her lying on the ground, he mistakenly assumed that Marian was just resting. He soon learned that Marian's condition was much, much worse. Stuart removed Marian from the tomb and held her in his arms. He begged her not to die on him. It must have been very hard for Stuart. He forgot about trying to seek help. All he wanted to do was sit with Marian. He gathered up his composure and shouted out for help. Luckily, someone heard his cries. David raced into the crypt and immediately went to work. Now that he was on the scene, Stuart was able to run to David's car and retrieve David's medical bag. He also placed a call to Liza to tell her to hurry to Wildwind. Liza arrived and immediately kneeled on the ground next to her fallen mother. Liza begged David not to tell Marian die. The ambulance still had not arrived. When Stuart called, the emergency dispatcher told him that there were no ambulances available. David got on the phone and yelled at the dispatcher, saying that he needed an ambulance immediately---or Marian would not make it. Stuart said a prayer to ask that the ambulance show up before it was too late. In the distance, the sounds of sirens quietly sounded.
Lee teased Hayley and Junior endlessly about their impending demise. In the cage, Hayley tried to soothe Junior's jitters. Little she said helped, but Junior was comforted slightly by having his big sister by his side. The brother and sister team poked around the cage to see what type of stuff was in the cage with them. Hayley's heart skipped a beat when she saw a mallet poking out from under some boxes. She looked outside the cage and saw the strength-tester game. She recalled Mateo's flashback and nearly fainted. She tried her best to compose herself so that Junior wouldn't get even more worked up. Hayley concocted a plan that she hoped would gain their freedom---or at least Junior's freedom. Hayley called out to Lee and told him that she'd found a mallet on the floor. Lee boasted that he used to be able to hit the little marker all the way to the top of the strength tester. Hayley asked Lee if he thought that he could still hit the bell. Lee strutted over to the cage and unlocked the door. He picked up the mallet and walked across the warehouse to where the strength tester had been set up. Hayley became a circus barker, urging all to check it out as another contestant tried to beat the machine. When Lee had the mallet lifted in the air, Hayley pulled out her Swiss Army knife. With one quick lunge, Hayley thrust the blade into Lee's side. She screamed for Junior to run. Junior hesitated before shaking the cobwebs clear and making a run for it. He raced to the door, but it was locked and he couldn't get out. He hid behind some boxes and no one knew that he was still inside the warehouse. Lee recovered quickly from the wound and tackled Hayley. Hayley continued to antagonize Lee, presumably so that Junior would have ample time to make his getaway. Hayley and Lee went back and forth with insults and slaps. Hayley was surprisingly feisty and held her own against a much stronger Lee. Lee finally went over the edge when Hayley accused him of killing Joy. Lee clutched his head and yelled a horrifying scream. "Stop it, Joy!" he screamed. Hayley's eyes bulged demonically and her lips sneered as she told Lee that she was "Hayley Chandler Santos," not Joy. Lee grabbed Hayley by the neck and started shaking her violently. He told Hayley that she was Joy and warned her that he'd beat her if she continued to be argumentative. As Hayley tried to walk away, Lee noticed that "Joy" no longer had the rose tattoo he'd placed on her shoulder. Another of the scenes in Mateo's visions was coming true. Lee wanted to put the tattoo back on immediately, but Hayley managed to delay him by spotting Adam on the television. Lee listened as Adam announced that he'd been in contact with a group of doctors in London. The doctors supposedly had developed a new technique to shrink brain tumors. This experimental procedure, which Adam said that he would bankroll, would allow Lee to continue living. Lee didn't buy it. Dixie burst onto the stage and told Adam that she had a message she wanted to give to Lee. "Mr. Hawkins," Dixie said softly. Lee interrupted Dixie's speech, saying that Dixie obviously respected people because she'd opted to refer to him as "Mr. Hawkins." In her short, emotion-filled comments, Dixie begged Lee not to take out his anger on defenseless children. She took every chance she could to stroke Lee's ego. At one point, she called him a "concerned parent" who obviously missed his daughter greatly. Dixie said that Camille was a great person and credited Lee for Camille's development. After the broadcast ended, Lee phoned to tell Adam that he didn't believe a word he'd said. "I'm as good as dead," Lee said sinisterly. He then said that he had no plans on dying alone. "I'm taking them [Hayley and Junior] with me for company," he added. "I always wanted a son and a daughter." Dixie broke down in a fit of uncontrollable sobbing. Back at the warehouse, Lee strapped Hayley into a chair and prepared to give her a new rose tattoo. Lee didn't have the necessary equipment to create the tattoo, so he improvised with what was on hand. He planned on using a can of red paint to make the rose. Hayley worried that the paint would make her sick. "You should be more worried about getting dead," Lee snapped. The buzzing if the tattoo gun sounded and Lee dipped the end in the red paint. As the needle touched Hayley's skin, she cried out in agony."
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