"Seated in one of the offices at Wildwind, Gillian cooed endlessly about how happy she was now that Ryan was back in her life. Though not unwilling to learn about the modern miracles of the Internet, Eugenia was perplexed with the whole concept of corresponding secretly via email. Gillian demonstrated how easy it was to send email to anyone, but as she tapped away on the laptop computer she realized that she had made a horrible mistake --- she had sent her love letter to the Incredible Dreams mailbox rather than Ryan's private account. Gillian raced to the phone to call Ryan's cellular phone. She placed the call, but heard a familiar ringing coming from a bag on the sofa. Ryan had left his cell phone in the computer bag. Gillian's face fell and she knew that she had to find Ryan before someone else read her love letter.
Ryan, Mateo and Adrian showed up at the loft and distracted Greenlee's attention from the email that had just downloaded to the computer. Greenlee got the men some beer and told Ryan that he had to read the latest goofy letter to hit the web site. Mateo asked for Adrian's help in locating a limo to drive his mother to the wedding. Adrian nodded his head and said that he'd check out some leads on the 'net. Greenlee waved her finger admonishingly and said that no one could use the computer until she was done answering the newest email message. Mateo walked over to Ryan and told him that he wanted him to be a guest at the wedding. Ryan was stunned and thought that Hayley had forced Mateo to extend the invitation. Mateo shook his head and explained that Hayley knew nothing of what he was doing. Since Ryan and Hayley were friends, Mateo said that he wanted Ryan to be there --- and he could bring a date if he wanted. The two men exchanged a handshake as Ryan said that he'd probably "come solo." Greenlee's exuberant smile faded to a disappointed frown. Ryan headed off to The Valley Inn for a business meeting. With Greenlee's attention diverted, Adrian slipped behind the computer to look up a limousine service for Mateo. As he sat down, he noticed the message from "Rapunzel." He read the message carefully, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. Mateo and Greenlee saw his curious expression and moved in for a closer look. Before any other eyes could fall upon the message, Adrian hit the delete key. He claimed that the system had crashed and deleted the message. Greenlee bought it and headed off so that Adrian and Mateo could do their business. Mateo queried his partner about what he'd seen, but Adrian said nothing. In fact, he warned Mateo that the less he knew the better.
Alone in her room, Becca vented her frustration with how so many people prejudged her. A rap sounded on her window and Becca saw that Leo had climbed his way up to her bedroom window. She opened the window and found Leo dangling from the windowsill; the trellis he'd used to ascend the house had broken. Becca had an unusual way of assisting Leo. Rather than hoist him up, she pried his fingers from the sill and watched as he tumbled to the ground. Becca did, however, run downstairs to check on Leo. Bruised and scratch-covered, Leo wasn't seriously hurt. He explained that he was there on a mission of peace and wanted to apologize for the things his mother had said to her. Becca lashed out at Leo and said that he was no better than Vanessa because he thought all the same things. "I am a normal person," Becca insisted. To prove that she wasn't the saintly person everyone believed her to be, Becca opened up about her past. She said that she had hated God for taking her brother, Robbie, from her. Leo was astonished that Becca had felt that way. "I hated everything," Becca continued. "I acted like a total brat. I wanted everyone to be as miserable as me." Looking back, she now knew that she'd made life even harder for her parents. Becca told Leo that she hadn't told that story to many people. Leo was touched and comforted his teary-eyed friend with an embrace.
David's "business proposal" caught Dixie quite by surprise. He spoke of an organization in need of organization. It didn't require much effort on Dixie's part to figure out that David was offer her a job with the Andrassy Foundation. David explained that he needed someone to do some paperwork, "schmoozing," and public relations work. The job, though tempting, presented Dixie with some uneasiness; she had never held a job in which she had to do any public relations work. No so, said David, who reminded Dixie that she'd been a patient advocate for the hospital. Dixie was still hesitant to accept the job without first talking to Tad. She smiled wryly and told David that that Tad was a sucker for letting her do things that she really wanted to do. David looked over Dixie's shoulder and noticed Gillian frantically pacing in the lobby. Dixie turned to see what was going on and decided to head over and see if Gillian was okay. Gillian, still extremely nervous that someone might intercept the love letter, claimed that she was irked because someone she was supposed to meet for lunch was running late. Dixie offered Gillian a seat at her table, but David soon appeared toting Dixie's purse. A phone inside the purse was ringing. Dixie excused herself to take the call in the lobby. David smiled devilishly and asked Gillian why she looked so upset. He recognized the look as the same guilty expression Gillian wore when they were sleeping together. David observed that Gillian looked like "something [was] about to explode." Probing further, David asked Gillian if she had heard from Jake lately. Gillian coldly told David to mind his own business. Dixie returned and felt the tension between the two. She told Gillian that Ruth had called her to give her some great news: Jake was coming home. At about the same time, Ryan and his business contact strolled into the dining area. Just behind him, Greenlee smiled evilly when she heard Dixie's announcement. Ryan and Mr. Conroy sat down to discuss business and Greenlee helped herself to a seat at the table. Before the meeting could start, Conroy was called back to the office. Ryan asked Greenlee what she was doing at The Valley Inn. She said that she wanted to help out and asked Ryan if he had heard the great news about Jake's planned return. Before Ryan could reply, Adrian burst into the restaurant and told Ryan that he'd just read a very interesting letter from a "Rapunzel." Gillian heard the name and immediately stopped what she was doing. Ryan looked across the room at her. Both wore faces of serious concern.
Dressed in an outfit whose colors rivaled that of a plentiful citrus fruit salad, Arlene told her friendly bartender that her new lover, "the silver fox," had given her a stash of cash to spend on clothing and beauty treatments. "If this doesn't raise his flag past half-mast, I'm hauling him off to the morgue," she mused. Arlene stopped dead in her tracks when she spotted Hayley in the doorway. She wisely turned her head and put her sunglasses back on to avoid detection. Across the room, Adam also spotted Hayley. He offered a waiter $100 to throw his daughter out of the eatery. Hayley turned in time to see the bribe and quickly scurried over to the table. She plucked the money away from the man and announced that she had no plans to leave. "First Erica, now you," Adam grumbled. Arlene hid in the back corner while Hayley tried her best to reach out to her father. Hayley pleaded with Adam to return home for her wedding. In a surprising admission, Hayley said that as perfect as her wedding would be, it would not be nearly as special as the surprise wedding he and Liza had thrown her in the West Virginia hospital room. There was one reason why that was so memorable: Adam had been there by her side. Hayley put her hands out on the table and waited for her father to grab hold of them. Adam plopped his drink down on the table and took his daughter's hands. Arlene removed her sunglasses and looked on with a frown. "You never gave up on me and I won't give up on you," Hayley said with a sniffle. Hayley said that she feared that her father was going to kill himself and said that she did not want to be an orphan. Adam reminded Hayley that she still had Arlene. "Arlene is dead to me," Hayley snapped. She continued on, saying that she wanted to be able to dance at her wedding reception with her dad. Adam rose to his feet and took Hayley by the hand. He led her to an empty part of the restaurant and started to hum. Hayley smiled and kicked off her shows. She stood atop her father's feet and the two danced slowly in a circle. Arlene's face turned white and she raced out of the room. On her way to the door, chance would have it that she found an actor looking over his head shots. She sat down beside him and asked the man if he was interested in a one-time gig. Back in the other room, Hayley asked her dad to fly back to Pine Valley with her. Just as Adam was about to nod his head, the actor burst into the room and called out Stuart's name. He rattled on about how wonderful it was to meet Stuart again and thanked him for giving him advice on how to jumpstart his struggling art career. Hayley tried to stop the man from going on, but it did no god. Finally, Adam announced that he was not Stuart --- it was a case of mistaken identities. When the man learned of Stuart's death, he pretended to be crushed. He praised Stuart as an honorable man who deserved a much longer life. By now, Adam was crushed. Hayley tried to pull her father back from the brink, but it was too late. Adam sat back down at the table with his drink and ordered Hayley to get lost and let him drown his sorrows. Sobbing, Hayley ran away from the table. Arlene entered a few seconds later and shook her head in disbelief. She muttered that it must be difficult for Adam to always have someone around him to bother him. She said that she wished there were a way that she could help get rid of all the annoyances in his life. "Maybe you can [help]," Adam chuckled. "Maybe you will. I need to make them hate me." Them, in Adam's mind, was Hayley, Marian and Liza. Arlene looked around cluelessly as Adam leapt to his feet and scampered away. Arlene took one final sip of a drink and followed in pursuit."
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