Monday 10th May 1993
(Monday 15th December 1997 in NZ)
Billie sets up her Countess Wilhelmina stall at Salem Place and brings in her secret weapons - Alice and Maggie - in disguise as foreigners who want to buy all the product. They end up selling all of it but only make $300. Meanwhile, Tony leaves a message on Billie's answerphone saying that he is coming to town tomorrow.
Austin and Jonah put up fliers to try and contact Wendy and she sees one.
Carly and Lawrence take Nikki to see Vivian when he tells them he thinks they are lying and Viv is dead. In her hospital room, Nikki calls Carly Mom, causing Viv to grab a handful of blanket.
John sneaks into Marlena's room once Roman is gone and tells Marlena that if this is his baby he won't stay away and if it is, their bond of love will get them through anything. Marlena is upset by this. Roman comes back later for the ultrasound. The doctor says that the baby looks fine and Marlena asks Roman to go and tell everyone at the pub the good news. Once he is gone, she asks the doc to do the measurements and tell her when the baby was conceived....
Tuesday 11th May 1993
(Tuesday 16th December 1997 in NZ)
A social services woman sees the flier from Jonah and Austin and guesses that the baby is with them. She heads off to their apartment and threatens to take it away. However, Wendy sees her an manages to climb up the fire escape to the apartment in time to bring the baby out and say he's hers.
Kate and Victor are having dinner when Vic gets a phonecall informing him that Clayton Robards has died of a coronary. He leaves to arrange to buy the Spectator when the option runs out, but meanwhile, Kate calls her investor in New York who dashes off a fax to a devastated Jack and Jenn.
It's Mothers Day and Dr. Morgan tells Marlena that her baby was conceived in early February. Marlena realizes that means she still doesn't know who the father is. When John comes in however, she lies and tells him that the baby was conceived around New Years and he couldn't be the father. John is disappointed and tells her that he felt intuitively that it was his baby She tells him that she loves him (sob) but that this is bets for all of them. He tells her to take care of herself and then leaves. She begins to cry, not knowing if she has done the right thing.
Sami comes in and tells Marlena that she is sorry she didn't get anything for Mother's Day (that is, after Marlena tells her the baby is due in the fall). Marlena tells her that's okay - she's happy as long as she's there with her sweetie-girl and hugs her. Meanwhile, John goes down to the pier and remembers the night they were both at the pier and admitted their true feelings. He finally says goodbye to Marlena as he tears up a photo of her.
Wednesday 12th May 1993
(Wednesday 17th December 1997 in NZ)
Wendy tells the social services woman that he's her baby and she can't take him away. The others (including Abe, Lexie, Billie and Carrie) vow to help her find a job and a place to live. The social services woman agrees that Wendy deserves a chance and vows to her that social services will not fail her.
Jack and Jenn make a deal with the mystery backer via fax. Jack gets a good package which gives him ownership of ten percent of the Spectator.
Tony Becker comes to town and isn't very thrilled when he discovers that Billie doesn't have his money.
Carrie meets Lucas, Lucas falls for Carrie.
Thursday 13th May 1993
(Thursday 18th December 1997 in NZ)
Tony keeps Billie prisoner in the apartment while the 'boys' in New York decide what to do with her. Meanwhile Jack, ignoring the messages on the machine for him from Billie, takes Jenn on a shopping trip.
Lawrence teaches Nikki how to shave. Carly arrives and Nikki brings her upstairs for the 'lesson'. He asks them if they can do more things as a family and Carly tells him that sure they can. (Nikki has offered to help Lawrence get Carly back.) Nikki goes off and Carly asks Lawrence if it was him that paid Taylor to set Bo up.
Friday 14th May 1993
(Friday 19th December 1997 in NZ)
Lawrence wants to know how Katerina could think such a thing of him. Carly tells him that's what Bo thinks. Lawrence tells her he didn't do it.
Bo goes to Billie's. Before he lets him in, Tony threatens to shoot him if Billie doesn't get rid of him. She does, but she sends him off with a jar of cream for Carly. She puts in with it a piece of paper with her phone-number on one side, and help written on the other. Unfortunately, it slips under the desk at the office and Bo thinks that Tony is Billie's new boyfriend.
At the Mall, Bo meets up with Jack and tells him that Billie has a new boyfriend - Tony from Vegas. Jack realizes who it is and rushes over to Billie's. He gives Tony the down-payment on the Spectator but it's only $75,000. They all go down to Salem Place to get Vern to bank the check. After Tony gets the money, he tells them he is still going to kill them.....
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© Rachael Young 1997