BAY CITY FOREVER


This is a work of fan fiction, written by Rochelle Theresa Brown for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. Characters not invented by me are the sole property of Procter and Gamble Productions.

This work is under copyright.

BAY CITY FOREVER is rated TV-14 for an occasional mild expletive.

EPISODE 11



This episode begins where the previous one ended.

SCENE ONE

(The scene is CARLINO'S. Toni and Josie are seated at a table, talking.)

TONI: Because if he finds out what really happened, it could ruin his career.

JOSIE: I don't get it. How could something that happened in Florida ruin Joe's career?

TONI: (sighs) When I got to that precinct, I met up with someone from the past.

JOSIE: Your past?

TONI: Our past.

JOSIE: Who?

TONI: Well, he was using the name "Claude Randall", but we knew him as

JOSIE: Don't tell me! It isn't... it couldn't be!

TONI: (grimly) Chip Rayburn. I almost quit when I saw him, but then I decided that there was no way I'd let him run me off.

JOSIE: So what happened? And why can't we tell Joe?

TONI: A few weeks after I took over, Chip/Claude came to me and told me all about the corruption at that precinct.

JOSIE: But why would he tell you? Has he changed?

TONI: The only thing about that creep that has changed is his name, if he even had that legally changed. He told me so I wouldn't find out in some other way. And then...
(Flashback to the police station in Florida. Chip and Toni are talking.)
TONI: I have to report this.

CHIP: Now you listen, and you listen real good. If you breathe one word of this to anyone, I'll tell what really went down in Bay City, Illinois, back in 1997.

TONI: You mean you'd admit you're a rapist?

CHIP: I've already served my time, remember? So, if you open your mouth, I'll open mine. I'll go public with the fact that you and Josie Sinclair used illegal methods to get me to confess, and that Joe Carlino knew about it, and did not report you. You could call that corruption, couldn't you, Toni? Or maybe dereliction of duty?

TONI: The citizens of Bay City remember you as a rapist punk, and they love Joe. So who's going to believe a word you say against him?

CHIP: (cockily) The mayor. Grant Harrison.

(Back to the present.)
TONI: So you see why I had to look the other way, and not report the corruption?

JOSIE: Yes. If Grant got ahold of that information, he'd have a field day.

TONI: So I kept my mouth shut. For more than two years, I kept my mouth shut.
FADE OUT





SCENE TWO
(The scene shifts to Cass Winthrop's law office. Cass, Felicia, and Elaine Bachman are inside, talking.)
CASS: This nonsense has gone on for months, now, and my client and I want it to stop. Either Ms. du Lac produces incontrovertible proof that her alleged journal was online before COUNT ON LOVE was written, or she drops this claim against my client.

FELICIA: I would also like a public apology.

CASS: I agree. My client's reputation as an author has been called into question,to say nothing of her ethics. Therefore, unless Adele du Lac furnishes concrete evidence to support her claim, or issues an apology by the end of the week, I will file a countersuit against her in my client's behalf.

ELAINE: A countersuit? Whatever for?

CASS: False accusations, defamation of character, libel... shall I go on?

ELAINE: Very well. I'll see if I can persuade Ms. du Lac to meet with you. I'm sure we would all rather settle this amicably, and avoid any unpleasantness.

FELICIA: It's a little late for that. This whole thing has been very unpleasant for me.

ELAINE: Very well. I'll speak with Ms. du Lac, and then I will be in touch with you.

CASS: You have until the end of the week to contact me, and then I'm going ahead with the countersuit.
FADE OUT



SCENE THREE
(The scene shifts to CARLINO'S. Remy comes out of the kitchen with two bowls of soup on a tray. She sets one bowl in front of Toni and the other in front of Josie.)
REMY: Here you go.

TONI and JOSIE: (together) Thanks. Thank you.

REMY: So, Josie, how are you feeling?

JOSIE: You mean my pregnancy?

REMY: Yes.

JOSIE: Didn't Paulina tell you?

REMY: Tell me what?

TONI: The kit Josie used to test herself was defective.

REMY: You mean? (Gary walks in, unnoticed.)

JOSIE: I'm not pregnant. I never was.

GARY: (approaches table) You're not pregnant?

JOSIE: No, I'm not.

GARY: There is no baby?

JOSIE: No baby.

TONI: Look, I'm going to leave you two alone, because you have a lot to talk about.

REMY: And I've got to get back to the kitchen.

JOSIE: But you haven't even started your soup.

TONI: That's okay. Gary can have it.

(Toni leaves the restaurant. Remy goes into the kitchen)

GARY: (sitting down) Oh, Josie, can you ever forgive me for not trusting you? For not believing in you? In us?

JOSIE: It was my fault, too. I should never have told you I was pregnant until after I saw the doctor, and made absolutely sure.

GARY: I just wish I could go back to that afternoon. If only I had stayed sober, or not gotten into my car afterwards

JOSIE: Remember the Serenity Prayer. "God, grant me the serenity

GARY: to accept the things I cannot change

TOGETHER: the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

(Joe walks in and approaches their table.)
JOE: I say that prayer every day.

GARY: But you're not an alcoholic.

JOE: No, but I think everyone needs the things we ask for in that prayer.

GARY: Josie and I have worked things out.

JOE: Thank God. Now, eat your soup before it gets cold.
FADE OUT


SCENE FOUR: CLOSING SCENE

Two weeks later. It is now April, 2003.

(The scene shifts to Cass Winthrop's law office. Cass and Felicia are inside. It is obvious that they are waiting for somebody.)
FELICIA: So, after all these weeks, we're finally going to meet Adele du Lac face-to-face.

CASS: I still intend to go ahead with the countersuit unless she issues a public apology to you.

FELICIA: She owes both of us an apology.

CASS: How do you figure that?

FELICIA: Well, she is (looks at her watch) almost half an hour late.

(Door opens, and we see the shadow of a woman wearing a hat with a large brim.)
WOMAN: (airily) Sorry I'm late, but

CASS and FELICIA: (shocked) YOU??!!

FREEZE FRAME


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