BAY CITY FOREVER



This is a work of fan fiction, written by Rochelle Theresa Brown for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. All 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 21



This episode takes begins where the the previous episode left off.

SCENE ONE (The scene is room 1405 of THE ROSENTHAL HOTEL in Chicago. Gary is leading Lydia out of the room in handcuffs. Carl and Rachel are face to face. Joe steps out into the hall.)
CARL: What do you mean, we're not married?

RACHEL: Our marriage isn't legal, remember?

CARL: But that's a mere technicality.

RACHEL: I don't consider it a technicality that you had sex with Lydia.

CARL: I explained all that. She threatened to harm you if I didn't.

RACHEL: Am I supposed to believe that you were actually intimidated by her?

CARL: Think back to our past... back when Mac and I were enemies. In those days, I would have done anything to destroy your family.

RACHEL: What does that have to do with this?

CARL: After all I put you through in the past, I felt that I owed it to you to protect you, and that included protecting you from the truth.

RACHEL: Tell me one thing, Carl. Were you planning to sleep with her again tonight?

CARL: No. That's why I asked Joe and Gary to come. I wanted them to hear Lydia blackmailing me. But why did you come here tonight, love?

RACHEL: I wanted Lydia to know that I would not be intimidated by her, even if you were.

CARL: You're right. You are absolutely right. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I was intimidated. I was also a fool.

RACHEL: Oh?

CARL: Yes. I should have realized that Lydia would be no match for you.
FADE OUT

SCENE TWO
(The scene shifts to THE JASMINE GARDEN. Grant and Cecile, on their way out, have been "greeted" by Cindy.)
CINDY: I just love this place, don't you, Grant?

CECILE: Grant and I come here often.

CINDY: Oh, do you?

GRANT: Yes.

CECILE: You and Grant used to be married, right?

CINDY: Yes, and we had some fantastic se

GRANT: (breaking in) Really, Cynthia!

CINDY: Actually, that was just about the only good thing in our marriage.

CECILE: (to Cindy) Haven't we met somewhere?

CINDY: We ran into each other on Tanquir. Lovely island, by the way.

CECILE: Ah, yes. That was almost three years ago, wasn't it? Grant was there at the same time.

CINDY: That's strange. I never saw him.

GRANT: I made sure of that. It would have been very inconvenient if you had seen me.

CINDY: Especially since you were pretending to be dead.

GRANT: You weren't unescorted, Cynthia. Now, what was the name of that man you were with? Donald?

CINDY: David. David Halliday.

GRANT: Oh, that's right. Hmmm.... I wonder what became of that relationship.

CINDY: Never mind.
FADE OUT



SCENE THREE
(The scene shifts to THE ROSENTHAL HOTEL. Carl and Rachel are still talking.)
CARL: Rachel, love, we've worked too hard on our marriage to let what Lydia did destroy everything we have.

RACHEL: Not what Lydia did. What you did with Lydia.

CARL: But, Rachel, you said yourself that you and I are not legally married. Joe, will you please come in here? (Joe walks into the room.) Now, you know my divorce from Lydia wasn't legal

RACHEL: (turning on Joe) Wait a minute. You knew about this?

JOE: I didn't know everything. I just knew that Lydia had been making threats. And I've had you under constant police protection.

RACHEL: You have?

JOE: Of course. I've had plain-clothes cops in unmarked cars protecting you all along.

RACHEL: I never noticed.

JOE: Good. That means they did their jobs right.

RACHEL: (to Carl) Were you really afraid that Lydia would hurt me?

CARL: Yes. How else could she have blackmailed me, if not by threatening you?

RACHEL: If she knows what is good for her, she'll give you that divorce, and make sure it is legal this time.

CARL: And then, what about us?

RACHEL: We'll see.

CARL: But are you coming home after all?

RACHEL: Yes.
FADE OUT



SCENE FOUR: CLOSING SCENE
(The scene shifts to Josie and Gary's bedroom, ninety minutes later. Josie and Gary are in bed.)
GARY: I did a little research in Chicago.

JOSIE: You looked for dirt on Commissioner Walters?

GARY: Yep.

JOSIE: Well, what did you find?

GARY: Absolutely nothing.

JOSIE: Nothing?
GARY: Nothing incriminating, anyway. It looks like the Commish is clean as a whistle.

JOSIE: (thinking) We'll just see about that.
FREEZE FRAME
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