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.
BAY CITY FOREVER is rated TV-14 for an occasional mild expletive.
This work is under copyright.


EPISODE 49




This episode begins at roughly the same time the previous episode ended.

SCENE ONE

(The scene is THE JASMINE GARDEN. Josie and Sofia are at a table, facing each other. There is a teapot in the middle of the table. Josie picks up the teapot and pours tea into Sofia's cup, and then into her own.)

SOFIA: Thanks, Josie. (takes packet of sugar, opens, pours it into her cup, stirs. Josie does the same.)Now, why'd you want to meet me here?

JOSIE: (lowers voice) It's about that URL Brad gave us. Gary and I checked it out, and, well, I'm not sure how to tell you this.

SOFIA: Don't tell me that website doesn't exist.

JOSIE: Oh, it exists, all right.

SOFIA: So what's the problem?

JOSIE: The problem is, it's not a pornography site. It's a perfectly safe, perfectly innocent website. Dante could look at it.

SOFIA: You mean there's no lead, and Joey isn't going to get to bust a child pornography ring?

JOSIE: That's about the size of it.

SOFIA: And meanwhile, those pictures of me are still out there.

JOSIE; It gets worse. Gary went to Chicago, but that dirtbag Brad was already gone.
FADE OUT



SCENE TWO

(The scene shifts to CARLINO'S. Carl and Paulina are at a table, talking.)

PAULINA: Have you told Cory and Elizabeth what's going on?

CARL: (sighs) Not yet.. I couldn't tell them. They think Rachel had to go on a business trip.

PAULINA: But did they believe you? I mean, didn't they know you were having problems?

CARL: Yes, and that is why I don't want them to know their mother's been hurt. They're so little, and they've already had enough to worry about. I've made so many mistakes.

PAULINA: And right now you may be making the biggest one of all. What will you tell them if

CARL: Please. Don't say it. I'm not allowing myself to consider the worst. But God, I wish this were a soap opera, instead of real life.

PAULINA: (surprised) A soap opera? Why?

CARL: Because then Rachel would wake up with amnesia, and she wouldn't remember how I betrayed our marriage.

PAULINA: Careful what you wish for, Carl.
FADE OUT



SCENE THREE

(The scene shifts to THE JASMINE GARDEN. Josie and Sofia now are eaing spareribs, and speaking in low voices.)

SOFIA: There's a saying in my family.

JOSIE: What?

SOFIA: You can't kill a Carlino's appetite. And I guess it's true. Otherwise, how could I eat at a time like this?

JOSIE: Well, not eating wouldn't help things. Back when Gary and I were having problems, Joe insisted that I take my lunch break, and he wouldn't take "no" for an answer.

SOFIA: That sounds like Joey.

(Camera angle widens, and we see Tito approaching the table.)

JOSIE: Speaking of Joe, I still think

(Tito walks up. Sofia turns and sees him.)

SOFIA: What are you doing here?

TITO: Aunt Sofia

SOFIA: Don't call me that.

TITO: This is important.

SOFIA: Well, what Josie and I are talking about is more important that anything you have to say.

TITO: Please, just listen to me. There's something you need to know.

SOFIA: I'm not interested.

TITO: But, Aunt Sofia

JOSIE: Is she speaking English? What part of "I'm not interested" didn't you understand?

(Waiter approaches)

WAITER: Is he bothering you?

JOSIE: Actually, he was just leaving.

WAITER: Are you sure?

TITO: (sighs) Yeah, I'm leaving.

(turns and walks towards door.)
FADE OUT



SCENE FOUR

FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER.

(The scene shifts to CARLINO'S. Carl and Paulina are now drinking cappuccino and talking. We do not hear their conversation. Tito walks in and approaches the table.)

TITO: Paulina, I need to talk to you.

PAULINA: If you don't mind, we're having a private conversation.

TITO: Listen. There's something I have to tell you.

PAULINA: I'm not interested.

TITO: (thinking)Here we go again.

PAULINA: I try to be civil to you in front of Dante, because all he knows is that you're his big brother, but you and I have no relationship.

TITO: But

CARL: You heard her, young man. Be on your way.

TITO: I'm going, but you'll be sorry you didn't listen to me.
FADE OUT



SCENE FIVE

(The scene shifts to the squad room of the 2-3. Joe is talking with Adams and Naomi.)

NAOMI: I've been saying tehillim for your mother-in-law.

JOE: Thanks. I'm sure they'll help.

ADAMS: What are tehillim?

JOE: Psalms.

NAOMI: You know that? I'm impressed.

JOE: Back when I was with the NYPD, there were some Jewish cops on the force, and we were good friends. Sometimes, on our days off, some of us would go for knishes at Mrs. Stahl's in Brighton Beach.

NAOMI: Brighton Beach? That's where my mother comes from. We used to go there in the summer, and stay with my aunt. I loved the beach, and the boardwalk (smiles) and Mrs. Stahl's knishes.

ADAMS: Well, I do know what knishes are.

NAOMI: Do you know what an egg cream is?

ADAMS: Ice cream made with eggs?

JOE: Not even close, is he, Naomi?

ADAMS: Eggs covered with cream?

(Camera angle widens, and we see Tito walk in and approach.)

NAOMI: Nope. An egg cream is a drink made with a little bit of milk, seltzer

ADAMS: What?

NAOMI: Soda water.

ADAMS: Oh.

NAOMI: And chocolate syrup.

JOE: That's one of the things I miss about

(Tito walks up to Joe.)

TITO: I have to talk to you.

JOE: Hey, don't interrupt.

TITO: But this is important.

JOE: What's so important that you have to interrupt me in the middle of talking with my officers?

TITO: It's family business.

J0E: Well, I don't consider you family. And in case I didn't tell you before, I think you had one Hell of a nerve telling Dante

TITO: That I'm his brother? Well, I thought he had the right to know.

JOE: But you didn't have the right to tell him. That was my business. So I don't want to hear anything you have to say.

TITO: Fine. I'm going. (Camera angle widens as Tito walks towards the door. Josie walks in.)

JOSIE: What are you doing here?

TITO: (a bit sullenly) None of your business.
FADE OUT



SCENE SIX: CLOSING SCENE

(The scene shifts to a living room in an undisclosed city. A man and a fifteen-year-old boy are packing suitcases.)

BOY: I hope Grandma's going to be all right.

MAN: I'm sure she will be, Steven. I just want to be there when she wakes up.

STEVEN: We haven't gone back to Bay City since(sighs)

JAMIE: Since your mother died.

STEVEN: Dad, now that we are going back, shouldn't we tell Kirkland the truth? I mean, he still thinks Grant is dead.
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