Since we last visited Salem, Kate has been quite busy trying to keep Lucas from confessing to Franco’s murder, because she Knows Allowing Telling Everything would be disastrous for both of them. She has discussed the whole situation with Victor, now that he’s getting better, and they’ve had some Very Interesting Chats Together Outsmarting Roman. And Kate always finds some way to Keep Altering The Evidence in order to maintain Lucas’s ‘innocence.’ So Lucas always Leaves Unscathed Cleared And Saved from the long arm of the law every time.

Lucas has gone through a lot in regard to his drinking and his son, Will. But he Learned Understanding Caring And Support from Maggie and Alice Horton as he struggled to stay sober. Lucas has at least SOME goodness somewhere inside of him, and if he would just Let Underlying Convictions Align Successfully with his behavior, he’d be okay. At the very least, he must continue to Live Unmistakably Clean And Sober if he wants to keep Will in his life. But his Last Undertaking Completely Astounded Salem, when he announced Nicole had become his wife. And it Left Understandable Concern About Sincerity on his part.

Once Nicole let herself fall in love, she Never Imagined Crying Over Losing Eric. But she has no one to blame but herself. She made the choice to take the $5 Million from Kate in exchange for marrying Lucas, and Needing Income Clearly Outweighed Loving Eric. She’s Newly Inappropriately Coupled Obliging Lucas’s Ego – or should I say Kate’s edict. Her life Nowadays Includes Creating Outright Lies Everywhere, since she’s Now In Cahoots On Lucas’s Escapades. This New Involvement Certainly Obliterates Lean Existence for her, and she believes she’ll never want for anything. But she’s Not In Control Or Living Emancipated, because Kate now ‘owns’ her. She Naturally Isn’t Completely Over Lovesome Eric, and she Nervously Is Concealing Ongoing Longing Emotions, in the hope that others won’t notice.

At first, Eric was Enraged Resentful Infuriated Crushed, and he saw his Existence Reduced Into Confusion. Everyone Rallied Immediately Consoling him, but for now, his Emotions Remain Indefinitely Controlled and he’s not going to deal with it. He of course Expressed Regrets In Choosing Nicole in the first place, and admits he made an Error Resulting In Chaos in his life. He’ll Endure Rejection Initially Careful, but he’ll Eventually Recover It’s Certain. Although, I think he will Essentially Remain Immensely Cautious, and be Extremely Reluctant Involving Commitment. I’m sure he’ll Evade Risking Involvement Completely for quite a while. But eventually, some day, Eric will once again become Enamoured Romanced Infatuated Captivated…. and he’ll let himself try love one more time. And you know what? It will be with Greta.

July 23, 1999