Episode 324

Eden drops one of her earrings, and doesn't hear Gina's tape. Gina is worried that now Eden won't have a reason to come home, not knowing that Eden was planning to get home anyway. Cruz hands Eden her coat, but after seeing the hostile look on her face, he decides to let things cool down and heads to the police station. A nervous Eden steps to the elevator, where she meets Julia. Julia tells her she shouldn't go home by herself as she is in no condition of driving, but Eden keeps yelling at her. Julia goes back inside to call Ted, when Kirk arrives and hugs Eden from behind. "I knew you'd come back" - cries Eden, thinking him to be Cruz. She tells him she only wanted to make him happy, then turns around to cry on his shoulder. She is suddenly frightened when she realizes it's Kirk. "Go away!" - she orders him. Kirk offers her a ride home, to which she doesn't agree at first, but he finally convinces her. While waiting for him, Eden is having flashbacks, first of Cruz turning the promotion down and the fight they had, then she remembers CC giving his blessing to her for marrying Cruz. "Love him. Trust him. He will give you strength" - said CC. And finally, CC's crusial words to her when she found out about his illness: "If by any chance I'll get a massive stroke, and it leaves me incapacitated or in a coma, then I want you to promise me you won't let me suffer". - "Daddy, don't talk like this..." - "No Eden, we've got to face this. When the time comes that you'll have to make that decision, I want you to know my wishes. I trust you, and I want you to promise me you won't let a bunch of tooms and machines keep me alive". The last sentence runs through Eden's head over and over again.

While Kelly is worried sick waiting for Nick in the apartment, Nick keeps talking to Carlo about destroying the map, when he is suddenly surprised by half a dozen of armed mobsters. He manages to throw the map to the fire, just before being shot. Dylan and Sam arrive, and a big fuss is taking place. Carlo tries to pull the map out of the fire, but gets burned, and escapes with his men after Sam tells him the police are on their way. Sam hurries to call an ambulance, and Dylan leans over the hurt Nick, which manages with his last strengths to tell him he made copies of the map. Nick then faints, and Dylan is in panic.

In CC's room, a disappointed Gina takes the wig off. "Well, looks like you win again CC. Don't you get tired of it? I guess not. You know what, this time I'm not gonna give up. This time you do not get off the hook. Eden or no Eden, you're not gonna live past tonight!" - says a determined Gina.

In the study room inside the Capwell mansion, Mason and Mary are having a romantic conversation. Mason tries with his slippery tongue to persuade Mary to make love to him, but she avoids it. The romantic music coming out of Mason's record player keeps Mary and Mason from hearing what is going on in other parts of the house.

Kirk and Eden are on their way to the mansion. While driving, Kirk tells Eden he can't believe what Cruz has done. She keeps murmering about CC, his hopeless condition, and a decision she has to make alone. "I wanna go home...I wanna see my father".

Cruz comes back to the restaurant, and can't find Eden. He turns to Julia and Ted, who are also looking for her, and finally Ted notices that Kirk's car is gone. "The perfect opportunity! I should have known, that son of a b...." - says an angry Cruz, hurrying to the nearest phone. He calls the Capwell mansion, and asks Mason if Eden came back. Mason says he thinks she didn't, and he doesn't see Kirk's car outside. "I don't know what you're worried about. If she's in Kirk's capable hands, she should be just fine" - teases him Mason.

Meanwhile, Mary goes up to CC's room to check on him. She finds no change in his condition. When Mary leaves the room, Gina sneaks back inside. "Guess who's back" - she says, and CC's pulse gets faster. "I don't know why you're so afraid, I gave you plenty of time to prepare yourself. Now that the nurse and Eden have spolied my plan, Eden won't go to jail. She's gonna be just fine, so don't worry. And everything is gonna go smooth for the rest of us too. I'll continue to be a good mother to Brandon, and a loving wife to Mason. Your family will be in the best of hands. My hands". Gina then goes to the left of CC's bed, and reaches a trembling hand towards the yello plug, but at the last moment she pulls her hand back. "No, I have to disconnect the backup system first". Gina disconnects it, and suddenly she hears the sound of the front door closing. "Who could that be?" - she asks herself, and then she recognizes Eden and Kirk's voices. Eden wants to go upstairs to CC's room, and he insists to come with her. She yells at him to leave her alone, and kicks him out of the house. Gina can't believe her ears. "Oh please let her do it! I know she wants to. Please let her do it tonight!" - Gina hopes, and quickly puts the wig back on, hurrying to hide in the closet. Eden is about to go up the stairs, when Kirk comes back in, and tries to talk her out of going to her father's room. They have an argument, and Eden runs up the stairs, leaving Kirk wondering whether to go after her.

Kelly gets tired of waiting by the phone, and decides to go to the alley. When she gets there, a man tells her there's been a shooting, and someone named Nick was rushed to the hospital. Kelly runs over there, just when the doctor comes out of Nick's room and tells Dylan and Kelly that Nick will be alright. The bullet went into his shoulder, but it wasn't far from the heart. Kelly is furious at Dylan and blames him for getting Nick almost killed. Then Kelly enters his room, and Nick asks her for a glass of water. When she goes to get it, he is left alone only for a few seconds, when an armed mobster dressed like a nurse enters his room. Nick tries to call Kelly back in but it's too late. Lucky for him, Dylan comes back, and the mobster sneaks out. Nick tries to tell him with a weak voice about Carlo's thug, but Dylan thinks he's hallucinating. Kelly comes back, and the doctor orders her and Dylan to leave Nick and come back in the morning, as he needs to rest. Kelly leaves, and Dylan wants to leave too. "If you leave - they'll kill me" - begs him Nick.

Eden opens the door to CC's room. "I can't... I can't..." - she murmers. Gina, who is hiding in the closet, decides it's time to let Eden hear the tape again. "Let me die, Let me die...".
"My god!" - Eden is standing horrified near CC's bed. "Daddy?... Daddy, is that you?"...

Episode 326

Loud siren sounds can be heard outside the Capwell mansion, as the ambulance arrives for CC. Gina gets into her car in a hurry, and tries to calm down, but her concience is troubling her. "What have I done?..." - she says to herself with a voice full of fear. She starts her car and drives fastly towards the hotel. The images of the drugged Eden, and how she pulled the plug keep popping up to her head. Gina gets back to the hotel, and enters the presidential suite carefully, checking that nobody saw her. She moves around anxiously in the room trying to calm down but she cannot. Brandon suddenly enters the living-room, and scares Gina. "What are you doing up so late?"- Gina wonders, trying to hide her shaky condition. Brandon says he woke up just now. Gina shows him the clock, and makes sure to mention the exact time several times, so that Brandon will remember exactly "when he woke up". She puts him back to sleep, but has troubles sleeping herself.

On the road back to his hotel, a worried Kirk is driving fastly while Eden is sitting unconcious next to him. He tries to talk to her, but she is totally out. Kirk arrives to the hotel, and sneaks in to his flat carrying Eden, trying to avoid from being seen.

CC fails to breath, and is in a clinical death condition for a few minutes, before Mary and the doctors manage to bring his pulse back barely. Long minutes of hanging between hope and desparation are passing on Mason, Mary, Ted and Sophia, all waiting outside CC's room while the doctors are fighting for his life. Mason shows real concern over his father, and pures his heart to Mary about it. Finally, after a few long hours, CC's condition is stabilizing. Mary has feelings of guilt for not keeping an eye on CC, and blames herself for what was done to him, but Mason tells her that what she did was save his father's life, and he will never forget it and be thankful for it for the rest of his life. Mary tells Mason that despite everything he said about his father and everything he did to him, he loves him very much. Mason realizes that what she says is true.

The Capwells are too busy worrying about CC's condition than to think of who pulled the plug on him. However, Sophia remembers that just before she left for the guest-house, she saw Eden entering CC's room and closing the door behind her. She swears in her heart not to tell anyone about it, and on the first opportunity she gets, she goes looking for Eden, but without success. Meanwhile, Mary recalls she also saw Eden in CC's room: It was when she rushed in to save CC. A woman was sitting on the window, and immediately jumped outside when Mary came in. Mary is almost sure it was Eden. Not wanting to hurt Eden, she decides to keep it to herself for now.

When Lionel hears about what happened on the Capwell mansion, he hurries there. Augusta is angry at him accusing him of wanting CC dead so he can have Sophia. Lionel comes in and asks what happened. The tensed Capwells are not very pleased to see him. He is told what happened and that CC will be Ok, then he leaves the house with Sophia. He sees that she is troubled about something, but she avoids him and refuses to tell him what it is.

Back at his room in the hotel, Kirk undresses an unconcious Eden and puts her to sleep. He kneels over her saying that from now on he will make sure everything will be alright and nobody will ever hurt her again.

Episode 328

(Thanks to Tzach from Israel for his help)

Cruz orders Mary to keep quiet and forbids her from talking about seeing Eden in the crime scene, since it will interfere with the on-going investigation. Mary tells him she can't promise anything, especially with Mason questioning her. Cruz says that the person who tried to kill CC will pay heavily. When Mary walks away, he takes out the piece of cloth from his pocket, and looks at it with a grave face.

Ted comes back from the hospital, and meets Sophia in the Capwell mansion. He informs her of CC's stable condition. She asks him if he knows of Eden's whereabouts, and Ted hasn't got a clue. After a little hesitation, he asks her if she thinks Eden was the one who pulled the plug. "If you love your sister, you won't say that again, and will not mention it to anyone ever!" - she replies angrily. Later she goes out looking for Eden on the rainy streets, and Lionel finds her upset and cold. He tries to find out what's wrong, but she just asks him to take her home, and so he does.

Over at Kirk's apartment, Eden tries to remember what happened. She only remembers talking to CC, waking up and seeing the plug in her hand and Kirk carrying her out through the window. She does not remember actually pulling the plug. Kirk keeps trying to convince her to follow his alibi plan that they left straight to his place after the party, but a desperate Eden says she can't go through with it. Eden has a feeling that CC might still be alive, and asks Kirk to call the mansion and find out, but Kirk thinks it's too risky. He does however place a call to the hospital, but the nurse refuses to give him any information. Eden thinks that CC is dead and the family has to be informed first, and that's why no information was given to Kirk.

Brick and Amy are fighting again, and this time their mothers, who are spending the night there, wake up and go downstairs to calm things down. After each of them is having a talk with her child, Brick and Amy reconcile and the wedding is back on.

Cruz is placing a call to Kirk's, and on hearing the busy tone, he decides to go there. As Kirk goes over his plan with Eden, Cruz's knocks are heard on the door. Eden tells Kirk she doesn't want to see him and goes hiding in the bedroom. Kirk opens the door and finds a worried Cruz that wants to know if Eden's there. Kirk says she is sleeping. "For how long has she been here?" - asks Cruz. "Ever since we left the party" - replies Kirk. Cruz insists on taking Eden with him, but Kirk tells him she doesn't want to see him and reminds him of the engagement call-off, and of the promotion he turned down. Cruz notices Eden's dress on the sofa and gets angry, asking Kirk to wake up Eden at once, but Kirk firmly insists that she stays in his place. Finally Cruz leaves, not before promising Kirk to come back the next day for Eden, "even if I'll have to break down the door".

At the Lockridge mansion, Augusta feels bad about Lionel not coming back, and complaints to Julia that he is probably with Sophia right now. Meanwhile Janice gets a centerfold photage contract after winning a modeling competition. A moody Augusta throws all kinds of accusations at her, and fires her from her job as the chauffeur, though Janice no longer needs this job. Later Lionel comes back, and the usual argument about his relationship with Sophia begins.

After Cruz leaves, Eden comes out of the bedroom and feels stupid hiding from Cruz. Kirk tells her she first needs to relax and only then start seeing people, and not in the state she is in now. Eden asks Kirk to get rid of the pink dress, since it makes her scared and upset. Kirk disposes of it. Eden feels she has lost both her father and Cruz. Kirk tries to calm her down and says things may or may not work out with Cruz, and it won't be the end of the world if they won't, but Eden is not comforted. Kirk suggests that first she'll go to her family tomorrow, then to Cruz. He decides to go to the mansion and inform them of Eden's location in order not to let them worry too much. He promises to get Eden a new dress on the way home, that way they'll say the pink dress was ruined in the storm and there won't be any evidance that Eden wore the dress after she left the "Orient Express".

Gina is back at the presidential suite, very frustrated over the failure of her plan to kill CC. She tries to think what went wrong, as she suddenly notices the dress is torn. She quickly realizes that it must have been when she jumped out of the window, and hurries to the Capwell mansion to get it before the police does. When she arrives there - it's too late: The cops are all over the place, and after managing to enter the room (using an excuse of finding the bible she used to read to CC from every night), she fearfully finds the piece of cloth is missing. Knowing that it will lead the police away from Eden and get her into big troubles, Gina decides to switch the dresses. When she goes out the front door, she bumps into Cruz. Cruz asks the police if anything was found. They say they found a few things, but since Gina, Sophia and Ted are listening, they don't elaborate much. Gina gets more worried.

Kirk arrives at the mansion to find Cruz, Ted, Sophia and Gina there. He says he came to take a few things for Eden, who is staying at his place at the moment, and will come back home in the morning as she's not feeling very well. He acts as if he doesn't know what happened. Sophia tells him of the plug-pulling and how CC is doing in the hospital. Kirk acts surprised (he was indeed surprised to hear that CC is alive) and says that Eden has no idea about what happened. He took her to his place straight after the party. Sophia looks worried for she knows Eden was in CC's room earlier that night. Kirk wants to take some cloths for Eden, since her dress was ruined in the storm. "You mean the pink dress?" - Gina jumps. "Yes, I threw it out to the garbage". Gina immediately flees from there. Sophia walks Kirk upstairs, trying in her mind to figure out why he was lying.

Meanwhile, Eden decides she has to tell the truth to the family. She bravely picks up the phone and calls the mansion, but Cruz answers and upon hearing his voice she hangs up.

Gina is over at the rubbish bin at Kirk's apartment with her torn pink dress. "Ok you stupid dress, where are you?" - she says as a load of garbage is dumped from above, leaving Gina disgusted.

Episode 330

Carlo urges Dylan and Sam to give him the copy of the map, but they pretend as if they don't know what he wants from them. Carlo's thugs hear a noise coming from the back room, and as one of them goes to check it out, Kelly throws acid all over his face, giving her enough time to run away from the flat, before anyone comes back to his senses. Dylan begs Carlo not to chase her, since she's got nothing to do with the map, and she just took a few things she needed. Carlo realizes quickly that she also took the map, and flees from there with his gang.

At Cruz's beach-house, Eden explains that she went to Kirk's because of what Cruz did in the party. Eden tries to avoid a direct answer to Cruz's question, but he wants to hear straight from her mouth that she was with Kirk and didn't pull the plug. Eden screams that she wasn't at her house, and didn't pull the plug on her father. "Is that clear enough? Is that what you wanted to hear?! Is it all over?!" - she yells, on the verge of tears. "Yeah...It's over." - says Cruz quietly, and leaves. Later Kirk arrives to the beach-house worried about Eden, and finds her in a very bad mood. She tells him the details of her confrontation with Cruz. Kirk calms down when he hears she didn't confess to him, and asks her to keep it this way. Eden says she could sense that Cruz knew she was lying. She thinks it's over between her and Cruz, and asks Kirk to leave.

Mason presses Mary to reveal to him who she saw when she entered CC's room. He feels bad that Mary prefers to trust Cruz with it and not him. He also thinks that whoever it is, he might try to hurt her. Mary insists on not telling him, and they fight over it. Mason won't let go. He follows Mary when she goes to check on CC. "You don't have to say anything, you just stand there and listen while I think out loud. Now since you're so reluctant to tell me, I have to assume it's a member of the family". "That's _your_ assumption" - replies Mary. Mason goes on: "So let's start with Ted, Ok? Ted is easy to dismiss, he's the eternal optimist. He never believed Dad's condition was fatal anyway. Besides that he isn't capable of killing his own father, even if he thought it was the right thing to do. Also he was with Sophia. There's 2 alibis, one for each other. Kelly has even a better one, she was in the hospital with Nick. I just want you to understand that I'm not picking my suspects casually. I'm not pointing the finger at Eden for some need for revenge, but it's easy to see that Eden's alibi is the weakest. Even Gina has a better one, she was at the hotel with Brandon. Eden? Well, the only person who can back her up is Kirk" - "So?" - "So I don't think Kirk Cranston would exactly have to be coerced into protecting Eden". Mary tells him he is the victim's son, and she doesn't want him to get involved. "You accuse me of being too close to the situation. What about Cruz, do you think he's being objective? He's just delaying the inevitable, praying that another suspect would pop out of nowhere". Mary hurries to leave the room, and tells Mason she will be at the clinic, "and don't follow me!" - she warns him.

It's honeymoon time for Brick and Amy. Brick takes Amy to Cruz's old flat, and they are both surprised by all the flowers and decoration made by Kelly and Nick. The flat is decorated Hawaiian-style, giving Brick and Amy the feeling that they are on one of the beautiful islands. They feel a little bit sorry that the fun will last only a couple of days. Brick wants to clear his name and find a job, and Amy surprises him with a thought that she might get a job and he will be the one to take care of Johnny. Brick doesn't like the idea very much, but Amy insists.

Sam goes looking for Kelly, while Dylan hurries to the hospital, where he tells Nick the bad news. Nick is worried as hell, and almost jumps out of his bed when he hears it. Then he gets a phone call. It's Kelly, telling him that she is heading towards the ghost town they used to hang out in when Jerry Stanfield was trying to kill them. She asks him to call the police immediately, and nothing will happen to her. Nick asks her to come to the hospital at once, but Kelly says "I love you" and hangs up on him. The phone slips out of Nick's hands and drops on the floor, forcing Nick to make a false turn, which hurts his bad shoulder. Dylan calls the doctors and they urgently take him into surgery.

At the clinic, Mary receives a food delivery. Thinking that it's from Mason, she asks the delivery-man to take it back. "What's in there anyway?" - she wonders. When she hears that among other things her favorite milkshake flavour is there, she snaps it, and decides to take the package.

Pearl comes to the police station on Cruz's lunch break, and wants to talk to him. An angry Cruz asks him to leave, but changes his mind when he hears Pearl has information on "Miss Capwell". Pearl tells him that last night he saw a car parking outside a building, and a young man going out of it, carrying Eden, who looked drunk, over to the building and into one of the flats. Pearl checked the mail-box, and the name was Kirk Cranston. Cruz asks him to lower his voice and takes him near his desk. He then asks him if he knows when they arrived. Pearl tells him it was 22:25. Cruz asks him twice if it could have been earlier, but Pearl tells him he is sure as he looked at his watch. Pearl figures that the plug was pulled a little after ten, and Cruz confirms. "Damn!" - whispers Cruz. He feels the rope is getting tight around Eden's neck. Cruz threatens Pearl not to tell anyone about what he saw. Pearl promises to keep his mouth sealed.

Mary drinks the milkshake with pleasure, as Mason enters the room. She tells him that if he thinks that food and drinks is all it takes to reconcile with her, he is wrong. Mason doesn't know what she's talking about. Mary blames him for going over her personal stuff and reading in her diary, otherwise how could he know about her favorite milkshake. "Maybe if I went out and came back in again..." - says a surprised Mason. "Don't bother" - says a furious Mary. She wonders if he went over her year-book and saw Mark. Mason asks her who Mark is, and she tells him he was a close friend of hers at high-school, and they used to sit in the coffeeteria drinking that milkshake. Mason swears that he didn't send the package, and Mary finally believes him. She asks him if he came to smooth things over, but Mason tells her he hoped she would now be willing to tell him what she saw. Mary refuses, and Mason leaves disappointed of her attitude.

Sam arrives at the hospital, and Dylan updates him. A doctor informs Dylan that luckily Nick wasn't hurt bad, but it will take a while until he is brought back to the room. Dylan and Sam wonder how Carlo could have known about the photo, and reach the conclusion that he has a trace on them somehow. They think that the fact that there are hundreds of ghost cities in America should buy them some time. Cruz comes in, and wants to know how Nick was hurt. Dylan calms him down and asks him about the ghost town, and Cruz tells him it's near "Loan Pine", and that Nick and Kelly used to spend time in an old saloon there. He asks Dylan why he wanted to know, and Dylan tells him he just thought of doing some camping there. After Cruz leaves, Sam suddenly notices a few dark figures that are watching them from a room in a near-by building. "Well, it looks like we've got ourselves a peeping Tom" - says Sam. "No, his name isn't Tom, it's Carlo. Come on!" - Dylan runs out, Sam after him.

At the clinic, Mary is busy when a knock is heard on the door. "Come in" - she shouts, and when she turns around - she is surprised to find her old friend Mark. Mary is very happy to see him, and it turns out he has sent the package. Mark continued his medical practice and became a senior surgeon. Mary wants him to stay and chat, but Mark is in a hurry, and asks her for lunch. Mary agrees, and they decide to meet at the Capwell's the following day. Mark is stunned by Mary's beauty, and tells her it's very nice to see her again.

Cruz comes to the Capwell mansion and bumps into Mason. Mason asks him why he has sworn Mary to secrecy, and Cruz tells him that it's a normal custom in investigations. Mason says that he did a research of his own, and he saw Cruz's confidential police report. He knows that the only clear prints on the plug were his and Eden's. Mason also blames Cruz for holding evidance, since he didn't mention Mary's questioning in the report. Cruz tells him she hasn't signed a formal statement yet. Mason replies that she saw someone, and that someone might try to get her out of the way before she signs that formal statement. "In my judgement that's highly unlikely" - replies Cruz. "Well maybe I don't trust your judgement" - says Mason. Cruz asks Mason where he was when the machine was disconnected. Mason tells him he was in the library with Mary. "Not the whole time and not at the time the plug was pulled. You see, I told you I've been doing my job" - says Cruz. Their argument is interrupted by Eden and Kirk, who come in through the front door. "Eden! We were just talking about you. By implication, of course" - says Mason. Eden hurries upstairs with Kirk. "Interesting how he becomes her constant companion. I wonder what the sleeping arrangements are at Kirk's" - throws Mason at an insulted Cruz.

Dylan and Sam arrive at the room, but Carlo is already long gone with all the bugging equipment. All they find is a lens cover. "I think we just made our film debut, pal" - jokes Dylan. They decide to split up: Sam goes after Carlo, and Dylan heads to the ghost town. Kelly arrives there with her car, and looks around. She enters the old saloon, waiting for the police.

Working out a scheme, Mason returns to the clinic and apologizes to Mary about his behaviour. He says that now he knows and he was right all along. Mason tells her that he acquired the police report, and when he talked to Cruz, he couldn't deny it. Mason understands why she didn't want to tell him. "It's not easy telling somebody that their own sister attempted something like that". Mary buys his story. "Well, now you know..." - she sighs. "Finally." - Mason says, and Mary realizes she has been fooled. Mason defends himself by saying it was the only way he could find out, but Mary tells him it's the last time he ever deceives her.

Cruz goes up to CC's room, where he finds Eden in the arms of Kirk. He asks to talk to Eden alone, and Kirk leaves. Cruz wonders how a couple of drinks could affect Eden they way they did. Cruz says that only now he understands how much her father's condition troubled her, and it must have been very hard to have those nightmares every night. "You know, I tried to imagine doing it Eden. I tried to imagine myself coming in and seeing him in the bed alone, vulnerable the way he is now, walking around in the quiet, putting my hand on the plug and simply pulling it out of the wall. I don't think I would have been able to look at him" - Cruz realizes. "And simply walking across the room or running across the room and out...through the window. Is that how it happened Eden?" - Cruz asks. "I don't need to take this from you or anyone!" - says an upset Eden firmly and runs out of the room. Cruz sighs heavily, knowing for sure that she is hiding the truth.

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Kirk sees Cruz downstairs and wants to know why he is still there. He wants Cruz to leave but he wont. CC tells Eden there's no reason to be sorry for what she did, he just wanted her to know that he knows. Dylan and Nick argue on the oil rig. CC and Eden discuss Eden and Cruz breaking up and Eden marrying Kirk. Eden tells him no one could have helped her more than Kirk had. Rosa tells Cruz she doesn't want Santana to get hurt. Ted studies with a girl named Virginia Eisley. The decide to go on a date on Saturday. Eden calls Santana after she doesn't reach Cruz at his place. Santana is upset and once again Cruz leaves to see Eden. CC tells Kirk hes proud of him but warns him of Eden's and Cruz's feelings for each other. Gina and Kirk discuss Eden and the plug-pulling. CC is ready to talk to Gina now, but the doctor brings the results of CC's tests. Eden tells Cruz CC saw her pull the plug and thinks that its best for both of them if they're out of each others lives. The doctor tells Gina that CC is too tired to talk to anyone and that he gave him a sedative. Gina has to wait until the next morning. Dylan and Nick keep arguing at the oil rig. Nick decides to swim to the shore and Dylan follows him. Eden asks Kirk if he broke into her drawer; he admits doing so because he doesn't want her to keep secrets from him. Eden gets upset and they argue, after which she tells Kirk she wants to be alone. When he leaves, Eden writes yet another letter to Cruz.

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CC tells Gina to leave the house. She gets to take Brandon with her, of which Santana is upset. Nick and Kelly are apart but thinking about each other. Eden notices that Gina is planning to steal things from the Capwell mansion and stops her from doing so. Nick calls Kelly and asks if she's ok. He tells her he loves her and wants to make her happy. Dylan calls Kelly and tells her he has been a jerk. Gina is leaving. When Mason comments about her dress, she undresses and when leaving the mansion, says that she will take from Capwell's everything they ever loved. 383
A car comes to the Capwell mansion and Gina gets in. Kelly and Ted are upset about what happened to Gina but the others are not. Sophia arrives at the Capwell mansion and is told about Gina's leaving. The driver of the car Gina is in is Kirk. They discuss Brandon and Eden's plug-pulling; Gina wants to turn Eden in, but Kirk won't let her. Cruz drives past them and Kirk gets nervous. Cruz goes to talk to CC about what CC told Eden. He then plays a tape recorded with Cruz's voice to CC, asking him if the words are familiar. CC says they're not. Cruz and CC argue over Eden and CC's demand for her to shut down his life support system. Santana bursts in and wants Brandon. CC tells her Gina is the only mother the boy knows but Santana keeps on begging him. CC says that Brick is Sophia's and Lionel's son and everyone is shocked. Later CC calls Minx and wants to talk to her the next morning. Cruz and Santana are leaving when Eden goes after them; she wants to talk to Cruz. He says she should talk to CC and that he himself has no business to that house anymore. He and Santana then leave. Kelly, Ted, Eden and Mason discuss Channing and Brick. Kelly wants to talk to Brick after she comes back from New York; she needs some time to think what she wants from her life. She asks Eden why she married Kirk. Eden tells her she made a choice and she has to live by it. Mason calls Brick and asks him to come to the Capwell mansion to talk about business. Gina and Kirk arrive at a motel. Kirk tells Gina to call Brandon and get him there right away. They argue and Kirk gives her some money. He promises to check her up later on and leaves. CC and Sophia argue over their children and Brick. Kelly tells CC she is going to leave for New York but CC says he wont let her. Brick arrives at the Capwell mansion and soon guesses that the others have heard of his origin. Gina tucks Brandon in at the motel. He asks her what is wrong and she says nothing, they'll go home very soon. Brick and the others argue and CC orders him and Sophia out.

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Gina goes to take a bath. Someone comes in and surprises her. Nick is drunk. Cruz brings him to his place. Nick falls and tells Cruz Dylan is after Kelly. Pearl arrives and Nick goes to shower. Pearl says Kirk is at the motel again with Gina and that Cruz should tell CC and Eden about it. Ted guesses CC knows who pulled the plug but CC doesn't want to talk about it. It appears that the person who surprised Gina is Kirk. He demands his money but Gina says she doesn't have it. She had spent it because she knew Kirk would want it back. Kirk starts to rip Gina's new clothes and tells her hell find a way for Gina to pay him for the money she spent. Dylan sees Kelly at the casino. She says she didn't tell Nick yet and Dylan thinks she makes a big mistake if she will. Dylan says he loves Kelly but she says she loves Nick, not him. Nick asks Cruz if he would take Eden back when she's done with Kirk. Cruz says not would but will. Detectives come to talk to Cruz about CC's attempted murder investigation. They suspect that Cruz is covering evidence. Cruz wonders if Kirk and Gina could be having an affair. Nick goes to look for Kelly at the Capwell mansion. Since she's not there, he intends to go to the casino, but leaves a note to Kelly for Ted to deliver. The detective questions Pearl about the night of the plug-pulling. They have found out that Pearl is lying but Pearl comes up with an excuse, which the detective doesn't believe. Cruz goes to see Gina. He wants to know why Kirk was so angry and hints that Gina and Kirk were having an affair. Lionel calls the casino and talks to Dylan, who says CC has been asking about Lionel's investments in the casino. Gina calls the Capwell mansion and tells Kirk Cruz is suspicious about their relationship. Ted arrives at the casino and gives Nick's message to Kelly. Sam lectures Dylan of trying to steal his brother's girlfriend. Nick arrives at the casino. Cruz decides not to throw Eden's dress of the plug-pulling night away, since it might reveal something. Lionel comes to the casino and is ready for the card game. Nick and Kelly talk about Dylan and them. Cruz hopes that Eden will remember something when she sees the dress.

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Dylan goes to his office where Kelly and Nick are talking. Mary gets ready to leave for the casino with Mark. Mason asks Julia to come to the casino with him, she agrees. The casino opening officially begins. Sophia arrives and sees Augusta. Kelly tries to tell Nick about sleeping with Dylan but Nick is so understanding that she can't do it. Kelly tells Dylan that she didn't tell Nick and that she loves Nick. Mary thinks of the time she and Mason were at the Orient Express and they danced. Cruz comes to talk to Eden at the Capwell mansion but Kirk starts questioning him about harassing Gina with his questions. He then orders Cruz out. CC and Lionel start the card game. Mary and Mark get back to the Capwell mansion. They kiss but Mary pulls back. Mason is sitting in a car with a huge cardboard picture of him on the other seat. Nick and Dylan argue over Kelly and Dylan tells his brother he slept with Kelly. 388
Kelly and Nick leave the casino by boat. Eden has a dream about Cruz. She wakes up next to Kirk. Rosa tells Eden CC didn't come home last night. The card game still continues. Gina and Brandon are in the motel room, the follower is outside. The man comes in and Gina hits him with a chair. Kelly and Nick argue over her sleeping with Dylan. Gina calls Cruz and tells him she wants to file a formal complaint against CC for hiring the investigator but Cruz says there's no basis for the case. Kelly falls down to the water from the boat and Nick jumps in to rescue her. Gina arrives at the casino and starts arguing with CC. When he doesn't want to talk to her, she ruins the card game by spreading the cards all over the table. CC is furious at her. Eden tells Cruz and Santana that she hopes they all could be friends and that Cruz and Santana will be happy together. CC plans to take custody of Brandon from Gina. Cruz gets a call about Kelly being in the hospital; so does Dylan. Gina goes to meet CC. He gives her a paper that states he is taking custody of Brandon from Gina.

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Cruz gets a letter from Santana saying that they shouldn't see each other so often anymore. Mason tries to call Mary but no one's home. The horse is eating the cake. Julia encourages Augusta to fight for her marriage. Gina asks Kirk to help her with Brandon but Kirk says he won't. Hayley runs into Ted while jogging. He gives her advice on the right running technique and asks her to join him for breakfast. Julia and Mason discuss Augusta's case. Gina encourages Hayley to use make-up and try to get a man. Augusta asks Mason to represent her in the court and Mason agrees to do so. Cruz wants to know what's going on with Santana but she won't tell him. At the casino, Mason gets to talk to Mary for a moment when Mark goes to get something to drink. Rosa calls Mason and tells him about the horse. Mason is trying to get the horse out when Mary and Mark arrive. Mary is amused about the whole thing but Mark is angry. After making love with Kirk Eden goes to shower. In the meanwhile Kirk finds the safe and Eden's letters to Cruz there.

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Santana sets up a meeting with CC at the Orient Express. Eden comes out of the shower and Kirk seems absent-minded. When Eden goes back to the bathroom, he finishes reading one of the letters. Amy complains Brick that he's at the casino all the time. Augusta and Mason discuss Augusta's case. It seems that Lionel doesn't want to give any of the valuable paintings he owns to Augusta. Kirk hides the letters again when Eden comes out of the bathroom. Kirk says he's feeling sick and wants to rest. Dylan pretends to be Nick to go to see Kelly. Nick comes to the hospital and is furious to find Dylan with her. Kelly tells Nick she never slept with Dylan and Nick leaves the room to confront Dylan. Kelly comes out of the room and collapses on Nick's arms. Rosa talks to CC about his demands. She says that CC is always forcing people together and that she is considering quitting her job at the Capwell mansion. Kelly tells Nick she hopes he can forgive Dylan some day. Mason wants Pearl to break into the Lockridge basement. Kirk tires to call Eden to the Orient Express but she hasn't been there all day. Kirk calls the police station and finds out that Cruz is not on duty. Mason, Pearl and Augusta break into the Lockridge basement. Nick arrives at the casino and fights with Dylan. Kirk goes to the Orient Express but Eden still hasn't arrived there. Kirk notices CC and goes talk to him. After a short while Eden arrives at the Orient Express. Kirk wants her to come home with him. Santana tells CC that she'll stay away from Cruz. Brick is worried that the Capwells and Lockridges will destroy the casino. Augusta and Mason make a list of Lionel's paintings and try to estimate their value. Eden and Kirk come home. Kirk says he's sometimes insecure. He wants them to have a shower together but Eden makes up an excuse for not doing so. Eden goes to shower and Kirk decides to go after her. Dylan and Kelly argue over telling Nick that they slept together. Kelly says she doesn't want Dylan. He gets angry when hearing that. Kelly thinks that Nick is a much better man than Dylan.

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Mason and Mary dine at the Orient Express. Mark arrives and wants to talk to Mary. Hayley goes to the Capwell mansion to practice a bit before she starts working the next morning. She is getting dressed in the library when Ted comes in. He finds out she's their new maid. Mason and Mark argue, after which Mark leaves. Mason and Mary dance. Kirk comes home and goes upstairs. Eden comes from somewhere downstairs and leaves for the Orient Express. Hayley is cleaning Eden's and Kirk's room when Kirk comes in. He drives her out and smashes a vase on the door. Someone shoots towards Cruz, Pearl and Angel. Mason walks Mary to the guest house. When she goes in she sees Mark sitting on the couch in the dark. There is a press conference after Angel's shooting. When the reporters leave, Angel comes out of the other room; he's still alive. Kirk thinks of Eden having sex with Cruz. Cruz goes to the morgue and opens the plastic bag. Its Pearl who's in it and he's very much alive. Kirk wants Hayley to tell Eden he wants to meet her as soon as she gets back. He then takes out a gun. Mark wants to know how things are between him and Mary. She wants Mark to trust her. He says he is relieved and that Mary will marry him. Hayley is about to leave the mansion and runs into Eden. She tells her Kirk wants to see her right away. Eden goes to see him and he wants to know where she had been. In Catalina, she says. Kirk doesn't believe her and gets angry. He almost takes the gun but then decides not to. Eden apologizes to him and he forgives her. They decide to go to bed but when Eden is in the bathroom, Kirk takes the gun under the mattress.

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Cruz and Eden come back to the cabin. They talk to Mark and Mary there. Mark tells them there's a problem with the propane tank. Eden tells Mary she and Cruz didn't plan to come there but they were set up by a friend. Gina calls Hayley to help her have some time with Brandon. Brandon is missing Gina. Julia and Pearl get ready to leave for the casino, Julia is amazed at Pearl's fine clothes. Kirk leaves for the cabin where Eden and Cruz are. Mary tells Eden she's not ready for marriage with Mark. Cruz plans to get back to the town, Mark drops Mary's ring outside. When he picks it up he tells Cruz Mary is thinking about marrying him. CC and Lionel talk about Lionel's paintings, money, house, grounds etc. Gina comes to the Capwell mansion and wants to meet Brandon. Ted is reluctant but finally agrees. Brandon wants to be with Gina but she says she can't make that happen. Brandon wants to go to bed, which is not usual to him so early. Gina is very sad for Brandon. Julia and Pearl are dining, Julia is suspicious as Pearl orders a fancy dish. Gina talks to Brandon's teacher on the phone and gets even more worried about Brandon. She is waiting for a phone call when Kirk comes in. He is angry at her and wants her to leave. When she won't, he does. Gina sees the gun on the table. Eden and Mary discuss more about Eden and Cruz. Mary is not sure who she wants to be with. Brandon can't sleep and Hayley consoles him. Ted comes downstairs and Hayley has her dinner with him. Ted gives her a book to read. Mary and Mark go to get some wood for the fireplace. Kirk drives past them very fast but they don't see it was him. Eden takes a bath and Cruz comes into the bathroom. Gina wants Mason to help her with Brandon but he says he can't. Lionel and CC argue over the casino. Mark wants to know what Mary wants. Cruz tells Eden they should be together. Kirk sees them through the window.