Mike's Apartment:
Brenda:(as she enters)What's going on in this town. Sonny's out of town. 
Robin's out of town. I don't have a clue what's been going on since I've 
been out of town.
Mike:I can't help you there. I've been out of town. A friend of mind 
fell and broke his leg and I've been helping him out until he could get 
back on his feet again. Great timing, huh? My kid finally comes back to 
town and I have to leave for awhile. By the way, welcome back to the 
land of the living.
Brenda:That's right, I haven't even come by to see you since I got back. 
I'm sorry, Mike. You know how I get. But I'm better with Sonny. I'm not 
so self-absorbed.
Mike:How are things going with Michael?
Brenda:You know about his marriage(she makes a face of distaste) to 
Carly, don't you?
Mike:I'd heard about it.
Brenda:Well, Sonny finally came to his senses and was about to dump her 
when John Jacks had him jumped on the docks.
Mike:What!
Brenda:Mike, the Jacks family are horrible people. Somehow John Jacks 
found out I was meeting Sonny on the docks. We were about to get back 
together, but when I arrived John Jacks met me and threatened me then I 
found Sonny laying unconscious on the docks.
Mike:Was Michael all right?
Brenda:That I know of. The last time I saw Sonny we'd gotten back 
together. But I decided to play along with John Jacks for the time being 
until Sonny and I could decide what to do about him. Anyway, he made me 
go to Alaska with him and Jax and he prevented me from contacting Sonny. 
And now I'm back and Sonny's out of town and Carly says she and Sonny 
are still together.
Mike:Do you believe her?
Brenda:No, she's a liar. But I have no idea what's going on and it's 
driving me crazy.

The Beach, Spoon Island:
Stefan(leans against a tree and watches the waves crashing against the 
shore as his thoughts once again return to Roberta Anderson and Fort 
Lauderdale)I didn't think you'd come, today.
Roberta:(carrying a blanket and a picnic basket)You can blame my brother 
for that. He doesn't do sick well. Besides, it took me awhile to pack 
this basket. I thought maybe you'd enjoy sharing a beach picnic with me 
while you read another one of your books. Mind helping me spread out the 
blanket.
Stefan(lays his book facedown on the sand and helps her spread out the 
blanket)What all have you packed for us.
Roberta:The usual. Bread. Wine. Cheese...
Stefan:Are you even old enough to drink?
Roberta:I can assure you I'm old enough to do a lot of things. (she 
continues umpacking the basket)Fried chicken. Potato salad. Coleslaw. 
(she notices "Cass" pick up a chicken leg, hold it gingerly and look at 
it like he'd never seen anything like it before)Don't worry. It's 
edible. I didn't cook it, myself. I bought it from Colonel Sanders.(she 
sees he's still doubtful and leans over and takes a bite off it)See, 
it's finger licking good.
Stefan:If you say so.(he takes an experimental bite)It's very tasty. 
This Colonel Sanders knows what he's about.
Roberta:I'm sure he'll be glad to know you thinks so. You know, you're 
the weirdest bird I've ever met.
Stefan:I could say the same for you. You and I have absolutely nothing 
in common.
Roberta:And yet we keep showing up here everyday hoping to spend time 
with each other...
Stefan(comes back to the present as Bobbie snaps her fingers in his 
face)Barbara, where did you come from?
Bobbie:The question is where did you go. I've been standing here trying 
to get your attention for the last few minutes. Where were you, anyway?
Stefan;Thinking about the past.
Bobbie:It must have been fascinating.
Stefan;It was.(he finally notices the picnic basket and blanket she's 
holding)What's that for?
Bobbie:I saw you standing out here alone and I thought it would be nice 
if we had a nice picnic on the beach together.
Stefan:(helps her spread out the blanket)I was just thinking about he 
same thing.
Bobbie:Maybe we have one of those mystical psychic connections between 
us.
Stefan:(unpacking the food in the basket)Maybe we don't. Maybe we just 
think alike.
Bobbie:(mind drifts back to Fort Lauderdale as Stefan continues to lay 
out the food on the blanket)
Cass(suddenly notices night has fallen)I can't believe it's getting 
dark, already. Where did the day go to?
Bobbie:We talked it away. Pretty good for two people who have nothing in 
common.
Cass:I suppose we both should be leaving. The beach has closed.
Bobbie:But that's when the fun can really begin.
Cass:What do you mean?
Bobbie:Have you ever gone skinny-dipping in the moonlight?
Cass:No, have you.
Bobbie:No, but it sounds like fun. Let's do it.
Cass:I don't know...
Bobbie:Come on, Cass, for once in your proper, ordered life do something 
wild and adventurous.
Cass:I don't know where you get the idea I'm some kind of stuffed shirt 
or something.
Bobbie:Could be from all those latin and russian books your always 
reading.
Cass:I'll have you know I can get wild and crazy with the best of them.
Bobbie:Then prove it.
Cass:All right, I will.(he pulls down his swimming trunks and dashes to 
the surf)Last one in is a spoiled egg.
Bobbie:Hey! No fair! I've got more to take off than you. And it's 
rotten, not spoiled.(Bobbie comes back to the here and now when she 
feels Stefan start to unbutton her blouse)Stefan, what do you think 
you're doing?
Stefan;I thought it might be fun if we went skinny-dipping.
Bobbie:This is getting creepy, Stefan. I was just thinking about the 
same thing. I really am beginning to think we share the same mind.
Stefan:(slides her blouse down her arms)So are you game or not?
Bobbie:Stefan, it's broad daylight.
Stefan:(begins to unfasten her bra)So? I own the island and we can do 
whatever we please without anyone gainsaying us. Come on, Barbara, be 
adventurous.

Nobody Leaves Manor:
Jax(as Brenda enters)I found this letter for you as I was going through 
the mail. It doesn't have a return address, though.
Brenda(takes it from him and immediately recognizes Sonny's handwriting. 
She rips it open and begins to read it silently to herself)Dear Brenda: 
I hate to do this in a letter, but I have to leave town for awhile and 
you haven't returned from Alaska, yet. Carly came to my hospital room 
and told me she's pregnant with my child...
Jax(smiles as he watches the expression that play over Brenda's face as 
she reads the letter)Is anything wrong?
Brenda:No, Julia is just writing to say she can't make the wedding.(she 
continues to read the letter)That this has happened, again, just as 
we're about to get back together tells me something. Brenda, we don't 
belong together. You were once happy with Jax, so I'm urging you to go 
through with marrying him and I want you to put me behind you since my 
future lays with Carly and our child. Sonny.(she folds the letter up and 
returns it to its envelope)Jax, would you excuse me. I'd like to go up 
to my room and lay down for awhile.
Jax:Of course, Brender. See you later.(he smirks as he watches her walk 
up the stairs dejectedly)I don't know what you put in that letter, 
Carly, but it certainly did the trick.




































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