Veronica's Room, The Port Charles Hotel: Veronica(rushes in and leans against the door as she closes it. She's soaking wet from having swam from Spoon Island to Port Charles. She couldn't take a boat, because the police might have spotted her leaving the island)I made it! I got off the island without anyone catching me. And that couple who did see what I did must surely be dead, by now.(she goes over to the mirror and looks at her reflection)Stefan will be here soon to tell me about Brenda and I have to be prepared for his arrival. First things first. I need to take a shower and was the smell of gasoline and the harbor off of me.(she heads for the bathroom, shedding her clothes as she goes) Wyndemere: Bobbie(enters)Mac, what's going on? Mac:Bobbie, don't you know? Bobbie:Know what? Mac, I left the island for a little while by helicopter. What happened here while I was gone. Why is the island swarming with police? Mac:It's Brenda. She was leaving the island, too, by boat, when for some reason it suddenly exploded. Bobbie:Oh my god! Is she... Mac:Yeah, she's dead. Bobbie:Does Stefan know. Mac:He, Sonny and Carly were there when it happned. Bobbie:Mac, where is Stefan? I've got to go to him, at once. There's something he's got to know. Mac:He went to the mainland to tell Brenda's mother about what happened here, tonight. I believe he said her name was Roberta Anderson. Bobbie:Yes, Roberta Anderson. That's the name she's going by, at least. I think he mentioned something to me about her staying at the Port Charles Hotel. You know, I think I'll go there and meet him there.(she adds to herself as she exits the house)Yes, I think it's time Roberta Anderson and I met face-to-face and I've also got to let Stefan know his daughter didn't die, tonight. That she's very much alive and well. Taggert(rushes in)Mac, the gardener's shed is on fire. We need all the help we can get to put it out. Veronica's Room, The Port Charles Hotel: Stefan(knocks at the door)Roberta, it's me, Stefan. Are you in there? Please open up. really need to speak to you, at once. Veronica:Hold on, Stefan, I'm coming. (she checks her hair and make-up in the mirror and spreads the neckline of her robe open a little further to reveal a little more cleavage. Then she goes to the door and let's Stefan in)Stefan, I suppose you're here because I didn't show up ata the party, tonight. Stefan, I really intended to come, but at the last minute I lost my nerve. Stefan, was Brenda terribly upset when I didn't show up? Stefan:Roberta, that's not why I'm here. I don't know how to tell you this. Roberta, Brenda is dead. Veronica;(buckles her knees and Stefan catches her in his arms)Dead! Stefan, what are you talking abaout? Stefan:Brenda was leaving the island when the boat she was on exploded. Veronica:(clutching his shirt)Stefan, please tell me this is some kind of awful mistake. Please tell me this isn't true. Please tell me my little girl isn't dead. Stefan:I wish I could, but I was there. I saw the boat explode with my own eyes. Roberta, our daughter is dead. (he puts his arm around her waist a guides her over to the bed to sit down)Come on and sit down, Roberta.(they sit sit-by-side on her bed) Veronica(lays her head against Stefan's shoulder)Oh, Stefan, why didn't I come to that party, tonight? Now I'll never get a chance to be a mother to our little girl.(she wraps herself around Stefan)We'll never get a chance to be a real family. Stefan:It just isn't fair, Roberta. I was just getting to know our daughter and become close with her. Veronica:Stefan, she was the only living proof that our love really did exist. That it wasn't just a fantasy we both imagined. And now she's gone. Stefan(kissed her forhead)I know. Knowing that we made a child together somehow made the way my mother seperated us seem easier to live with.(Veronica suddenly begins nibbling on his neck. He pushes her away in shock)Roberta, what do you think you're doing? Veronica(pulls his face to hers and rains kisses all over his face in a frenzy)Stefan, I need you. Please don't push me away, tonight. Stefan, I still love you. I've never stopped loving you. Our child just died, tonight. Stefan, what would be more natural than for us to be together tonight of all nights. Stefan:Roberta... Veronica:(places a finger over his lips to silence him)Please, Stefan...(her lips replace her finger as she kisses him)Please...Our daughter died, tonight. Please, Stefan, give me the comfortr only you can. Please let's share our grief together in the most natural way possible(he doesn't stop her when she begins to unbutton his shirt) The Brownstone: Carly(as she and Sonny enter)I can't believe what you said to me as we were leaving Wyndemere. Sonny, please tell me you didn't mean it. Sonny:I meant it. I said it because it was true. It's your fault Brenda's dead. Carly:I didn't do anything Brenda hasn't done in the past to me. We were only married a few days before she seduced you in the Quartermaine's boathouse. Then she dressed up like me at her own engagement party and tried to seduce you, again. I didn't want her dead. It's not my fault she's dead. Sonny:But you see, if you wouldn't have done what you did to me, Brenda wouldn't have gotten so upset or had been in such a hurry to get off the island that she got in that boat. Bottom line, Carly, I wouldn't have had sex with you if I hadn't thought you were Brenda and you knew it which is why you tricked me into thinking you were Brenda and because of that Brenda and my unborn child are dead and it's all your fault. Carly:That's a lie, Sonny, and you know it. You knew exactly who you were making love with and don't pretend like you didn't. Sonny:What are you talking about? How could I possibly know it was you when you went to great lengths to trick me into thinking you were Brenda. Carly:I prepared myself for the fact that while we were making love you'd call me Brenda. But guess what. You didn't. Sonny:So? Carly:You don't even realize what you said while we were making love, do you? Sonny:So what did I say? Carly:When we were making love you said and I quote, "I love you, Carly." You thought you were making loe witih Brenda, but the name you called out was mine. Sonny:That's a lie! Carly:It's true. Subconsciously on some level eventhough I was pretending to be Brenda, you knew it was me. And you made love to me because you wanted to be with me, not Brenda. Sonny:Carly, you're real good at rewriting history to suit yourself, but it isn't going to work, this time. As you love to point out, we know each other too well to be able to put one over on each other. I probably didn't even say anything. You're probably making the whole thing up. Either that or you imagined me saying that, because I know I said nothing of the kind. Carly:I'm not lying. You said, "I love you, Carly." and you know it, but you just won't admit it even to yourself. You know, if you weren't so stubborn you would have let Brenda go a long time ago. But you've wanted her for so long that no matter what feelings you have for me or how deep they go, you were determined to have her. Eventhough deep down you know I'm the one whose really right for you. Sonny:Keep spinning your tales, Carly, I'm not listening. Carly:Fine, keep denying the truth to yourself all you like, but I know differently. The name you called out when we were making love was mind and you did it more than once, too. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go upstairs to check on our son and to tell your father he can go home.(she walks up the stairs) Sonny(goes over to pour himself a drink and his gaze rests on a picture of Brenda. He goes over and picks it up)My god, Brenda, how could this happen, again? Carly(suddenly screams from upstairs)Sonny! Sonny(yells back)Carly, if you're trying to pull another trick on me, so help me... Carly:Sonny! Come up here right this minute. I need you. Sonny:(rushes upstairs and into Michael's nursery. The first thing he sees is Mike laying in a pool of blood. He rushes over to him)Pop! (then he notices Carly standing by Michael's crib clutching his blanket to her chest)Carly, what is it? Carly(looks at him)Sonny, it's Michael. He's gone. Will February Sweeps be a dud? _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com