Of course I am, honey. Now you, you just, you tell mommy you love her and you blow me a kiss, okay?
I love you. Here comes the kiss.
I got it. Now I'm going to send one to you. Here it comes.
I love you, honey. Bye-bye.
Bye.
How is she?
She's wonderful.
Good.
Her days are full of, of friends and horses and sleepovers.
She's having a normal little girl's life.
I really wanted to stay that way.
She still doesn't know, does she?
She doesn't have to know.
Erica, Erica, please listen to me for just a second.
One of the wonderful things about children is that they seem to have this innate understanding that adults have problems.
And they look to adults to see how they handle their problems, how they solve them, how they triumph over them.
And that's how kids learn to survive.
Please, Jack, please, I really don't need a lecture on child rearing.
She may not have heard yet, but she will. Someone will tell her.
Travis and I have decided that Bianca is entitled to peace and stability.
Erica, sooner or later, she's going to hear about this.
She's going to find out the truth.
And if it's later, it might be a much bigger disaster than you're ready for.
Never mind about Erica Cain. What about me?
Let me take charge of things. I have an idea.
It's cool the way you say withdrawn. You like that, huh?
Yeah.
Oh, we're real proud of you, honey.
You just are good.
Tomorrow's family, we're looking at it.
Yep. Well, what if Alec gets wise?
Charlie. Oh, Charlie, I'm so glad that I see you here. I need your help.
That rat you call your father, he sicked another rat on me and he turned rabid.
Alec McIntyre is trying to steal enchantment right out from under me.
Now, Charlie, you have to investigate him. You have to dig up any dirt you can possibly find and tell me.
We've already done it. We've already done it.
Does Adam know?
You have already investigated him?
Who told Adam?
It was all Adam's fault. Adam had an asinine idea to keep the rat away from Gloria.
Well, the whole thing has backfired and now he's trying to steal my company.
When did he find out?
Where is Gloria? Is Gloria okay?
Who cares about Gloria?
Where is she?
I don't know. Adam threw her out.
Charlie, dig deep, Charlie. Charlie, I need your help, Charlie.
Alec McIntyre is not to be trusted. He's a rank opportunist who will double-cross you just as soon as I look at you.
Gentlemen, that's all I have to say. Take my word for it. Get rid of him.
You've given us considerable food for thought, Adam.
If you let Alec in, you'll regret it.
Well, thanks for letting us know.
I use the phone before I go?
Of course, Stuart. You have privacy. Down the hall to your right.
Gentlemen, thank you for hearing me out.
Thanks again for all your help. It's appreciated.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Take that McIntyre, you Judas.
Is it true?
Who are the suits?
Where's Gloria? It is true, isn't it? You dumped her.
She was cheating on me.
Gloria loves you. How could you let Alec get to her like that?
What's this? Something about Alec and Mrs. Chandler?
You feel better? Was that soup okay? Was that too salty?
No, the soup was fine. Thank you.
Remember that first day we came here?
You remember how nervous you were?
Hey, but you skied like a champ. I haven't laughed that hard.
Yeah, I remember that day.
Today could be our second day like that.
I know it didn't start out very well, but it's better now.
It's we're together and we're going to stay together.
Gloria, I'm going to give you the life that you always wanted.
The life that I always wanted.
And now I'm going to have somebody to share it with.
And I meant what I said before about Janine.
You know, I know that I blew it with her, but I learned.
And now I know how rare love really is.
And it'll make you proud of me.
I will. I'll work hard, like I did for my scholarship to Yale.
And when I got that, my father didn't even say anything to me.
No congratulations, no nothing.
I made Dean's List. I graduated summa cum laude.
But nothing that I ever did ever impressed him.
It's hard when nobody is on your side.
You have nobody to give to and nobody to give back.
That's why when I met you, I knew that it was my chance to start over again.
So I took it.
Gloria, you're my life. I mean that you are my life.
You are my heart and soul.
The past is behind us.
There's nothing but the future to look forward to.
I saved this since you gave it back to me.
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Mom, when's dinner?
Mom, I'm hungry.
Hey, Mom, when do we eat?
It's hard for kids to understand that you don't have all day to fix dinner.
I'm starving.
But that doesn't mean you can't whip up a meal that seems like you had all day.
Thanks, Mom. Very funny.
Beef. It's what's for dinner.
Hey, Mom.
You like the beach?
Yeah.
Me, too.
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Two kinds?
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You've got to hear my side.
Did you kill Victor Lord?
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Obviously, your dislike for Alec is not solely based on job performance.
Alec McIntyre running a champion would be a disaster.
Well, I'll meet with the others to discuss that more objectively.
That is, without you, good afternoon, George.
Wait. Wait!
Do you realize what you've done?
You opened your big mouth, and Erica is shafted.
You blew it.
I blew it.
What about what you did to Gloria?
I'd like to go back and amplify your feelings for Demetri Marrick.
Now, you stated you had a crush on him.
Can you say why?
He was always so nice to me.
It was like he really cared about me.
He was warm. He was kind.
He was good at explaining things.
I'm shy.
I barely dated in high school.
I had a crush on my Latin teacher once, but...
Maybe Demetri reminded me of him.
I mean, they were both so easy to talk to.
I don't know.
Now I can see how silly dressing up like that was,
but at the time I was just so hurt.
Erica didn't want anything to do with me,
and I guess I needed someone.
I was so afraid that Demetri was going to abandon me, too.
I just wanted to be close to him,
because I admire him so much.
All right, let's return to March of 1993,
when you traveled from Florida to Pine Valley to meet your mother.
Were you in awe of Erica Cain at that time?
From the time I was nine.
I saw her picture in a fashion magazine.
I've worshipped her ever since.
Why didn't you tell her who you were right away?
I really meant to.
But when I actually came face to face with my mother for the first time,
I fainted.
That's how intimidated I was.
She was so beautiful, and she was glamorous and famous.
I passed out.
Were you afraid that her finding out your true identity would upset her?
Yes.
So, in a way, you're not telling her it was an effort on your part
to be sensitive to her feelings?
Objection, Your Honor.
Counsel is leading the witness.
Your Honor, I'm trying to show that what the defense has labeled as lies
were in fact deliberate efforts on the part of Miss Hart
to accommodate her mother's feelings.
Objection sustained.
No more leading questions, Mr. Tanner.
All right, Miss Hart.
Now, after you finally told your mother who you were
and you had heard her version of how you were conceived,
were you afraid that telling her that you had located your father,
Richard Fields, would upset her?
I was certain it would.
And so was Demetri.
Keeping it a secret was actually his idea.
The dress I made.
Nine yards of white satin down the drain.
Opera in a suit.
The music, the food, Maria.
What's wrong?
Tell Mommy.
Why cancel the wedding?
No, Mama, let me tell you.
No.
No.
You love him.
He loves you.
You love our daughter, son, don't you?
Yes, sir.
As much as you told us.
More.
Mr. Santos, your daughter makes me the happiest man on this earth.
All I want to do is to marry her, have a future with children,
but she doesn't believe that I can deliver on that promise.
Will you?
Terrence, get me a knife.
I'll swear it in blood in front of witnesses.
Maria, honey.
Why do I feel like a war criminal?
Come on, take him back.
Put him out of his misery.
Put us out of his misery.
Maria, no, I'm just going to put you all out, period.
Please, just go take Mama and Papa back to the Valley Inn.
I'll meet you there later, OK?
Give him a chance.
Lee, would you just shut up and go, Julia, please?
Come on.
Now, you talk to him alone, and you'll do what's right.
Goodbye.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Verdict?
Well, Terrence and Julia were bad enough.
Mama and Papa were the last straw.
But, do I hear a but?
Why fight City Hall?
You mean it?
You'll marry me.
Anything to roust you off of that couch.
Honest?
No reservations?
None.